Dr Kamrun Nahar
| Name | Dr Kamrun Nahar |
|---|---|
| Email Address | kamrun.nahar@unisq.edu.au |
| Job Title | Lecturer (Water Engineering) |
| Qualifications | BScCivEng Rajshahi, GDipMgt AIB, PhD UNSW |
| Department | School of Agriculture and Environmental Science |
| Affiliations | Centre for Future Materials |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8277-4445 |
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Biography
Dr Kamrun Nahar completed her PhD from The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Environmental Engineering, has approximately ten years’ experience in university-based teaching and research. Her research background spans environmental contaminants and impacts, particularly perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), microplastics and heavy metal contaminants in subsurface soils, groundwater, surface water and the atmosphere, environmental impact assessments of waste-based construction materials, and environmental policy and sustainability. Professionally she worked as a research associate in UNSW and as a lecturer at the Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Kamrun currently works as a lecturer in water engineering for the School of Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland.
Employment
| Position | Organisation | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer (full time) Water Engineering | University of Southern Queensland | 2019 | 2024 |
| Teaching assistant | University of Southern Queensland | 2015 | 2018 |
| Teaching Assistant | The University of New South Wales | 2011 | 2012 |
| Lecturer (Civil Engineering) | RUET, Bangladesh | 2008 | 2010 |
Expertise
• Environmental contaminants, systems and impacts
• Contaminant fate and transport modelling
• Water quality monitoring
• Sustainability and environmental management
Teaching
ENV3104 – Hydraulics II
ENV3103 - Environmental Pollution
ENV2902 - Hydraulics Practice
ENG2909 - Work Experience - Associate
Fields of Research
- 400513. Water resources engineering
- 400599. Civil engineering not elsewhere classified
- 401102. Environmentally sustainable engineering
- 401106. Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling
- 401199. Environmental engineering not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
| Professional Membership | Year |
|---|---|
| Australasian Association for Engineering Education Australasian | |
| Fluid & Thermal Engineering Society | |
| Sustainable Engineering Society | |
| Society for Engineering in Agriculture |
BScCivEng
Rajshahi
2008
GDipMgt
AIB
2024
PhD
UNSW
2015
Current Supervisions
| Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developing Smart Irrigation Systems for Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in the salt-affected coastal zone of the Gangetic Delta | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |
| Water Quality Simulation on the Great Barrier Reef Using the WASP Model for Eutrophication Control | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2025 |
| Development of fruit peel based bio-adsorbents and their potential application in removal of PFASs | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment plants: An analysis of the effectiveness of various treatment methods | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
| Project title | Details | Year |
|---|---|---|
| UniSQ Capacity Building Grant | Simple Cost-Effective Method for Detecting PFASs by Spectrofluorometry. The fundamental idea of this research was to develop a new low cost method using fluorescence spectroscopy for PFOA and PFOS analysis in water. The method establishment process will involve investigating the interaction between PFOS and PFOA with triarylmethane dye (crystal violet, CV) and measurement of the enhanced Resonance Light Scattering (RLS) signal by synchronously scanning the excitation and emission monochromators of the fluorescence spectrophotometer through a range of wavelengths. Additionally, the optimal conditions, hydrodynamic size, absorption spectrum will also investigated, and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images was recorded. | 2020 |
| Faculty Collaboration Grant | A critical review of model‐input parameters on herbicide fate and transport in the GBR catchment. | 2020 |