Navid Moheimani
Senior Lecturer
Environmental and Conservation Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Navid Moheimani is a senior algae technical specialist who has over 16 years experience as an applied phycologist and being involved in biofuel production from microalgae. He is also Director of Murdoch University Algae R&D Centre.
Research Interest
Main research areas are: Microalgae and Macroalgae cultures for wastewater (i.e. domestic, piggeries) treatment. Microalgae cultivation in open ponds and closed photobioreactors. Limits to the growth of microalgae. Algal physiology. Algal photosynthesis. Algal calcification. Solar energy conversion to biomass and electricity. Botryococcus braunii non-destructive hydrocarbon extraction. Techno-economic assessment. Modelling algal growth.
Publications
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Vadiveloo, A., Moheimani, N., Cosgrove, J., Parlevliet, D., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., (2017), Effects of different light spectra on the growth, productivity and photosynthesis of two acclimated strains of Nannochloropsis sp., Journal of Phycology: an international journal of algal research, 28, , pages -.
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Crisp, J., Partridge, G., D’Souza, F., Tweedley, J., Moheimani, N., (2017), Effects of temperature and salinity on larval survival and development of the western school prawn Metapenaeus dalli, International Aquatic Research, , , pages -.
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Shahnazari, M., Arabzadeh Bahri, P., Parlevliet, D., Minakshi Sundaram, M., Moheimani, N., (2017), Sustainable conversion of light to algal biomass and electricity: A net energy return analysis, Energy, 131, , pages 218 - 229.
