CURRICULUM VITAE
Name : ROBERT THOMAS BACHMANN
Qualifications :
PhD The University of Sheffield, UK. Applied Microbiology.
MSc (Eng), The University of Sheffield, UK. Environmental and Energy Engineering
Diplom-Ingenieur (MEng), University of Technology, Business and Design, Germany.
Process and Environmental Engineering
Specialisation :
Environmental biotechnology, waste treatment, health and safety
Areas of Research :
biosorption; biofouling; biofilm; biocorrosion; microbial fuel cells; biofuel; renewable
energy; microbially enhanced oil recovery, water and wastewater treatment and analysis.
Current Projects and Grants :
1. Optimization of Cr removal from electroplating effluent by chemical precipitation (FYP)
2. Cost- and performance comparison of green technology for the recovery of Cr(VI) from
electroplating effluents (FYP)
3. From waste to energy: A Malaysian Perspective (FYP)
4. Pesticides, the good, the bad and the ugly. (FYP)
5. BioChar to soil: A bargain of effects (Mondialogo)
6. GoScience: Microbial fuel cells for bioelectricity production. (a joint EU project proposal)
Completed research:
1. A multiparameter study to optimise biochar production from tea waste
2. Chemically tuned biosorbent: A case for carbonized tea waste
3. Effect of non-conventional quorum-sensing based biochemicals on biofim formation of
antibiotic-resistant isolates from dental unit water lines
Selected Publications :
Bachmann, R.T., Johnson, A.C. and Hernandez, J.E. (2008) Biogas production from
cheese whey: Past, present and future. In: Advances in Cheese Whey Utilization,
Editors: Esperanza Cerdán, Isabel González-Siso and Manuel Bacerra, Transworld
Research Network, ISBN: 978-81-7895-359-5.
Ojeda, J.J., Romero-González, M.E., Bachmann, R.T., Edyvean, R.G.J. & Banwart, S.A.
(2008) Characterization of the cell surface and cell wall chemistry of drinking water
bacteria by combining XPS, FTIR spectroscopy, modeling, and potentiometric titrations.
Langmuir, 24(8), pp. 4032-4040.
doi:10.1021/la702284b
Bachmann, R.T., Saul, A.J. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2007) Investigating and modelling the
development of septic sewage in filled sewers – a lab-scale study. The Science of the
total Environment, 388 (1-3), pp. 194-205.
doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.08.004
Martinez-Garcia, G., Bachmann, R.T., Johnson, A.C., Williams, C.J.,Burgoyne, A. &
Edyvean, R.G.J. (2007) Two-stage biological treatment of olive mill wastewater with
whey as co-substrate. Int. Biodet. Biodeg. 59(4), pp. 273-282.
doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2007.03.008
Hernandez, J.E., Bachmann, R.T. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2006) A cost-benefit analysis of
methods for the determination of biomass. Anaerobe, Vol. 12(5-6), pp. 254-259.
doi:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2006.09.005
Martinez-Garcia, G., Bachmann, R.T., Williams, C.J.,Burgoyne, A. & Edyvean, R.G.J.
(2006) Olive oil waste as a biosorbent for heavy metals. Int. Biodet. Biodeg., Vol. 58(3-
4) pp. 231-238.
doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.06.028
Bachmann, R.T. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2006) AFM study of the colonisation of stainless
steel by Aquabacterium commune; Int. Biodet. Biodeg., Vol. 58(3-4), pp. 112-118.
doi:10.1016/j.ibiod.2006.06.008
Bachmann, R.T. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2005) Biofouling, a historic and contemporary
(re)view of its causes, consequences and control in drinking water distribution systems.
Biofilm Journal, Vol. 2(3), pp. 197-227.
doi:10.1017/S1479050506001979
Seth, A., Bachmann, R.T., Boxall, J. & Edyvean, R.G.J. (2003) Characterisation of
materials causing discolouration in potable water systems; Wat. Sci. Tech., Vol. 49(2),
pp. 27-32.
Lima, R. & Bachmann, R.T. (2003) Pollutant emissions from modern incinerators; Int. J.
Env. Poll., Vol. 18(4), pp. 336-345.
doi: 10.1504/IJEP.2002.003731
Lima, R. & Bachmann, R.T. (2002) Blackburn meadows waste water treatment works;
Int. J. Water, Vol. 2(1), pp. 35-39.
doi: 10.1504/IJW.2002.002076
Contact Information :
- Address
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE SCIENCES
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
43600 UKM Bangi
Selangor
Malaysia
- Phone Number
03-89215668
- Fax Number
03-89215490
- E-mail
aghani@pkrisc.cc.ukm.my