Various emerging contaminants (e.g. antimicrobial resistance, PFAS, and microplastics/nanoplastics) are posing major threats to both human and ecosystem health.
ACWEB has been focusing on the understanding of the fate and transformation of emerging contaminations in water environment in the last two decades. For example, we discovered that the non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals and personal care products that we use daily contribute to the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.
Through effective integration of process engineering, environmental microbiology and environmental biotechnology, we also aim to develop innovative and sustainable technological solutions to achieve high-levels of emerging contamination removal from water or wastewater. This interdisciplinary research program aids health and environment protection organisations to develop policy, strategy and technology that will effectively protect public and ecosystem health.
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Key Capabilities
Antibiotic resistance in the environment
Water-borne pathogen detection and control
PFAS mitigation solutions
Quantitative microbial risk assessment
Novel detection methods for various chemical (e.g., disinfection by products) and biological contaminants (e.g., viruses and bacteria)
- Jan 2022–Dec 2025National Health and Medical Research Council
- Jan 2022–Dec 2024Australian Research Council
- Mar 2022–Mar 2025ARC Discovery Project
- Apr 2022–Mar 2024Metro North Hospital and Health Service
- Jul 2017–Jul 2021ARC Future Fellowship
- May 2019–Dec 2023Australian Research Council
- Oct 2019–Jun 2022King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- May 2019–Apr 2023Australian Research Council
- Jan 2013–Jan 2017Australian Research Council
- Jan 2014–Jan 2016Australian Research Council
- Jan 2015–Jan 2020Australian Research Council
- Jan 2009–Jan 2017Australian Research Council