Dr. Maria Elektorowicz obtained her M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Warsaw Technical University, Poland. Her research interests are bio-physico-chemical interaction phenomena in soil/groundwater/contaminant matrix, contaminated site remediation, as well as contaminated sediments and biosolids management. She joined Concordia in 1993.
Dr. Maria Elektorowicz obtained M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from Warsaw Technical University in 1971 and 1977. In 1978, she was awarded a UNESCO postdoctoral fellowship in the groundwater protection domain. Between 1972 and 1981, she conducted research in the Institute of Air Quality and Water Resource Management in Warsaw, Poland.
Dr. Elektorowicz also taught Environmental Engineering at the University of Constantina in Algeria from 1981-1986. After working as a Research Associate for 6 years at the Geotechnical Research Centre at McGill University, she was appointed to Concordia University in 1993. Dr. Elektorowicz is presently the Chair of the Environmental Engineering Division at Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
Consulting work
- Excessive groundwater uptake
- Site remediation
- Recharge of groundwater table
- Criteria for landfill siting
- Modeling of biogeochemical processes
- Transition to sustainable technologies
- Environmental impact assessment
Memberships and registrations
- Chair, Environmental Engineering Division of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
- Member, Water Environment Federation
- Member, International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry
- Member, Canadian Association on Water Quality
- Member, Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (Professional Engineer)
- President, RESOL (Inter-university network of experts for soil contamination)