Dr. Long Nghiem is the Director of the Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater and a Professor in Environmental Engineering at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney. The overarching aim of his work is to discover, develop, and transfer new knowledge, skills, and technologies that improve the provision of clean water and purification of wastewater in service to society. Prior to joining UTS, he received research training and experience from the University of New South Wales, Yale University, University of Melbourne, and University of Wollongong. In 2009, he was a visiting professor at Colorado School of Mines. In May and June 2016, he was an August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professor at the Technical University of Munich. To date, he has supervised to completion 20 PhD and 8 MPhil students, and have overseen the delivery of numerous research projects with over $3 million in funding.