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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