About

Biji is a chartered professional civil and environmental engineer and a senior academic having worked for Water Corporation, Department of Health, Asian Development Bank, and various consultancies on water infrastructure projects. She has a master’s degree on constructed wetlands and a PhD on industrial symbiosis and sustainability. Her PhD was focussed on developing a method to measure sustainability benefits of industrial symbiosis for Kwinana Industrial Area. She completed the first phase of the Carbon Reduction project for Kwinana Industries Council (KIC). Since joining Murdoch University as a senior academic, she supervised several students to complete internships on industrial symbiosis projects at KIC. Recently she completed a project for FBICRC on developing a regulatory framework for by-product utilisation in WA in collaboration with Curtin University.

Biji in her current academic role as senior lecturer, co-ordinates three master of engineering units such as Industrial Ecology/Symbiosis, Hydrology and water cycle management, and Water treatment unit operations. She also is a teaching faculty member for the unit Integrated waste management and resource recovery. She supervises PhD students on the topics Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis.
Biji is a member of number of national and international professional bodies such as Engineers Australia, Professionals Australia, Australian Water Association, International Water Association, Biji has been a member of several sections of International Society for Industrial Ecology such as Industrial Symbiosis, Lifecycle assessment, and Socio-Economic Metabolism since 2004. She also an Associate member of Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Biji volunteers on landscape regeneration in her spare time.