Centre for EcoLogical Technology Solutions
Research Leader

Aisling O'Sullivan
Associate Professor
Civil & Natural Resources Engineering Rm E443
Phone: +6433692045
Internal Phone: 92045
Current Team
Biofabrication of Sustainable Materials for Clean Water Technologies

Benoit Guieysse
Professor
School of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University



Rupert Craggs
Principal Scientist
NIWA's Aquatic Pollution Mitigation Group, Hamilton


Ricardo Bello-Mendoza
Senior Lecturer
Humanitarian Engineering (Co-director)
Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E429
Phone: +6433692043
Internal Phone: 92043

James J Stone
Professor
Head of Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (SDSMT), USA

Kim L Pickering
Professor
Associate Dean Research
Environmental Research Institute, The University of Waikato
Stormwater Treatment Technologies

Tom Cochrane
Professor
Deputy Head of Department
Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E407
Phone: +6433695074
Internal Phone: 95074

Mike Hannah
Co-founder, Managing Director and Technical Engineer
Stormwater360

Frances Charters
Senior Lecturer
1st Pro Co-ordinator
Civil and Natural Resources Engineering E307
Phone: +6433694632
Internal Phone: 94632
Fish Passage and Built Barriers

Tonny de Vries
Senior Lecturer
Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E431
Phone: +6433695963
Internal Phone: 95963


Mike Hickford
Research Associate
Marine Ecology
Julius von Haast 345
Phone: +6433695177
Internal Phone: 95177

Frances Charters
Senior Lecturer
1st Pro Co-ordinator
Civil and Natural Resources Engineering E307
Phone: +6433694632
Internal Phone: 94632
Green Roofs

Tonny de Vries
Senior Lecturer
Civil & Natural Resources Engineering E431
Phone: +6433695963
Internal Phone: 95963

Mike Hannah
Co-founder, Managing Director and Technical Engineer
Stormwater360

Matthew Vining
Environmental & Ecological Engineering Student
Purdue University, USA
Engineering Education


William Vidal
Practitioner, PhD
PhD candidates
- Honor Columbus (starting May 2021) – (proposed topic) A Wellbeing Framework for assessing wastewater treatment infrastructure
- Diana Ospina, (starting April 2021) – (proposed topic) Floating Treatment Wetlands
- Jéssika Carvalho - Quantifying the environmental and economic costs of stormwater treatment systems through Life Cycle Assessment Modelling and Cost Benefit Analysis Modelling
- Gary Rorke - Valorisation of grape marc (waste) as a renewable energy that optimises for environmental, economic and social outcomes
- Anna Nilsson - Anaerobic pond treatment of pig farm effluent in New Zealand: exploring opportunities for enhanced performance
- Forrest Bilek - Investigation of the Variable Efficiencies of Stormwater Treatment Systems
Masters candidates
- Stefanie Pratchett – Assessing performance of fish passage design for New Zealand native fish species
- Bruce (Bhuri) Rodprasert - Living roofs to treat adjacent roof runoff using waste media substrates
- Rachel Sykes - Mechanisms of heavy metal removal from stormwater by mussel shells
Funded PhD Opportunities on Clean Water Technologies
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- Banon Hopkins – Product development of the Storminator™
- Afrooz Bayat – Treating diffuse nutrients using waste seashells
- Turin Li – Characterising the adsorption kinetics of 3D-printed biomaterials
- Matthew Vining (Purdue) - Living roofs to treat adjacent roof runoff using waste media substrates
Check out all CELTS activities