Qasem, Karoline
Karoline is a water resources engineer with over 10 years of academic and practical experience focusing on watersheds, water quality, hydrodynamic modeling, regulatory permits, nutrient criteria limits, watershed planning, and stormwater management. By modeling storm events, dam removal, and urban development, Karoline studies their effects on stream metabolism, dissolved oxygen levels, and nutrients. A steering committee member at the Calumet Stormwater Collaborative – MPC, Karoline resolves stormwater problems in the Calumet region. She is the Chair of the Illinois Water Environment Association Watershed Management Committee. Karoline is Geosyntec’s key contact for nutrient assessment and reduction plans.