Derek Pizarro

Senior Remediation Geologist
AST Environmental, Inc.

Derek Pizarro, CPG is a Senior Remediation Geologist for AST Environmental, Inc. He is a Certified Professional Geologist and has 21 years of experience in environmental applications, specifically fractured bedrock characterization; contaminant transport studies; permeable reactive barrier (PRB) design; and reagent bench-scale testing and design for environmental sites and industrial process waste streams. Derek has contributed to the testing and selection of contaminant remedies for multiple CERCLA sites, projects under the Pennsylvania Act 2 land recycling program, and hundreds of privately funded cleanups. Previously, Derek served as General Manager and Environmental Products Director for a chemical manufacturer, developing chemistries for treatment of inorganic contaminants, sediment applications, and injectates for use in PRBs.