Adrian Garrido Sanchis is a Lecturer in Chemistry within the School of Science at UNSW Canberra, University of New South Wales. His academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Málaga, Spain (1996-2003), followed by a Master in Environmental Engineering and Management (Mark of Distinction) from the School of Industrial Organization in Madrid (2004-2005), and a Master’s Degree by Research (Mark of High Distinction) from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2007-2008). He also holds a Teaching Aptitude Certificate from the Complutense University of Madrid (2008-2009) and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry from UNSW Canberra (2015-2018), with a thesis titled “Improved water sterilization using a bubble column reactor. From a laboratory scale to a pilot plant.” Additionally, he earned a Remote Pilot Licence and Remote Operators Certificate in 2018 from the University of Canberra. Prior to his current role, Garrido Sanchis worked as a chemical engineer in Spain, designing wastewater treatment plants and landfills.

Garrido Sanchis specializes in water treatment, desalination, and environmental monitoring, focusing on innovative technologies such as bubble column reactors, ion-exchange resins, electrochemical sensors, and IoT devices for pollutant detection. His research bridges academia and industry, evidenced by securing grants including $160,000 from Australian Pork Limited (2019) for a bubble column evaporator prototype to reuse piggery wastewater, $110,000 from the Department of Industry (2021) for lead removal from contaminated garnet, and others totaling over $370,000. He has authored 20 journal articles, including “Virus and bacteria inactivation by CO2 bubbles in solution” (npj Clean Water, 2019), “The FrogPhone: A novel device for real-time frog call monitoring” (Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2020), “A new commercial prototype of a bubble column evaporator (BCE) for high-quality water production in livestock (piggery) farms” (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2023), “Reusing CO2 for the sustainable development of several new technologies” (Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025), and “Enhanced Desalination in a Hot-Bubble Pilot Plant” (Substantia, 2025). He holds an international patent for “Sterilization method” (Australia 2018377854, 2023, and equivalents in China, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea). Currently, he supervises four PhD students in water treatment and sensor technologies, contributing practical environmental solutions through pilot plants and commercial prototypes.

Professional Email: adrian.garridosanchis@unsw.edu.au