Vladimir Strezov

Biography

I completed my PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Newcastle where I jointly worked with the pyrometallurgy research team at the BHP Research Laboratories in Newcastle. Before joining Macquarie University in 2003 I was research associate and laboratory manager at the University of Newcastle. My current research projects are concerned with improvement of energy efficiency and reduction of emissions in minerals processing, production of biofuels and electricity generation. I have established close links with several primary industries leading to successful joint projects in the field of energy and sustainability. I currently manage a laboratory for thermal and environmental processing funded in collaboration with the Rio Tinto Group. The primary focus of this collaboration is to study energy requirements of the minerals processing industries with a potential to increase energy efficiency and improve emissions. I am advisory panel member for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Australia and Associate Editor for the Journal of Cleaner Production.

Research Interest

Sustainable energy: biomass technology, waste to energy, biofuel production, biochar, combustion, pyrolysis. Industrial ecology: sustainable development, life cycle analysis, energy efficiency of industrial activities, emission reduction, carbon mitigation.