Dr Fitri Widhiastuti

Dr Fitri Widhiastuti

Research Associate

PhD in Chemical Engineering, RMIT University (2022)

MSc in Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (2017)

BE in Chemical Engineering, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (2015)

Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering

Dr Fitri Widhiastuti is a postdoctoral research associate at the School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW, where she works in the Algae and Organic Matter (AOM) Lab. Before this, from July 2022 until the beginning of 2023, she worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at RMIT University. Dr Widhiastuti completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering at RMIT University in 2022. She also holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University, which she received in 2017, and a BE in Chemical Engineering from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, which she obtained in 2015. Her research interests primarily focus on water and wastewater treatment processes, including adsorption, oxidation, advanced oxidation processes, nitrification and denitrification, emerging contaminants removal, cyanotoxins degradation, and sensor application in water quality monitoring.

She is a member of the STEMM Champions Program 2024 cohort and passionately supports women, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals in higher education and early careers. She empowers them to become influential leaders and changemakers, fostering an inclusive and transformative future in STEMM fields.

Location
Room 504, Level 5, Science and Engineering E8 Building (SEB)
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Widhiastuti F; Rajendram W; Pramanik BK, 2023, 'Understanding the risk of using herbicides for tree root removal into wastewater treatment plant performance.', Chemosphere, 337, pp. 139345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139345
    Journal articles | 2022
    Widhiastuti F; Fan L; Paz-Ferreiro J; Chiang K, 2022, 'Oxidative degradation of bisphenol A in municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate (ROC) using ferrate(VI)/hydrogen peroxide', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 163, pp. 58 - 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.05.020
    Journal articles | 2022
    Widhiastuti F; Fan L; Paz-Ferreiro J; Chiang K, 2022, 'Oxidative treatment of bisphenol A by Fe(VI) and Fe(VI)/H2O2 and identification of the degradation products', Environmental Technology & Innovation, 28, pp. 102643 - 102643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2022.102643
    Journal articles | 2021
    Widhiastuti F; Fan L; Paz-Ferreiro J; Chiang K, 2021, 'Oxidative treatment of bisphenol A in municipal wastewater reverse osmosis concentrate using Ferrate(VI)', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, pp. 105462 - 105462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105462
    Journal articles | 2018
    Widhiastuti F; Lin J-Y; Shih Y-J; Huang Y-H, 2018, 'Electrocoagulation of boron by electrochemically co-precipitated spinel ferrites', Chemical Engineering Journal, 350, pp. 893 - 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.06.041

2024 : NMI Measurement Achievement Encouragement Award Finalist

2021 : Best Oral Research Presentation on14th International Conference on the “Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering”

2018 - 2022 : RMIT Research Stipend Scholarship

2018 - 2022 : RMIT School of Engineering Top-Up Scholarship 

2015 - 2017 : National Cheng Kung University Distinguish Scholarship Award

2015 - 2016 : National Cheng Kung University Chinese Language Centre Scholarship