Rate My Professor Arsalan Alavianghavanini

Dr. Arsalan Alavianghavanini is a Lecturer in Energy and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Energy at Murdoch University. His professional expertise centers on research and development projects focused on chemical, biochemical, and biological process design and optimization. As profiled on Google Scholar, his academic interests encompass carbon capture, wastewater treatment, biochemical processing, and biotechnology. Alavianghavanini contributes to sustainable engineering practices, notably through microalgae-based solutions for wastewater remediation and production of value-added bioproducts such as lipids, pigments, and proteins from anaerobically treated effluents.

His scholarly output includes several impactful peer-reviewed articles. In 2024, he published "Process design and economic analysis for the production of microalgae from anaerobic digestates in open raceway ponds" in The Science of the Total Environment, presenting a model-based framework for techno-economic assessment of microalgae cultivation using digestates. That same year, "Microalgae cultivation for treating agricultural effluent and producing value-added products" addressed nutrient recycling and bioproduct generation. He co-authored "Feasibility of Nutrient Removal and Recovery from Abattoir Wastewater Using Microalgae" in Energies, evaluating biomass productivity and nutrient uptake. In 2025, "Converting microalgae cultivated on anaerobically treated abattoir wastewater into lipids and pigments" appeared in Chemical Engineering Journal, detailing extraction processes for high-value compounds. Alavianghavanini has also contributed to conference proceedings, such as "Low Carbon Concrete for Solid Gravity Energy Storage System and a Sustainable Electricity Grid" and "Sustainable Energy for Port Construction with Low Carbon Concrete from Industrial Symbiosis at WESTPORT Kwinana BANTAENG Sulawesi" in 2024 and 2025, promoting eco-friendly materials for energy infrastructure. His research has earned 117 citations on Google Scholar. Furthermore, he joined colleagues in an environmental engineering demonstration on water treatment at Coogee Live in 2025.