ProfessorPeter Gostomski

IChemE

Reviewed 20 proposals to this fund.

Keynote address at 6th International Conference on Biorefinery (ICB2017)

2nd place in the paper competition at the 2016 Chemeca conference.

Best paper published in the IChemE journal TCE in 2015

I was an invited speaker at the 2014 Chemeca conference in Perth. This is the annual Australasia chemical engineering conference. I spoke on my work in biofiltration. The invited speakers are listed in the program which can be viewed at http://www.icheme.org/~/media/Documents/Conferences/CHEMECA/Chemeca%202014/Chemeca%20programme_web_revised.pdf

Elected a Fellow of IPENZ for contributions to the advancement of engineering knowledge and technological education.

The BPA is an alliance between Plant and Food Research, AgResearch, Callaghan Innovation and Scion that aims to expand New Zealand’s export opportunities by adding value to biological resources. Operations and project delivery are overseen by a general manager and science leadership group made up of senior researchers across the four research partners. Funding totaling $2.5m per annum is available until 2018 for technical and industry development. A large percentage of this will be offered as co-investment into specific business opportunities or business groups. The board's role is to provide governance advice in regards to meeting the targets set by the MBIE in relation to the funding. My particular role is to provide a university perspective as one of the targets is to engage with universities as a research provider and as a provider of researchers to work at the partner CRIs. I am the only university representative on the board.

Elected a Fellow of IChemE in 2007.

Invited to be a member of the Steering Committee for the 2002 USC-TRG Conference on Biofiltration

Erskine Grant (14/06/01-25/07/01). UC-Davis, Idaho National Engineering Laboratory & Lehigh Univ.

Member of UoC Green Products and Processes research group

Invited lecture to U3A Okeover on June 5 2009 titled "Microorganisms: the engines that can”. This group based in Christchurch invites speakers from around New Zealand to give presentations on complex subjects suitable for an educated but general audience.