Ibrahim Hakeem

Dr Ibrahim Hakeem is a Research Translation Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at RMIT University. His research focuses on sustainable chemical process engineering, with particular interests in resource recovery, waste valorisation, thermochemical conversion, wastewater and biosolids treatment, circular economy technologies, and process decarbonisation.

His research combines fundamental chemical engineering principles with experimental investigation, process modelling, pilot-scale demonstration and sustainability assessment to develop scalable solutions for environmental and industrial challenges. He currently leads research on novel processes for critical metals recovery from biosolids and contributes to the development and pilot-scale demonstration of technologies for converting biosolids and other wastes into value-added products. He works closely with Australian water utilities and industry partners to translate research from laboratory development towards commercial application.

Dr Hakeem received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from RMIT University in 2023 and holds an MSc in Sustainable Chemical Engineering from the University of Bath, United Kindgom and a BEng (Honours) in Chemical Engineering. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed research articles and contributes to undergraduate teaching and research student supervision.

He serves on the Early Career Editorial Board of Chemical Engineering Journal, is a Guest Editor for Energies, industry advisory board for Chemical Engineering Department at Federal University of Technology, Minna and is a professional member of Engineers Australia.