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Dr Kirsten Schliephake

Lecturer, Biotechnology


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Location: Room 2W-219, Gippsland Campus

Postal Address: School of Applied Sciences and Engineering Monash University Gippsland Campus, Churchill, Victoria, 3842, Australia

Tel:    +61 3 512 26449 or +61 3 990 26449
Fax:    +61 3 512 26738 or +61 3 990 26738
Email: Kirsten.Schliephake@sci.monash.edu.au

Kirsten has been involved in lecturing at Monash since 2004 and joined the School of Applied Sciences and Engineering in 2006. Kirsten’s research interests are in the area of environmental biotechnology with a focus on industrial application of microorganisms. She has guided and supervised projects as diverse as investigating the remediation potential of surfactant wastewater from air force base firefighting equipment, removal of petroleum hydrocarbons by aerobic microorganisms using composting technologies, decolourisation of paper mill wastewater using fungal enzymes and fungal biomass and anaerobic digestion of industrial wastewaters.

Kirsten has managed projects for clients such as Department of Sustainability and Environment, Gippsland Water, EPA Victoria and EcoRecycle Victoria (now Sustainability Victoria)

Teaching Commitments

Kirsten is the unit advisor for the following units:

Professional and Research Interests

  • White-rot Fungal Technology, Mycology
  • Fermentation Technology / Downstream Processing / Purification
  • Solid State Bioremediation
  • Wastewater/Greywater Treatment
  • Composting and Vermiculture
  • Cleaner Production and Resource Efficiency

Affiliations and Collaborations

  • Gippsland Water
  • RMIT University
  • Sustainability Victoria
  • Swinburne University of Technology
  • EPA Victoria
  • Department of Sustainability and Environment

Education

  • BAppSci – Swinburne University of Technology
  • PhD – Swinburne University of Technology
  • MBA – The University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School)

Selected Reports and Publications

  • Schliephake, K., Stevens, G., Clay, S. (2009). Making resources work more efficiently -- the importance of supply chain partnerships. Journal of Cleaner Production 17(14):1257-1263.
  • E X Leong, K Schliephake and J Lambert, Identifying microorganisms involved in the enhanced degradation of total petroleum hydrocarbons in compost. Australian Society for Microbiology 2008 Conference. Melbourne 6-10 July 2008.
  • E X Leong and K Schliephake, Opportunities for the Management of Aqueous Film Forming Foam Wastewater: An Industry Supported Student Project. Australian Society for Microbiology 2008 Conference. Adelaide 9-13 July 2007.
  • K Schliephake , Natural and Biological Systems to Remove and/or Biodegrade Colour from Treated Paper Mill Wastewater or Wastewater of Similar Nature, report for Gippsland Water for the project entitled: Natural and Biological Systems to Remove and/or Biodegrade Colour, October 2006.
  • K Schliephake , Existing Characterisation and other Relevant Work on Non-Metallic Product, NMP, report for EPA Victoria for the project entitled Pre-Feasibility Study of NMP as Cement Kiln Raw Material Substitute, June 2006.
  • K Schliephake , White-Rot Fungi in Biodegradation and Decolourisation. Australian Society for Microbiology 2005 Conference. Canberra 25-29 September 2005.
  • K Schliephake , P Brown, A Mason-Jefferies, K Lockey & C Farmer, Overview of Treatment Processes for the Production of Fit for Purpose Water: Desalination and Membrane Technologies, report to the Department of Sustainability and Environment for the project entitled Desalination and Membrane Technologies, July 2005.
  • K Schliephake , W L Baker & G T Lonergan, Decolorization of Industrial Wastes and Degradation of Dye Water. In: Fungal Biotechnology in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Applications. (D.K. Arora, P.D. Bridge, D. Bhatnagar, eds.) Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York. Chapter 38, p. 419-429, 2004.
  • G T Lonergan, W L Baker & K Schliephake, Detoxification and degradation of toxic industrial compounds and industrial dyes by white-rot fungi. An expanded role for laccase. Research Trends in Analytical Chemistry 4:67-91, 2004.
  • K Schliephake , D E Mainwaring, G T Lonergan, I K Jones, W L Baker, Transformation and Degradation of the disazo dye Chicago Sky Blue by a purified laccase from Pycnoporus cinnabarinus. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 27:100-107, 2000.
  • K Schliephake , I K Jones & G T Lonergan, Pycnoporus cinnabarinus laccase catalyses the decolourisation of a disazo dye. Indonesian Biotechnology Conference. Jakarta, Indonesia, June 1997.
  • K Schliephake & G T Lonergan, Laccase variation during dye decolourisation in a 200 L packed-bed bioreactor. Biotechnology Letters, 8(8): 881-886, 1996.
  • K Schliephake , G T Lonergan, C L Jones & D E Mainwaring, Decolourisation of a pigment plant effluent by Pycnoporus cinnabarinus in a packed-bed bioreactor. Biotechnology Letters 15:1185-1188, 1993.