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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.
- Mohana, A.,Islam, M.,Rahman, M.,Pramanik, S.,Haque, N.,Gao, L.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Generation and consequence of nano/microplastics from medical waste and household plastic during the COVID-19 pandemic In: Chemosphere, 311, 1 - 13
- Xin, Y.,Robert, D.,Mohajerani, A.,Tran, J.,Pramanik, B. (2023). Transformation of waste-contaminated glass dust in sustainable fired clay bricks In: Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18, 1 - 16
- Dey, T.,Rasel, H.,Roy, T.,Uddin, M.,Pramanik, B.,Jamal, M. (2023). Post-pandemic micro/nanoplastic pollution: Toward a sustainable management In: Science of the Total Environment, 867, 1 - 14
- Chakraborty, S.,Zaman, M.,Qamruzzaman, M.,Pramanik, B. K., et al, . (2022). Metals extraction processes from electronic waste: constraints and opportunities In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29, 32651 - 32669
- Yuan, Q.,Robert, D.,Mohajerani, A.,Tran, J.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Utilisation of waste-to-energy fly ash in ceramic tiles In: Construction and Building Materials, 347, 1 - 12
- Sarker, S.,Haque, N.,Bruckard, W.,Bhuiyan, M.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Development of a geospatial database of tailing storage facilities in Australia using satellite images In: Chemosphere, 303, 1 - 9
- Sarker, S.,Haque, N.,Bhuiyan, M.,Bruckard, W.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Recovery of strategically important critical minerals from mine tailings In: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10, 1 - 16
- Du, Y.,Pramanik, B.,Zhang, Y.,Jegatheesan, V. (2022). Influence of molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of commercial ultrafiltration substrate on the performance of thin film composite nanofiltration membrane In: Desalination, 541, 1 - 13
- Mohana, A.,Rahman, M.,Sarker, S.,Haque, N.,Gao, L.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Nano/microplastics: Fragmentation, interaction with co-existing pollutants and their removal from wastewater using membrane processes In: Chemosphere, 309, 1 - 13
- Sultana, M.,Roddick, F.,Gao, L.,Guo, M.,Pramanik, B. (2022). Understanding the properties of fat, oil, and grease and their removal using grease interceptors In: Water Research, 225, 1 - 13
17 PhD Current Supervisions2 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions
- Metal organic framework-based membrane for nanoplastics removal. Funded by: ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) 2023 from (2023 to 2025)
- Micro-plastics in municipal wastewater treatment plants: identification, classification and quantification (PhD student Sirajum Monira). Funded by: Barwon Water Contract from (2023 to 2025)
- Development of analytical methods for the analysis of fat, oil and grease from the grease trap. Funded by: South East Water Corporation - Scholarship from (2022 to 2026)
- Re-qualifying cardboard waste to develop light-weight precast concrete structures. Funded by: Sustainability Victoria - Recycling Victoria Research & Development Fund from (2021 to 2024)