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High-achieving honours student Angelina Tan is returning to AOM Lab as a PhD candidate after being awarded the prestigious Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Supervised by A/Prof Rita...
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In February 2021, Dr Naras Rao from our group was awarded the highly prestigious Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF), giving him the opportunity to embark on a new research project...
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The 2021 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings were announced. These measure the progress of universities working to achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and are a great...

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AOMLab

The aim of the Algae & Organic Matter Laboratory (AOM Lab) is to combine fundamental scientific understanding of the biological and physicochemical properties of microalgal and organic matter systems with the latest engineering technology, to provide sustainable solutions for a) the treatment of microalgae and organic matter in the water industry and b) the application of microalgae as a resource in the biotechnology industry. We are primarily concerned with the development and optimisation of advanced characterisation techniques; separation technologies, including coagulation-flocculation, oxidation, flotation and membrane processes; and monitoring methods, particularly those that can be applied in situ.