Debora Roberts

Professor

School of Engineering

Faculty of Applied Science

My research is currently focussed on the development of treatment, resource rcovery, or waste to energy conversion for industrial wastewaters, more specifically agricultural waste at the current time. Biological systems for treatment of extreme wastewaters; microbial fuel fells (MFC) as waste to energy applications for the agricultural industry; removal of arsenic friom mine drainage; sulphur oxidizing microbes and their effects on the environment (microbial deterioration of concrete and acid rock drainage); source water protection through best management practices.

Contact

Debora Roberts

Professor School of Engineering

deborah.roberts@ubc.ca

https://engineering.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/deborah-roberts/

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Future Waters

UBC Vancouver Campus, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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