About

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Water quality modelling, bioinformatics, integrated metagenomics-metabolomics computational analyses, greenhouse gas emissions, antimicrobial gene resistance, pathogenicity and virulence

Major Achievements:

2022-Present Member, Global Wastewater Initiative-United Nations Environment Programme 2022-Present Chair, Knowledge Sharing CCSIG Sub-group, Water New Zealand Climate Change Special Interest Group (CCSIG) 2021 Marsden Fund Standard Grant, Royal Society of New Zealand 2021-Present Elected Member, Engineering New Zealand Auckland Branch 2020-Present Editorial Board member, MDPI Environments and MDPI Water 2019-Present Guest Associate Editor (Systems Microbiology), Frontiers in Microbiology 2018-Present Editorial Board member, Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Institution of Civil Engineers 2017-Present Review Editor (Microbiotechnology), Frontiers in Microbiology 2015-Present Review Editor (Water and Wastewater Management), Frontiers in Environmental Science 2014 Strategic Research Initiatives Award, UoA 2014 Dumont d’Urville New Zealand-France, Science & Technology Award 2013 - Present Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation 2013 - Present Associate Editor, Environmental Engineering Research Journal 2012 Research Abroad Award, The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW) on emerging contaminants, TU Delft 2011 - 2012 Editorial Board Member, Environmental Engineering Research Journal 2011 Tianjin University Travel Award 2010 International Peer Reviewer, Environmental Engineering Review Panel, Excellence in Research in Australia 2009 Standards Committee Member: Invited to develop NZ Standard for Land Development and Subdivision – DZ 4404 2007 Recipient, ISAT (International Science and Technology) Linkages Fund from the Royal Society of New Zealand 2006 Delegate, Foundation for Research Science and Technology on Korea-NZ Engagement in Environmental Engineering Research 2005 Mid-Career Strategic Support Award, UoA 2003 Edward Clarence Dyason Universitas 21 Fellowship, University of Melbourne 2000 Association of Pacific Rim Universities Fellowship, UoA 2000 Emerging Research Excellence Award, UoA