Hamidi Abdul Aziz

Biography

Dr Aziz is a Professor in environmental engineering at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Science Malaysia since 2000. Dr. Aziz received his Ph.D in civil engineering (environmental engineering) from University of Strathclyde, Scotland in 1992. He has published to date over 80 refereed articles in professional journals/proceedings, 5 chapters in refereed international level books and 3 chapters in refereed national level books. He has also published 3 national level books. Additionally, he has published 150 refereed abstracts/technical reports related to his discipline of interest. Dr Aziz continues to serve as peer reviewer for several international journals. He serves as an associate editor of the International Journal of Chemistry and Environment and is a Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Landfill Leachate Management and Control of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM). He currently sits as the Editorial Board Member for 8 International journals. Dr. Aziz has become Visiting Research Fellow to Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, under Ministry of Education, Japanese Government in year 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006. He has won various research awards related to waste management in various exhibitions. He is currently sitting as a technical committee member for national solid waste management in Malaysia since April 2006. He has conducted over 30 funded research projects from 1992 to date with total cost over RM2 million.

Research Interest

Dr Aziz´s research has focused on alleviating the problems associated with industrial wastewater discharge and solid waste management via landfilling, especially on leachate pollution. He also interests in biodegradation and bioremediation of oil spills. Development of a pilot plant for removing heavy metals (Hg, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ni, Mn, Cd and Cr (III) from wastewater using low cost media; Alternative removal technique for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from domestic wastewater for algal bloom control in oxidation ponds and lakes; and composting of municipal solid waste. Recently, Prof. Hamidi has embarked on research related to bioremediation of crude oil in contaminated coastal sediments and bioremediation of crude oil in marine environment in Malaysia.