Doctoral researcher · Environmental engineer

Cleaner water,
engineered at the
microscale.

I develop spiral inertial microfluidic techniques using 3D printing to advance bacteria separation and detection in water.

Kawser Alam in a dark suit

Australian Centre for Research on Separation ScienceUniversity of Tasmania · Hobart, Australia

PhD researcher at ACROSS ↗

Microfluidics & separation science

Water & environmental engineering

Research

Across scales, toward safer water.

My work connects environmental engineering with applied microscale technologies—from flow inside a printed channel to treatment systems for complex wastewater.

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Current doctoral research

Spiral inertial microfluidics

Developing 3D-printed microfluidic techniques for bacteria separation and detection technologies.

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02

Membrane separation

Fouling control & greywater

Mechanical scouring, fluidized media and electrochemical approaches for more resilient membrane treatment.

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Environmental systems

Wetlands, LCA & monitoring

Nature-based treatment, life-cycle assessment, water quality monitoring and GIS-led environmental analysis.

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Selected publications

Research in print.

  1. 2023

    Effect of mechanical scouring on fouling control in greywater filtration with fluidized bed submerged membrane reactor for decentralized wastewater treatment process

    Alam, M. K., Dash, S. R., Jang, H., & Kim, J.

    Journal of Water Process Engineering, 56, 104363

    2025 JCR Journal Impact Factor: 6.6

  2. 2023

    Life Cycle Analysis of Lab-Scale Constructed Wetlands for the Treatment of Industrial Wastewater and Landfill Leachate from Municipal Solid Waste: A Comparative Assessment

    Alam, M. K., Islam, M. A. S., Saeed, T., Rahman, S. M., & Majed, N.

    Water, 15(5), 909

    2025 JCR Journal Impact Factor: 3.5

  3. 2021

    Removal of heavy metals in subsurface flow constructed wetlands: application of effluent recirculation

    Saeed, T., Alam, M. K., Miah, M. J., & Majed, N.

    Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 12, 100146

    2025 JCR Journal Impact Factor: 5.5

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Let’s connect

Curious minds make better questions.

I welcome conversations about microfluidics, water research, separation science and interdisciplinary collaboration.

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