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UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology |
A/Prof Greg Leslie
Associate Professor, UNSW
Deputy
Director, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology
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Room 110, Applied Science Bldg The University of New South Wales Sydney 2052 Australia Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 6092 Facsimile: +61 (2) 9385 5966 Email: click here |
Profile:
Greg Leslie is employed at the university of New South Wales as an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering. Prior to joining UNSW, he was CH2M Hill's Technology Leader for membrane
systems and water reuse in the Asia Pacific Region. In this capacity he was involved in a variety of water treatment and
reuse projects in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States, including the role of lead process designer for
CH2M Hill on the Singapore NEWater projects at Bedok, Kranji and Seletar.
Prior to joining CH2M Hill in May of 2000, Greg was employed with the Orange County Water District (OCWD) in Fountain Valley, California as the deputy programme manager for the Groundwater Water Replenishment System; a $US 350M indirect potable water reuse project. His involvement in this water reuse project spanned seven years and included work on the project conceptualization, pilot and demonstration plant studies, environmental review process, water quality evaluation and health risk assessment studies, regulatory approval and preliminary design studies. He was also involved in efforts to gain acceptance of indirect potable water reuse with the community, the Department of Health and elected officials. He was a contributing author on the Orange County Water District 2020 Master Plan and was involved in the development of the wastewater treatment and water reuse options for the Orange County Sanitation District Strategic Plan.
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D., The University of New South Wales, 1994
- B.Sc., The University of Sydney, 1988
EMPLOYMENT:
- 2003-present: Associate Professor, School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, UNSW
- 2000-2003: Membrane Technology Leader, CH2M Hill Australia
- 1998-2000: Deputy Programme Manager, Groundwater Replenishment System, Orange County Water District, California
- 1995-1998: Sr Engineer, Orange County Water District, California
- 1993-1995: National Water Research Institute Fellow, Orange County Water District, California
- 1992-1993: Research Engineer, CRC For Wastewater Treatment and Pollution Control, University of New South Wales
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
- Member of the Independent Advisory Committee for the Groundwater Replenishment System
Research Interests:
- Indirect potable reuse
- Membrane processes for wastewater treatment and reuse
- Zero liquid discharge for industrial water systems
Students:
- Ong Key Wee, Singapore Public Utilities Board. Master of Process
Engineering
Thesis title: Diagnosis of Membrane Bioreactor Performance through Residence Time Distribution Measurements: Effects of Reactor Design and Membrane Location
Selected Publications:
Papers in blue are downloadable:
- V. Balan, P. Le-Clech and G. Leslie, The unexpected phenomenon of silica fouling of Microporous membranes in water treatment applications, submitted to Desalination (2005)
- C. Chen, A. Childress. P. Le-Clech and G. Leslie, Failure analysis of submerged hollow fibre membranes, to be included in Proc International Membrane Conference, Korea August (2005)
- A. E. Childress, P. Le-Clech, J. Daugherty, C. Chen and G. Leslie, Mechanical analysis of hollow hibre membrane integrity in water reuse applications, Desalination (2005) in Press
- A.G. Fane and Leslie, G.L., Membrane technology - the key to water reuse, Proceedings IWA Specialized Conference on Water Environment-Membrane Technology 2004, p875-883, June 7-10, 2004, Seoul, Korea.( 2004 )
- G. Leslie, Solving water problem could come down to using city's kidneys, Sydney Morning Herald Article 19th April 2004
- A.G. Fane, P. Macintosh and G. Leslie, Water Reclamation, Remediation and Cleaner Production with Nanofiltration, Chapter 11 in Schaefer,A., Fane, A.G. and Waite,T.D.( Eds) 'Nanofiltration; Principles and Applications' , Elsevier Science, ISBN 185617 4050, (2004)
- S. Chapman, G. Leslie and I.B. Law, Membrane Bioreactors (MBR) for Municipal Wastewater Treatment - An Australian Perspective. Journal of Australian Water Association, 4 (2004) 65
- H. Seah, J. Poon, G. Lelsie and I.B. Law, Singapore's NEWater Demonstration Project: Another Milestone In Indirect Potable Reuse, Water, June 2003
- G.L. Leslie, W.R. Mills Jr., T.M. Dawes, J.C. Kennedy, D.F. McIntyre and B.P. Anderson, Meeting the demand for potable water in the 21st Century: The role of membrane processes. Proceedings of the American Water Works Association Membrane Technology Conference, Long Beach CA, March 1999
- G.L .Leslie, W.R. Mills, W.R. Dunivin, M.P. Wehner and R.G. Sudak, Performance and Economic Evaluation of Membrane Processes for Reuse Applications, Proc. American Desalting Association Biennial Conf., Aug.1998, Williamsburg VA
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