CONFERENCE THEMES

Fundamentals

• Emergent properties of biofilms
       (e.g., functionalization of EPS, extracellular electron transfer, viscoelasticity)
• Methods for biofilm characterization/monitoring
       (e.g., novel visualization tools, quantification, microbiome analysis)
• Cell-cell communication in biofilms
       (e.g., membrane fouling and quorum quenching)
• Modelling of biofilms
• Biofilm interaction with microplastics and nanoparticles
       (e.g., colonization, retention)
• Ecological theory for biofilm process enhancements

Applications

• Biofilm electrochemical processes
       (e.g., microbially induced corrosion, bio-electrosynthesis, and energy recovery from wastewater)
• Surface enhancements
       (e.g., carrier innovations, anti-adhesive properties)
• Real-world biofilm sensors
       (e.g., drinking water systems, surface waters, sewers)
• Biofilm reactors
       (e.g., membrane-based biofilms, hybrid systems, anaerobic systems, MBBRs, granular sludge, anammox process, deammonification process)

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

• Morakot Tanticharoen, Ph.D.
  National Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechology (BIOTECH) and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Thonburi, Thailand

• Mark van Loosdrecht, Ph.D.
  Department of Biochemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, KWR Watercycle Research, Delft, Netherlands

• Tawan Limpiyakorn, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

• Susanne Lackner, Ph.D.
  Technische Universität Darmstadt Institute IWAR, Franziska-Braun-Straße Darmstadt, Germany

• Rongchang Wang, Ph.D.
  College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• Joshua P. Boltz, Ph.D.
  Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, USA

• Benjaphon Suraraksa, Ph.D.
  National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) and KMUTT, Thakham, Bangkhuntein, Bangkok, Thailand

• Robert Nerenberg, Ph.D.
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
  (Chair of Biofilms special group)

• Sumana Ratpukdi, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

• Stefan Wuertz, Ph.D.
  Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Akihiko Terada, Ph.D.
  Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

• Barth F. Smets, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

• Supaporn Phanwilai, D.Eng. (Secretary)
  School of Integrated Science (SIS), Kasetsart university, Bangkok, Thailand

• Eveline Volcke, Ph.D.
  Department of Biosystems Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium

• Pongsak (Lek) Noophan, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

• Akihiko Terada, Ph.D.
  Department of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan

• Eberhard Morgenroth, Ph.D.
  Department Process Engineering Process Engineering in Urban Water Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

• Kim Helleshøj Sørensen, Ph.D.
  Senior Process and Technology Expert at Veolia Water Technologies AB - AnoxKaldnes

• Chalermraj Wantawin, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Thailand

• Patricia Perez-Calleja, Ph.D.
  CIMICO, Spain

• Pongsak (Lek) Noophan, Ph.D.
  Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand