Parvez completed his PhD in environmental engineering from Queensland University of Technology in 2011 and received post-doctoral training in analytical chemistry at Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science at University of Tasmania. His principal research aim is to develop low-cost and portable solutions using advanced analytical techniques and to incorporate such solutions within food, agriculture, defence and medical sciences...view more
Parvez completed his PhD in environmental engineering from Queensland University of Technology in 2011 and received post-doctoral training in analytical chemistry at Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science at University of Tasmania. His principal research aim is to develop low-cost and portable solutions using advanced analytical techniques and to incorporate such solutions within food, agriculture, defence and medical sciences areas.
His research interests include:
- Rapid screening of explosives
- Advanced oxidation processes for scalable production and point-of-care delivery of radicals
- continuous-flow reactor technology
- contaminant fate
- chemometrics
- UV-visible-infrared spectrophotometry for environmental hazard monitoring and early warning of hazardous gases
- water-quality engineering.
My Grants
In 2019, Parvez was awarded Enterprise Solution Centre Program (ESCP) grant of $200,000 by Food Innovation Australia Ltd. (FIAL) for a Project Titled: “Peroxide-based Sustainable Treatment Strategy for Salmonid Aquaculture” as lead chief investigator.
In 2020, Parvez was awarded Higher Degree Research grant ($44,570) from Defence Science Institute (DSI) Australia for a project Titled: “Rapid Screening of Home-made Explosives in Public Places Using Safe Light Sources” as lead chief investigator
My Qualifications
PhD (2008-2011), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
My Awards
• Award of the ‘Best Oral Presentation’ award in the 3rd International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering: CESE-2010, Cairns, Australia, September 26 – October 1, 2010
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at University of Tasmania (2012-2014) awarded by Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet
• Innovative Tasmania Award 2015; Laboratory device prototype named ‘SCANTEX’ at UTAS for explosive detection comprised both inorganic and organic explosive detection components. My postdoctoral work resulted the organic explosive detection component of SCANTEX.
• Student Voice Commendation Award 2019 at CQU Melbourne Campus (On-Campus Educators of the Year Category for Teaching ‘Environmental Sustainability’ to Postgraduate Students at CQU)
• CSIRO ON-Prime performance bonus for rapid screening technology of explosives 2023 (Easy Screen P14-1561)
My Research Activities
Parvez has completed the following projects as lead chief investigator at Victoria University in last 3 years before joining UNSW:
- Advanced Oxidation Techniques for Aquaculture Industry (Industry Partner: Huon Aquaculture Pty Ltd and Food Innovation Australia Ltd)
- Detection and Remediation of Organic Peroxide Explosives Using Advanced Light Sources (Defence Science Institute, Australia)
He also completed the following projects as research collaborator at University of Tasmania between 2016 and 2019:
- Radiometric analysis of LEDs and the use of rapidly pulsed infra-red LEDs for portable sensing of gases
- Advanced Miniaturised Electrochemical Detection for Flow-Based Analytical Systems
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