Our Staff
Laboratory Director
Dr. John Kavanagh
Lecturer
Dr. John Kavanagh
Team Leaders
Research Staff
Jie Cen
Research Topic
Characterization of Real Time Behavior of Fouling on the Surface of Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes
Supervisors: Prof. Hans Coster, Dr. John Kavanagh and Prof. Geoff Barton
Education
2008-Present PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia.
2004-2007 Bachelor of Chemical and Material Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Tim Handelsman
Research Topic
Membrane filtration of biorefinery and fermentation effluents
Supervisors: Dr. John Kavanagh, Prof. Geoff Barton and Prof. Hans Coster
Education
2009-Present PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
2005-2008 Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
Raja Mahanama
Research Topic
Solid phase fermentation of Vitamin K2 rich food supplements for veterinary use
Supervisors: Dr. John Kavanagh and A/Prof. Fariba Dehghani
Education
PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
2009-2010 MEng in Sustainable Processing, The University of Sydney
2004-2008 BEng, Food & Biochemical (University of Moratuwa) Sri Lanka
Aydin Berenjian
Research Topic
New Fermentation and Purification Technology for Menaquinone-7 Production
Supervisor: A/Prof. Fariba Deghani
Education
PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran)
Dale McClure
Research Topic
Mixing in large scale bioreactors
Supervisors: Dr. John Kavanagh, Prof. Geoff Barton and Adj/Prof. David Fletcher
Education
PhD Candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Australia.
BE/BSci The University of Sydney
Alumni
Dr Dan Ryan
Dan joined the University of Sydney in 2005 from Rhodes University where he researched process intensification of microbial fermentation. His research explored the hierarchical development of integrated treatment systems utilising technologies from both the chemical process engineering and biotechnology disciplines.
Dr. Andrew Gadd
"A conceptual model for electrocoagulation of organic pollutants"
Andrew started researching electrocoagulation at the University of Sydney for his undergraduate thesis in 2005. He continued this work with the support of the Australian Research Council and a large multinational industry partner.