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Name of Project
Production of biofuels using algal biomass
Project Leader
Professor Faizal Bux
Prof Bux is the Director of the IWWT and NRF-SARChI Chair holder in wastewater
treatment. He has ~30 years of experience in the field of water and wastewater treatment technology. His research focus has primarily been on the remediation of domestic and industrial waste streams, waste beneficiation, bioremediation, algal biotechnology and wastewater-based epidemiology. He has built a substantive track record gaining national and international accolades. Prof Bux was one of the first researchers globally to investigate microalgal propagation in wastewater focusing on beneficiation and treatment and has published extensively in the field.
Project Team Member(s)
Dr Ismail Rawat, Dr Faiz Ahmed Ansari, Dr Trisha Mogany, Mr Mhlengi Ngcobo, Mr Raman R Sewjugath
Dr Ismail Rawat is a researcher at IWWT served as assistant project leader, directing experimental research and liaison with the Project Team Member(s) and funders.
Dr Trisha Mogany is researcher and has been involved in the coordination of the project, liaising with stakeholders and with funding agencies, organising meetings, and preparing the reports.
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