Professor
Office: CHBE 217
Email: sue.baldwin@ubc.ca
Research Summary
Bioprocess Engineering, Anaerobic Fermentation, Bioremediation, Reactor Modeling, Biochemical Reaction Modeling, Reaction Kinetics
Education
University of Toronto, 1992, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
University of Cape Town, 1986, M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
University of Cape Town, 1980, B.Sc., Chemical Engineering
Research interests + projects
Biomonitoring: Using metagenomics to monitor bioprocesses for process optimization and control, and impacted environments for microbial response, resilience and recovery to disturbances.
Bioprocessing: Developing nature-based technologies following the principles of zero waste and a circular economy within the natural resource sectors of mining, forestry and agri-food industries.
Biomining: Recover nutrients and strategic metals, such as selenium, zinc and copper, from mine wastes using microbially mediated approaches.
Scholarly and professional activities + affiliations
American Chemical Society
American Society for Microbiology
Society for Industrial Microbiology
British Columbia Water Association
Full publications list
Selected publications + presentations
Lundquist, L. and Baldwin, S.A., (2021) Novel two-stage biochemical process for hybrid passive/active treatment of mine-influenced water, Mine Water and the Environment, published on-line, December 1 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10230-021-00843-6
Satyro, S., Li, H., Dehkhoda, A.M., McMillan, R., Ellis, N., Baldwin, S.A., (2021) Application of Fe-biochar composites for selenium (Se+6) removal from aqueous solution and effect of the presence of competing anions under environmentally relevant conditions. Journal of Environmental Management 277, 111472, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111472
Baldwin SA, Taylor JC, Ziels R, (2019) Genome-resolved metagenomics links microbial dynamics to failure and recovery of a bioreactor removing nitrate and selenate from mine-influenced water, Biochemical Engineering Journal, Volume 151, 107297, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107297
Hatam I, Petticrew EL, French TD, Owens PN, Laval B, Baldwin SA, (2019) The bacterial community of Quesnel Lake sediments impacted by a catastrophic mine tailings spill differ in composition from those at undisturbed locations – two years post-spill, Nature Scientific Reports, 9:1-11, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38909-9
Garris, H.W., Baldwin, S.A., Taylor, J.C., Gurr, D., Denesiuk, D.R., Van Hamme, J.D., Fraser, L.H., (2018) Short-term microbial effects of a large-scale mine-tailing storage facility collapse on the local natural environment, PLOS ONE, April 25, 2018, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196032