Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

Mr Sam Stegman

Research Scholar

Sam is currently completing his PhD in Chemical Engineering at UQ after finishing his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical and Materials Engineering at UQ.

Achievement Highlights: 

  • UQ Dean’s Commendation for High Achievement, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
Featured projects Duration
Waste-to-Profits: Technologies for nutritionally advantaged feeds
Meat & Livestock Australia
 2018–2022

Publications

Journal Articles (4)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Hülsen, Tim, Venturato, Daniel, Chan, Clement, Vandi, Luigi, Laycock, Bronwyn, Pratt, Steven, Stegman, Samuel, van Loosdrecht, Mark and Batstone, Damien J. (2024). Polyhydroxyalkanoate production in a biofilm by mixed culture phototrophic bacteria. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434 140001, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140001
Hülsen, Tim, Stegman, Samuel, Batstone, Damien J. and Capson-Tojo, Gabriel (2022). Naturally illuminated photobioreactors for resource recovery from piggery and chicken-processing wastewaters utilising purple phototrophic bacteria. Water Research, 214 118194, 118194. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118194
Stegman, Samuel, Batstone, Damien J., Rozendal, René, Jensen, Paul D. and Hülsen, Tim (2021). Purple phototrophic bacteria granules under high and low upflow velocities. Water Research, 190 116760, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116760
Delamare-Deboutteville, Jérôme, Batstone, Damien J., Kawasaki, Minami, Stegman, Samuel, Salini, Michael, Tabrett, Simon, Smullen, Richard, Barnes, Andrew C. and Hülsen, Tim (2019). Mixed culture purple phototrophic bacteria is an effective fishmeal replacement in aquaculture. Water Research X, 4 100031, 100031. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2019.100031

Thesis

Stegman, Samuel (2023). Production of purple phototrophic bacteria using biofilm technologies: Granular biofilm growth of PPB and its role in simultaneous wastewater remediation and resource recovery. PhD Thesis, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/113ee3e