Marlene Hsu

Marlene Hsu is a Water Research Australia (WaterRA) Research Manager and has over 15 years of experience working in the water sector both in Australia and in the UK. Currently she is playing the Project Director role for the Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 (ColoSSoS) project covering Australia and New Zealand. With her experience as a lead design engineer at Thames Water and design project manager for numerous leading consultancies, she brings her enthusiasm for engaging WaterRA’s research partners and stakeholders to deliver innovative and impactful research.

Sudhir Pillay

Dr. Sudhir Pillay received his PhD in Chemical Engineering in 2012 from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. As a postgraduate student, he won 3 scholar prizes from the Water Institute of Southern Africa and IWA-YWP Southern Africa for his research on gravity-driven membrane technologies, anaerobic systems and Decentralised Wastewater Treatment. He is currently employed at the South African Water Research Commission where he is responsible for the strategic moulding of the non-sewered sanitation RDI portfolio.

Tiffany Chen

Tiffany Chen is a chemical engineer working as a Senior Networks Operations Engineer in Asset Analytics at Sydney Water (Australia). Most recently she has worked with New South Wales Health to devise sewage sampling methods to draw samples to test for SARS-CoV-2 from the sewer network of Sydney and surrounding areas covering over five million people. She has been providing advice to other utilities internationally on her experiences. Her focus is on driving business value through analytics and integrated problem solving.

Monica Nolan

Dr. Monica Nolan (MBBS, MPH, EIS ’99) grew up in Victoria, obtained her medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia and worked in Victoria and the Northern Territory in Australia. While serving remote indigenous communities in Arnhem Land she saw the need to address structural determinants of poor health and wellbeing and was inspired to change curse and pursue a public heath career.