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Dr Biplob Pramanik
Dr. Biplob Pramanik is a Senior Lecturer and ARC DECRA Fellow at RMIT’s School of Engineering.
Dr Biplob Pramanik is a Senior Lecturer in the Civil & Infrastructure Engineering Discipline and a member of the Water: Effective Technologies and Tools (WETT) Research Centre at RMIT University, Australia. Biplob is also an ARC DECRA fellow. Before joining RMIT, he worked at LaTrobe University, Australia as a Lecturer and at the University of Wollongong as a Vice-Chancellor Postdoctoral Research Fellow between Jan 2017 and Jan 2019. Biplob obtained his PhD degree from RMIT University in 2016.
Biplob's research focuses on the development of a separation-based technological platform for removing emerging pollutants (such as nano/microplastics) from water and wastewater. His current research also focuses on fatberg management and resource recovery. Dr Biplob Pramanik has attracted over $2.5 m in industry research funds, and contributed over 20 keynotes and invited talks. So far, he has 4 book chapters and 80+ publications in highly ranked international peer-reviewed journals, which attracted over 3000 citations and an H index of 30.
- Doctor of Philosophy, RMIT University, Australia, 2016
- MSc in Civil and Structural Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia, 2010.
- BSc in Civil Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2007.
- Sultana, M.,Roddick, F.,Pramanik, B. (2024). Fat, oil and grease wastewater and dishwashers: Uncovering the link to FOG deposition In: Science of the Total Environment, 907, 1 - 11
- Zhang, X.,Koirala, R.,Pramanik, B.,Fan, L.,Zhang, Y.,Date, A.,Jegatheesan, V. (2024). Performance of membrane distillation assisted crystallization and crystal characteristics for resource recovery from desalination brine In: Desalination, 574, 1 - 13
- Sarker, S.,Pownceby, M.,., S.,Bruckard, W.,Haque, N.,Singh, N.,Pramanik, B. (2024). Selective removal of Fe impurities in the recovery of rare earth elements from carbonatite tailings using chemical routes In: Hydrometallurgy, 224, 1 - 12
- Sultana, M.,Roddick, F.,Jefferson, B.,Gao, L.,Bergmann, D.,Papalois, J.,Guo, M.,Tzimourtas, K.,Pramanik, B. (2024). Effectiveness of grease interceptors in food service establishments for controlling fat, oil and grease deposition in the sewer system In: Science of the Total Environment, 912, 1 - 12
- Kabir, S.,Bhuiyan, M.,Zhang, G.,Pramanik, B. (2024). Microplastic distribution and ecological risks: investigating road dust and stormwater runoff across land uses In: Environmental Science: Advances, 3, 62 - 75
- Yuan, Q.,Robert, D.,Mohajerani, A.,Tran, J.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Sustainable ceramic tiles incorporated with waste fly ash from recycled paper production In: Journal of Cleaner Production, 425, 1 - 15
- Dey, T.,Hou, J.,Sillanpaa, M.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Metal-organic framework membrane for waterborne micro/nanoplastics treatment In: Chemical Engineering Journal, 474, 1 - 21
- Yusuf, H.,Roddick, F.,Jegatheesan, V.,Gao, L.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Tackling fat, oil, and grease (FOG) build-up in sewers: Insights into deposit formation and sustainable in-sewer management techniques In: Science of the Total Environment, 904, 1 - 18
- Mohana, A.,Roddick, F.,Maniam, S.,Gao, L.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Component analysis of fat, oil and grease in wastewater: challenges and opportunities In: Analytical Methods, 15, 5112 - 5128
- Xin, Y.,Robert, D.,Mohajerani, A.,Tran, P.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Utilizing rejected contaminants from the paper recycling process in fired clay brick production In: Construction and Building Materials, 409, 1 - 12
19 PhD Current Supervisions9 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
- Hydrometallurgical routes for neodymium recovery from permanent magnets (Postgraduate Student Agreement). Funded by: CSIRO Scholarship from (2024 to 2027)
- Metal organic framework-based membrane for nanoplastics removal. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2023 from (2023 to 2025)
- Augmenting water bodies with highly treated recycled water. Funded by: Water Research Australia Contract from (2023 to 2027)
- (TREMS, Theme 4, Project 34) Development of Green extraction process of metal elements in reclaimed pond ash (Phase 1). Funded by: ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub from (2023 to 2026)
- Micro-plastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: identification, classification and quantification (PhD student Sirajum Monira). Funded by: Barwon Water Contract from (2023 to 2025)