Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

Dr Andrew Ward

ARC Early Career Industry Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
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Researcher biography

Andrew Ward is an ARC Industry Fellow at the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB), at The University of Queensland. He holds a PhD degree from the School of Chemical Engineering (The University of Adelaide) and his thesis focused on the optimisation of halophilic anaerobic digestion of algal biomass. At ACWEB projects he has worked on include Nutrient recovery via electrodialysis and Anammox for both domestic wastewater and agricultural wastewater treatment. He previously received an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship to investigate the use of algae and bacterial aggregated flocs for the remediation of wastewater. Andrew has just received and ARC Industry Fellowship to investigate the use of microalgae and its role in energy and nutrient recovery from a circular economy perspective. Andrew has significant industrial experience working with large water utilities and industry partners scaling up research to pilot and demonstration scale. Andrew is currently lead investigator and manages Urban Utilities wastewater microalgae research program.

Featured projects Duration
Nutrient recovery from agri-industrial wastewater
Australian Meat Processor Corporation
 2009–2017
Algae Bacterial Aggregated Flocs (ABAF) for wastewater treatment and algae production industries
Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
 2020–2023
Transforming Regional Treatment in Australia - A CRC-P Project
Queensland Urban Utilities
 2019–2023

Publications

Book Chapter (1)
Journal Articles (15)

Book Chapter

Ward, Andrew James (2015). The anaerobic digestion of microalgae feedstock, "life-cycle environmental impacts of biofuels and co-products". Biomass and biofuels from microalgae: advances in engineering and biology. (pp. 331-345) edited by Navid R. Moheimani, Mark P. McHenry, Karne de Boer and Parisa A. Bahri. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16640-7_16

Journal Articles

Alvi, Maira, Batstone, Damien, Mbamba, Christian Kazadi, Keymer, Philip, French, Tim, Ward, Andrew, Dwyer, Jason and Cardell-Oliver, Rachel (2023). Deep learning in wastewater treatment: a critical review. Water Research, 245 120518, 120518. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120518
Alvi, Maira, French, Tim, Cardell-Oliver, Rachel, Keymer, Philip and Ward, Andrew (2022). Cost effective soft sensing for wastewater treatment facilities. IEEE Access, 10, 55694-55708. doi: 10.1109/access.2022.3177201
Herold, Clemens, Ishika, Tasneema, Nwoba, Emeka G., Tait, Stephan, Ward, Andrew and Moheimani, Navid R. (2021). Biomass production of marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica using biogas and wastewater as nutrients. Biomass and Bioenergy, 145 105945. doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105945
Musa, Mutah, Ward, Andrew, Ayoko, Godwin A., Rösch, Christine, Brown, Richard and Rainey, Thomas J. (2020). Single-step dynamic dewatering of microalgae from dilute suspensions using flocculant assisted filtration. Microbial Cell Factories, 19 (1) 222, 222. doi: 10.1186/s12934-020-01472-4
Arola, Kimmo, Ward, Andrew, Mänttäri, Mika, Kallioinen, Mari and Batstone, Damien (2019). Transport of pharmaceuticals during electrodialysis treatment of wastewater. Water Research, 161, 496-504. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.031
Musa, Mutah, Ayoko, Godwin A., Ward, Andrew, Misch, Christine, Brown, Richard J. and Rainey, Thomas J. (2019). Factors Affecting Microalgae Production for Biofuels and the Potentials of Chemometric Methods in Assessing and Optimizing Productivity. Cells, 8 (8) 851, 851. doi: 10.3390/cells8080851
Ward, Andrew J., Arola, Kimmo, Thompson Brewster, Emma, Mehta, Chirag M. and Batstone, Damien J. (2018). Nutrient recovery from wastewater through pilot scale electrodialysis. Water Research, 135, 57-65. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.021
Thompson Brewster, Emma, Ward, Andrew J., Mehta, Chirag M., Radjenovic, Jelena and Batstone, Damien J. (2017). Predicting scale formation during electrodialytic nutrient recovery. Water Research, 110, 202-210. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.063
Ward, Andrew and Lewis, David (2015). Pre-treatment options for halophytic microalgae and associated methane production. Bioresource Technology, 177, 410-413. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.11.114
Ward, Andrew, Ball, Andy and Lewis, David (2015). Halophytic microalgae as a feedstock for anaerobic digestion. Algal Research, 7, 16-23. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.11.008
Le Anh Tu Nguyen,, Ward, Andrew James and Lewis, David (2014). Utilisation of turbidity as an indicator for biochemical and chemical oxygen demand. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 4 (C), 137-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2014.09.009
Erkelens, Mason, Ward, Andrew J., Ball, Andrew S. and Lewis, David M. (2014). Microalgae digestate effluent as a growth medium for Tetraselmis sp in the production of biofuels. Bioresource Technology, 167, 81-86. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.126
Ward, A. J., Lewis, D. M. and Green, F. B. (2014). Anaerobic digestion of algae biomass: a review. Algal Research, 5 (1), 204-214. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2014.02.001
Patil, Sayali S., Ward, Andrew J., Kumar, Martin S. and Ball, Andrew S. (2010). Utilising bacterial communities associated with digested piggery effluent as a primary food source for the batch culture of Moina australiensis. Bioresource Technology, 101 (10), 3371-3378. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.12.030
Ward, A.J. and Kumar, M.S. (2010). Bio-conversion rate and optimum harvest intervals for Moina australiensis using digested piggery effluent and Chlorella vulgaris as a food source. Bioresource Technology, 101 (7), 2210-2216. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.053