Team

Chris DeGroot

Western Fellow | Theme Leader

Research Interests / Specializations: Wastewater modelling (wastewater-based epidemiology, sewer bioprocesses, activated sludge processes, UV reactors, and microalgae photobioreactors)

Naomi Klinghoffer

Western Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Catalytic and thermochemical conversion of biomass and waste, biochar production and functionalization, CO2 utilization

Elizabeth Webb

Western Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Stable isotope biogeochemistry, paleoclimate models, interactions among the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum, and biogeochemical cycles with implications for carbon sequestration, water resource availability and ecosystem resilience in regions with high rates of natural or anthropogenic vegetation change

Damien Batstone

Visiting Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Water resource recovery, anaerobic digestion, and photobioreactor design

Paola Giudicianni

Visiting Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Biomass, thermochemical conversion processes

Mojtaba Jarrahi

Visiting Fellow

Research Interests / Specializations: Microalgae, carbon capture and sequestration, biofuel

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests / Specializations: carbon conversion processes

Seyed Ziaedin Miry

Postdoctoral Scholar

Research Interests / Specializations: Pyrolysis of municipal waste, smouldering combustion, kinetic modelling, thermal remediation, multidimensional modelling,