Qualifications, Certifications and Memberships

BEnvSc, MEnvSc, PhD

Member of Soil Science Australia (SSA)

Member of Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association (ACLCA)

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Dr. Amir Shiva

Senior Environmental Scientist (Operations)

Amir has a PhD degree in Environmental Chemistry from Griffith University, and has the experience of working on several collaborative projects in Contaminated Land (including PFAS) and Acid Sulfate Soils (ASS). Amir has also project managed many compliance monitoring projects for groundwater, surface water, dust, noise and vibration.

During his career, Amir has continued to develop a multidisciplinary skill set, ranging from basic sampling methods to sophisticated in-situ monitoring techniques, and has learnt the trends of environmental factors and the correlation between variables. He has spent several years in different Environmental roles, developing knowledge of sample collection and processing, health and safety protocol, wastewater treatment in mining sites, data analysis and report writing as well as project management.

Amir has extensive experience of working on a novel passive sampling method, Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT) technique, for selective measurement of trace metals and nutrients in coastal waters. He also has the experience of working in an ISO class 6 (ISO 14644-1) clean room for preparation and analysis of samples using analytical instruments such as Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Amir is a member of the Australian Contaminated Land Consultants Association (ACLCA) and Soil Science Australian (SSA). He has been a reviewer for a number of international journals, and has published several scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals.