Fwd: Invitation talk by Prof Dr Stefan Wuertz - 8 Dec 2014
Myzairah Hamdzah
From: Nurfarhain binti Mohamed Rusli <nurfa...@utm.my>
Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 5:01 PM
Subject: Invitation talk by Prof Dr Stefan Wuertz - 8 Dec 2014
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Dear Prof/Assoc. Prof/
Dr/Researcher/Student,
We are welcoming a visiting
Professor, Prof. Dr. Stefan Wuertz, to the Institute of Environmental and Water
Resource Management (IPASA) this 8th of December 2014 (Monday). In
conjunction with Prof Wuertz's visit to IPASA, you are cordially invited to
attend a talk to be delivered by him which will be held as follows:
Topic : Understanding
Microbial Communities in Used Water Treatment - Can We Predict Process
Performance?
Speaker : Prof Dr. Stefan Wuertz (Visiting Professor)
Date : 8th
December 2014 (Monday)
Time : 2.30 - 4.30 pm
Venue : V01, Faculty of Bioscience and Medical Engineering (FBME), UTM
Dr.
Stefan Wuertz is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at University of
California, Davis, as well as a Visiting Professor in the School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Research Director of the Environmental
Engineering Cluster in the Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences
Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He
earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences at the University of Massachusetts
and Dr. habilitatus in Environmental Biotechnology at Technical University of
Munich, Germany. In addition, he conducted postdoctoral work in Molecular
Genetics at the Flemish Institute for Technology in Belgium. Dr. Wuertz?s
research interests span the interface of environmental microbiology and
engineering. He specializes in biofilm systems, the use of molecular tools to
describe microbial communities and biological processes in bioreactors, and
developing methodology to detect low-level pathogens in the environment
combined with microbial source tracking and microbial risk assessment. He has
been an editor of the international journal Water Research, the top
ranked journal in Water Resources, since 2003 and has written over 100
peer-reviewed journal and other scientific publications. Most recently,
he served as editor for Water Research special issues focusing on Identifying
Sources of Microbial Contamination (2007), Cross-validation of Methods
for the Detection and Quantification of Microbial Pathogens and Indicators of
Fecal Pollution (2009), and Shifting Paradigms in Recreational Water
Quality Assessment (2010), as well as a dedicated journal issue to the SIPP
Microbial Source Tracking validation study in California (2013).
Both staff and students are welcome
to attend the talk. We look forward to seeing you there this Monday.
Many thanks
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Best
Regards,
Nurfarhain
Mohamed Rusli
Research
Officer
Institute of
Environmental and Water Resources Management
(IPASA)
Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia (UTM), 81310 Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Phone No. :
+607 55 31579 Ext. 31579
Fax No. :
+607 55 31575
H/P: 017-7710603
Email: nurfar...@gmail.com
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