Key details
Areas of expertise
- Environmental engineering
- Flow-based applications in analytical chemistry
- Chemical engineering
Available to supervise research students
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About Parvez Mahbub
Parvez Mahbub completed his PhD in environmental engineering at Queensland University of Technology in 2011 and received post-doctoral training at Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science at University of Tasmania.
His research interests include:
- advanced oxidation processes for sustainable remediation of contaminants
- continuous-flow reactor technology
- contaminant fate
- chemometrics
- UV-visible-infrared spectrophotometry with LEDs for environmental hazard monitoring
- water-quality engineering.
Current research projects
- Advanced Oxidation Techniques for Microbial Remediation in Industrial Scale (Industry Partner: Huon Aquaculture Pty Ltd and Food Innovation Australia Ltd)- $200,000
- Detection and Remediation of Organic Peroxide Explosives Using Advanced Light Sources (Defence Science Institute, Australia) - $15,000
Current research interests
- Upscaling and downscaling of continuous-flow based reactors for industrial applications
- Development of low-cost and portable gas sensors using spectroscopic technologies for indoor and outdoor use
Qualifications
- PhD (Environmental Engineering), Queensland University of Technology, Australia, 2011
Key publications
Parvez has over publications, with a selection listed here.
A more comprehensive list of Parvez's publications is available in the VU Research Repository.
Research funding for the past 5 years
Please note:
- Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
- Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
- The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.
2019
Peroxide-Based Sustainable Treatment of Salmonid Aquaculture
From: Enterprise Solutions Centre Program
Other investigators: Dr Thomas Yeager
For period: 2019-2020
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Not disclosed |
Supervision of research students at VU
Available to supervise research students
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