Fields of Specialization:  

1-Sustainable environmental management    

2-Life cycle assessment and recycling of mining, municipal and industrial waste

3-Waste management and recovery of valuable resources and energy from waste materials

4-Water quality, hydrogeochemistry, Water resources engineering, Groundwater

5-Wastewater/stormwater treatment by biogeochemical, ecological and engineering process  

6-Environmental management and remediation of contaminated site (mining, industrial)  

7-Rehabilitation of mining waste by amendments, cover system and phytoremediation

8-Biogeochemical and ecological engineering of mining waste/tailings into soil/technosol   

9-Geochemical and mineralogical characterisation of mining waste, soil and groundwater 

10-Acid mine drainage generation and process engineering treatment

11-Soil chemistry, soil-plant relationship and soil fertility 

12-Biochar and new fertilizer formulation from waste materials 


Research team

  • Zakaria M. Solaiman

    Research Assistant Professor, School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia

  • Mark Tibbett

    Professor, Centre for Agri-Environmental Research & Soil Research Centre, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK

  • Paul Munroe

    Deputy Dean (Research), Faculty of Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

  • Zed Rengel

    Winthrop Professor, School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Australia