Dick Raymond:
Dick Raymond is President of Terra Systems (TSD) a remediation products firm that leverages core competencies in research and development, lab treatability studies, in-house manufacturing, and unsurpassed pre- and post-sales technical support to develop and apply remediation solutions to surface (vadose zone) and subsurface (aquifer) contaminants like PCE,TCE,TECA and Cr6+. Terra Systems holds the first US patent for the use of emulsified vegetable oil substrate for reductive dechlorination of chlorinated solvents, U.S. Patent No. 6,398,960 B1, “Aquifer Remediation Using Emulsified Oils,” which was developed under a $1M AFCEE contract
He holds a BA/BS degree from the American University and a MBA from Temple University. His first bioremediation company, Biosystems, Inc., was purchased by the DuPont Company in 1989 and became DuPont Environmental Remediation Services. He founded Terra Systems in 1992. He has over thirty five years of experience in designing and operating aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation systems for hydrocarbon and chlorinated solvent remediation. Of historical interest is that Dick Raymond’s father, Richard Raymond, Sr., holds the first U.S. aerobic bioremediation patent for the remediation of gasoline, based on work done at a site in Ambler, Pennsylvania in 1972. Dick was involved in the first field project demonstrating anaerobic bioremediation of TCE, which was conducted in 1992 (DuPont; Victoria, TX).
Dr. Mike Lee:
Dr. Michael D. Lee is Vice-President of Research and Development at Terra Systems. He has Ph.D (1986) and MS (1983) degrees in Environmental Science and Engineering from Rice University and a BS in Biology from University of Louisiana at Monroe (1980). Dr. Lee has over 30 years of experience in the field of bioremediation, with expertise in applying in-situ anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated solvents and metals, implementing in-situ aerobic bioremediation of hydrocarbons and other contaminants in groundwater and waste impoundments, conducting biodegradation and chemical oxidation treatability studies, and assessing natural attenuation of organic contaminants. He has been HAZWOPER certified since 1988. He was a technical lead for the first successful demonstration of bioaugmentation to promote the complete anaerobic biodegradation of trichloroethene and cis-1,2-dichloroethene for the Remediation Technologies Development Forum at Dover Air Force Base. Terra Systems was a participant in the Source Area BioREmediation (SABRE) project in the United Kingdom that demonstrated in the laboratory and field the anaerobic bioremediation of dense non-aqueous phase trichloroethene. Dr. Lee has conducted laboratory microcosm, column studies, and field demonstrations of the anaerobic bioremediation of chlorinated solvents and chemical oxidation at over two hundred sites. He jointly holds the patent on the use of emulsified soybean oil to support complete reductive dechlorination of chlorinated solvents. Dr. Lee has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, or books. He develops new products in support of our customers’ needs. They includes SRS®-M for abiotic degradation of hexavalent chromium and other reducible metals; SRS®-Z combining SRS® and zero valent iron; SRS®-STA with a shear thickening agent for increased distribution in heterogeneous aquifers; SRS®-NR with an anionic surfactant mixture for greater retention in a high groundwater flow rate aquifers.
Michael Free
Michael Free is Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Terra Systems (TSD). He holds a BS in Chemistry (1980) from the University of Delaware and a MBA (1998) from Temple University. He is responsible for worldwide sales and marketing of Terra Systems (TSD) family of patented (U.S. Patent No. 6,398,960 B1 and RE40448) “injection ready” bioremediation products for the environmental engineering community. Prior to joining Terra Systems in 2007, Michael held various positions at Agilent Technologies (formerly Hewlett Packard) including Product Manager for gas chromatography with a focus on environmental applications. Michael started his career in 1981 as an analytical chemist with Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. in Marcus Hook, PA