Dr Sanaz Orandi

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2024 - ongoing	Researcher Support Manager	University of Adelaide
  2024 - 2024	PRIF Mining Consortium Manager	University of Adelaide
  2022 - 2023	Senior Geoscientist	Land and Water Consulting
  2022 - 2024	Adjunct Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
  2018 - 2022	ECMS Health & Safety Officer	The University of Adelaide
  2016 - 2021	External Supervisor	The University of Adelaide
  2013 - 2017	Laboratory & Safety Coordinator	The University of Adelaide

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2012	Award	Best Student Paper Presentation Award	International Mine Water Association Conference, Bunbury, Western Australia	Australia	-
  2012	Award	Best Poster Presentation Award	8th Asia-Pacific Conference on Algal Biotechnology (APCAB), Adelaide, South Australia	Australia	-
  2011	Award	3 Min Thesis Competition Runner Up Prize	Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences Faculty, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.	Australia	$150
  2011	Award	Young Investigator Award	, Bio-Processing Network Conference, Adelaide, South Australia.	Australia	-

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  Arabic	Can read, write, speak and understand spoken
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  Persian	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2009 - 2013	The University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
  2003 - 2007	University of Kharazmi (Tarbiat Moallem), Tehran	Iran, Islamic Republic of	MSc
  1993 - 1998	Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman	Iran	BSc

• Certifications

  Date	Title	Institution name	Country
  —	Certificate IV Work Health & Safety	TafeSA	-

• Research Interests

  Bioremediation Biotechnology Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Monitoring Environmental Rehabilitation Environmental Science and Management Environmental Sciences Environmental Technologies Geochemistry Geology Industrial Microbiology

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2021	Hessel, V., Tran, N. N., Orandi, S., Asrami, M. R., Goodsite, M. E., & Nguyen, H. (2021). Continuous-Flow Extraction of Adjacent Metals - a Disruptive Economic Window for In-Situ Resource Utilization of Asteroids?. Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 60(7), 3368-3388. DOI Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC3
  2020	Williams, F., Lee, A., Orandi, S., & Lewis, D. (2020). Antibacterial action of functional silicon dioxide: an investigation of the attachment and separation of bacteria. Environmental Technology, 41(6), 703-710. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
  2017	Williams, F. E., Lee, A. K., Orandi, S., Sims, S. K., & Lewis, D. M. (2017). Moringa oleifera functionalised sand – reuse with non-ionic surfactant dodecyl glucoside. Journal of Water and Health, 15(6), 863-872. DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC3
  2013	Orandi, S., & Lewis, D. (2013). Synthesising acid mine drainage to maintain and exploit indigenous mining micro-algae and microbial assemblies for biotreatment investigations. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 20(2), 950-956. DOI Scopus11 WoS7 Europe PMC5
  2013	Orandi, S., & Lewis, D. (2013). Biosorption of heavy metals in a photo-rotating biological contactor - a batch process study. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97(11), 5113-5123. DOI Scopus26 WoS15 Europe PMC5
  2012	Orandi, S., Lewis, D., & Moheimani, N. (2012). Biofilm establishment and heavy metal removal capacity of an indigenous mining algal-microbial consortium in a photo-rotating biological contactor. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 39(9), 1321-1331. DOI Scopus81 WoS55 Europe PMC21

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2013	Orandi, S., Lewis, D., Eslami, A., & Mohebbi, A. (2013). A novel approach to exploit indigenous mining algal-microbes in a photo-rotating biological contactor for heavy metal removal from acid mine drainage. In Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Annual Conference, IMWA 2012 (pp. 231-236). Australia: IMWA.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2023	Orandi, S., Ciobanu, C., Wade, B., Karakus, M., & Orandi, S. (2023). Fabrics and Alteration of Donington Granite from the Carrapateena Mine, South Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of 27th Australian Conference on Microscopy and Microanalysis (ACMM27), Perth, WA.. Perth.
  2014	Orandi, S., Erkelens, M., Ball, A. S., & Lewis, D. M. (2014). An Investigation On Community Dynamics Of Acidophilic Micro-Algae Exploited For Phyto-Remediation of Acid Mine Drainage. Poster session presented at the meeting of ISAP2014. Sydney.

• Theses

  Year	Citation
  2013	Orandi, S. (2013). Investigation of algal-microbial biofilms for acid mine drainage treatment. (PhD Thesis).

• Datasets

  Year	Citation
  2017	Orandi, S. (2017). Biosorption of metals by microorganisms in the bioremediation of toxic metals. DOI Scopus1
  2017	Orandi, S. (2017). Biosorption of metals by microorganisms in the bioremediation of toxic metals. DOI Scopus1

Waste Water Treatment

Geology

Environment

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2016 - 2019	External Supervisor	The efficacy of Moringa oleifera as a practical application for sustainable water treatment	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Frances Elizabeth Williams

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2017 - ongoing	Member	AusIMM	Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	Australia

• Position: Researcher Support Manager (Post Award)
• Phone: 83133959
• Email: sanaz.orandi@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: 44-60 Rundle Mall - Rundle Mall Plaza, floor Level Three
• Org Unit: Research Services