Global Centre for
Environmental Remediation (GCER)
Current HDR Projects
GCER has a strong cohort of PhD (Environmental Remediation) candidates undertaking innovative environmental remediation research.
| Ms Anjuman Rajonee | Insights into Controlled Release Nitrogenous Fertilisers in Crop Production |
| Ms Kaniz Fatema | Degradation of Lignocellulose Waste by Using Bacterial Cellulases |
| Mr Anwar Khan | Interaction Mechanisms between Engineered Nanoparticles (ENPs) and Emerging Contaminants (ECs) in Water Systems |
| Ms Awei Bainivalu | Bioremediation of Oil in World War II Wrecks |
| Mrs Shabnam Bahremand Abrasi | Spectroscopy-based Chemometric Approaches for the Determination of Antibiotics in Soils |
| Mr Praveen Kuppan | Phycosol - A Novel Innovative and Integrated Approach to Treat Winery Wastewater |
| Ms Aney Parven | Pesticide Fate and Behaviour in Urban Soils in Relation to Contamination |
| Mr Mohmmad Shaike | Perfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) Present in Biota - Method Development and Assessment |
| Mrs Naveeda Majid | Non-Wetting Soils: The Cause, Mechanism of Non-Wetting and Remediation |
| Ms Bridie Clelland | Micronutrient Dynamics Under Climate Change: The Atmosphere-Plant-Soil Nexus |
| Mr Ashkan Khoshyan | Remediation of Emerging Contaminants |
| Mr Scott Warner | Groundwater Restoration and Protection: Influence Under Climate Change and Design Needs for Sustainable and Reliable Performance |
| Mr Aderemi Adeleye | Micro and Nano-plastics Removal Using Biochar-clay Composites and Promotion of Circular Economy through Adsorbent Upcycling |
| Mr Olalekan Awoyemi | Remediation of Emerging Contaminants |
| Mr Md Maruf Billah | Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Farmers Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience |
| Mr Siavash Davoodi | Halloysite Nanotubes and their Bio-Based Composite for Enhanced Carbon & Methane Sorption and Utilisation |
| Miss Maureen Egbuatu | Biomonitoring and Risk Assessment of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Coastal waters of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria |
| Mr Md Tofail Hosain | Mitigation Strategies of Cadmium Accumulation and Transportation in Rice using Silicon Nanoparticles |
| Mr Saifullah Nasif | Siliceous Nanomaterials for Pesticide Delivery: An Ecofriendly Approach in Plant Protection |
| Mr Chuks Odoh | Phytotoxicity of PFAS Contamination and Influences on the Plant-Microbial Nexus |
| Mr Md Imran Ullah Sarkar | Rice Straw Biochar as a Tool for Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Paddy Soil |
| Miss Zijun Zeng | Nanoclay Supported Bimetallic Fe/Ni Nanoparticles for the Remediation of Organic Contaminated Aqueous Solutions |
| Mr Siyuan Liu | PFAS Health Risk Assessment - PFAS in Environmental Media and Human Exposure Pathways via Plants |
| Mr Zubaer Hosen | Modified Clay-Microbial Interaction for Inhibiting Ruminal Methane Production |
| Ms Kamrun Mousomi | Cadmium-Phosphate Interaction in Long-Term Rice-Maize Cropping System Under PH Conditions |
| Ms Tapati Roy | Green Synthesis of Biochar/Nano-Biochar For Remediation of Microplastics |
| Ms Nipuni Welivitiya | Comparative Study of Behaviour of Glyphosate, AMPA and Glyphosate Ammonia in Different Matrices |
| Ms Andrea Carpio Segovia | Investigating the Fate of Pharmaceuticals Substances Following Land Application of Biosolids and Wastewater |
| Mrs Lakshani Pulippu | Assessment of the Environment Contaminants in Selected Environment Samples by Multi Residue Method using Quadrupole Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry |
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.