Damien Batstone

Dr. Damien Batstone is an internationally recognized expert in water resource recovery, anaerobic digestion, and photobioreactor design. Currently he serves as the Director of the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biology, a world-leading water research group at the University of Queensland, and is an active member of the International Water Association.

Dr. Batstone brings a wealth of experience related to photobioreactors and phototropic bacteria for wastewater treatment. He was among the first to consider purple phototrophic bacteria for these applications and has commissioned a number of successful pilot reactors based on his research. Dr. Batstone provides critical expertise in the area of photobioreactor design and process modelling.