Nicholas Ashbolt (BAgSc (Hons), PhD UTas, MASM) joined the Centre in April 1994 from AWT Science and Environment where he was Principal Scientist-Microbiology. His teaching and research interests lie in the field of environmental microbiology, particularly as it impacts on wastewater and solid waste treatment and on water quality. His time is divided between teaching and research programs of the Department. He also plays an active role within the Centre as leader of the Environmental Microbiology Program. His areas of research interest include:- microbial community structure and activity within water/wastewater biofilms, pathogens in water and sediments and microbial risk assessment, wastewater treatment and compost microbiology.

Lance Bowen (BSc, Grad. Dip Biochem Eng) graduated with B.Sc. from Sydney University in 1950 and worked for the Department of Main Roads and the Water Board, Sydney. His experience includes materials testing and specification, chemical and microbiological testing of water and wastes, control of water treatment plants and laboratory management. He completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Biochemical Engineering in 1963 at UNSW, and became Scientific Services Unit Manager in 1978 and opened the Water Board's new laboratories at West Ryde in 1984. Lance retired from the NSW Public Service in 1987 and joined the Centre for Wastewater Treatment in 1988. He is active in the Australian Water Association (life member) and the International Water Association and is also member of the American Water Works Association and the Water Environment Federation.

Sheng Chang was awarded his PhD in 2001 on the optimization for operation and design of submerged membrane module with the UNESCO Center for Membrane Science & Technology, UNSW. Sheng has a B.E. (Chemical Engineering Machinery and Equipment) from Chendu University of Science and Technology, P. R. of China. Sheng’s current research focuses on build-up of quantitative engineering concept for the design and operation of hybrid membrane processes for organic removal from water or wastewater. His PhD focused on optimization of the operation and design of submerged hollow fibre membrane modules encompassing many aspects of membrane separation science and technology, including separation characteristics of different membrane processes, applications of membranes to environmental management, membrane fouling and cleaning, cake formation and structure, mass transfer in single crossflow and two-phase flow, modeling, module design, system optimization and membrane system design and cost analysis.

Cheryl Davies (BSc Hons, South Bank, London, UK), PhD (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK). A microbiologist, Cheryl joined the Centre in Aug 2001 after 7 years in CSIRO Water Quality Group, Division of Energy Technology. Cheryl came to Australia in 1992 from the Water Research Centre, Medmenham, UK. Her specific research interests include the survival of faecal microorganisms in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the rapid determination of faecal contamination of natural waters. She is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow on the AWWARF project - The Fate and Transport of Surface Water Pathogens in Watersheds.

Andrew Feitz (BE (Hons) UQ, PhD UNSW) joined the Centre in October 1998 after completing a PhD in solar photocatalysis and the treatment of blue-green algal toxins. His research areas include advanced oxidation processes, water/wastewater treatment, sustainable energy use, Life Cycle Assessment, natural toxins, surface complexation modelling and water chemistry. Andrew is a member of the Australian Water Association, International Water Association and the International Society of Toxinocology.

Christobel Ferguson (B.App.Sc., M.Sc. University of Technology, Sydney). A microbiologist employed by the Sydney Catchment Authority since March 2001, Christobel is an adjunct Senior Research Fellow in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She was appointed as project manager for the CRCWQT/AWWARF project - The fate and transport of surface water pathogens in watersheds. Her specific research interests include the fate and survival of pathogens in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and the use of HACCP and risk assessment to minimise health risks in drinking water catchments.

Jing Guan (BE China, ME China, PhD UNSW) jointed the Centre in November 1999. She has 12 years of experience in water and wastewater treatment processes and management, particularly in the field of liquid-solid separation and particle characterisation. She was involved as a key researcher in several CRCWMPC projects and is currently working on the project of development of Nano-sized Zero-Valent Iron particles for organic contaminant degradation.

Christine Kaucner (BSc, Melbourne) joined the Centre in Aug 2001 after 11 years with the State Water Laboratory of Victoria and it’s successor Australian Water Technologies. A microbiologist with extensive experience in the detection and isolation of waterborne pathogens, she is currently employed as a research assistant on the AWWARF project - The Fate and Transport of Surface Water Pathogens in Watersheds and is enrolled in a Masters program through the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her project is: The influence of pathogen surface characteristics on their fate and transport in watersheds.

Tredwell Lukondeh (Bsc, Mapp.Sci. PhD, UNSW) has more than 20 years experience mostly in the Diary industry working in Production, Quality Control and Management. He joined the Centre in 1999 after completing a PhD in waste product utilization of cheese whey from the Dairy Industry. He is currently an ARC Post Doctorial Research Fellow studying the causes and management of out breaks of Lyngbya algal blooms in Australian coastal waters. Tredwell’s research interests include environmental biotechnology and aquatic bio-inorganic chemistry.

Sven Lundie (Dip Ind Eng, PhD) has over 8 years of experience in Life Cycle Assessment, particularly in the field of interpretation according to ISO 14042 and 43. Sven studied Industrial Engineering in Hamburg and Karlsruhe (Germany). He has worked as an environmental consultant in Hamburg (Germany), as a researcher at Center of Environmental Science in Leiden (The Netherlands) and at Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin (Germany). Sven has conducted a number of projects. They include: analysing the problems of evaluation and the derivation of practice-oriented evaluation criteria in LCA (Principal: European Union, The Netherlands), ecological evaluation of different Margarine oils (Principal: Unilever Inc., The Netherlands), LCA of television sets (Principal: Volkswagen Stiftung, Germany) and ecological evaluation of vacuum cleaners (Principal: AEG, Germany). Sven is currently a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Water and Waste Technology at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Lyn Menzies (BSc Syd) joined the Centre in December 1998 after 20 years of technical and management experience in the State Public Service. Lyn is a graduate in geology and has experience in the management of technical programs encompassing personnel, technical output and budget management.

David Roser, BSc (UNSW), PhD (La Trobe), M Env. (Plan Macquarie) Dr Roser has 20 years experience in environmental management and is an environmental microbiologist. His recent experience included development and coordination of water quality monitoring and management in the Hawkesbury Nepean River catchment while working for the Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Management Trust and NSW Department of land and Water Conservation. He has also worked on Antarctic microbial ecology, water quality monitoring for the NSW Department of Health and the development of Constructed Wetlands technology with the CRCWMPC. As a result he has an extensive knowledge and experience of microbiology research and real world application and the current state of integration of microbiology into surface and groundwater management.

Richard Stuetz (PhD, UNSW). Richard has over 12 years experience in water and wastewater treatment and environmental biotechnology. He leaves Cranfield University in the U.K. to join UNSW as a senior lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the latter half of 2003. He has been a recent visiting associate professor with the University of Technology Malaysia. Richards research interests include: On-line instrumentation for monitoring water and wastewater quality, biological process monitoring, ·biotreatment of odours and volatile emissions (VOCs) and bioprocesses for wastewater and sludge treatment.

David Waite (BSc UTas, MAppSci. Monash, PhD (Massachusetts IT), FRACI) has been involved in the Water Industry for about 25 years and joined the Water Department from ANSTO where he was a Principal Research Scientist. His research interests include chemical processes involving colloids and particles in aquatic systems; redox chemistry at the solid-solution interface; photochemistry in aquatic systems; water and wastewater treatment processes; hydrometallurgical techniques involving redox processes; hydrogeochemistry; theoretical and experimental studies on the fate and effects of chemical pollutants; interactions between trace elements and microbiota in aquatic systems. He has over 200 publications in the water and wastewater fields in refereed journals and conference proceedings and is a member of a number of professional societies and associations.