International UWRC Affiliated Faculty

Herbert H. P Fang - Professor and Chair of Environmental Engineering at The University of Hong Kong where he established the Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory.

Fang is an expert in environmental biotechnologies, including anaerobic degradation, nutrient removal, membrane separation, biofilm, and bioremediation. He has published over 150 journal articles, presented over 100 papers in international conferences, and holds one U.S. patent.

Fang's present research interests include bioremediation of contaminated anthropogenic sediment, biofilm-related corrosion and microbial contaminants in water supply, hydrogen production from wastewater and waste, biodegradation of endocrine disruptors, etc. using DNA-based molecular techniques and advanced analytical technologies, such as atomic force microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectrometry.

Dave Huitema - Senior Research/Post Doc Fellow at the Institute for Environmental Stuies (IVM) at Vrije University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

He specializes in public administration and policy. His focus is on the management of government decision processes; the problems of institutional change and adaptive governance; and citizen involvement in public decision-making. He is also cluster coordinator of the Institute's Water Governance and Economics group.

Huitema's current work for IVM includes the study of Adaptive Governance regimes in water management under the European Union funded 'NeWater' project (www.newater.net). He leads a four-year study on the management of multi-level public decision processes called 'Shifting water administration into higher gear'.

T. David Waite - Director, Centre for Water and Wastewater Technology (CWWT) and Head of the Water Engineering Group in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. .

Waite's research topics cover chemical and separation processes involving colloids and particles in aquatic and treatment systems; redox chemistry at the solid-solution interface; photochemistry in aquatic systems; water and wastewater treatment processes; hydrometallurgical processes involving particulates and/or redox processes; hydrogeochemistry; theoretical and experimental studies on the fate and effects of chemical pollutants; interactions between trace elements and microbiota in aquatic systems; utilization of technologies for the assessment of sustainability in water management; institutional arrangements for water management.