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Gilda Carvalho

Dr at The University of Queensland

Areas of expertise

  • - technologies for water and wastewater treatment and reuse
  • - removal of nutrients and emerging pollutants
  • - biologically-mediated resource recovery processes

Major works

With strong expertise in water engineering education Gilda has developed and coordinates a unique suite of postgraduate programs in Urban Water Engineering which are characterised by a comprehensive and integrative vision of the urban water cycle and strong links with industry.

About me

Gilda Carvalho is Joint Course Coordinator and a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology and coordinator of the Master of Engineering in Urban Water at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is a chemical engineer with a PhD in Biotechnology from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. A passionate teacher, Gilda has extensive experience in developing and delivering a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering.