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Dr Christopher Miller

Dr Christopher Miller

Lecturer
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Associate in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research interest

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Level 1: I use chemistry to better understand how we interact with our environment

Level 2: I study advanced oxidation processes in natural and engineered systems

Level 3: I develop mechanistic models of redox processes of relevance to both advanced oxidation processes and natural trace metal biogeochemistry in order to better understand their relevance in natural systems and to enhance their application to solve engineering problems.

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Interest in engineering

Why did you get into engineering?

To develop the skills needed to apply rigorous, technically sound solutions to real world problems

What are your research goals?

To further our mechanistic understanding of redox processes of relevance to natural systems and treatment processes to enable better evaluation of natural system function and to allow for meaningful assessment of our impact upon such systems.

What do people not understand about what you do?

Many processes are applied in practice without a real understanding of how they work at a fundamental level; however, developing this level of understanding allows for much more powerful application and improvement of existing technology.

Advice for prospective environmental engineers

Whilst we have come a long way in our understanding of how we interact with natural systems, the knowledge that awaits our discovery is enormous.

Looking for students for projects related to:

Biogeochemistry of iron and copper, including their use in advanced oxidation treatment processes and their potential role in natural organic matter transformations

Professional Organisations and Consulting positions

Graduate Member, Engineers Australia

Education

PhD/postgraduate

PhD (Environmental Engineering) University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2012

Undergraduate

B.E. (Environmental Engineering, Honours 1, University Medal) University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2007

B.Sc. (Chemistry) University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; 2007

Location
Vallentine Annexe (H22) Level 1, Room VA133A Kensington Campus
  • Journal articles | 2024
    He Z; Miller CJ; Zhu Y; Wang Y; Fletcher J; Waite TD, 2024, 'Membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): A flexible and tunable technology for customized water softening', Water Research, 259,
    Journal articles | 2024
    Zhu Y; Miller C; Lian B; Wang Y; Fletcher J; Zhou H; He Z; Lyu S; Purser M; Juracich P; Sweeney D; Waite TD, 2024, 'Brackish groundwater desalination by constant current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Results of a long-term field trial in Central Australia', Water Research, 254,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Bales C; Kinsela AS; Miller C; Wang Y; Zhu Y; Lian B; Waite TD, 2023, 'Removal of Trace Uranium from Groundwaters Using Membrane Capacitive Deionization Desalination for Potable Supply in Remote Communities: Bench, Pilot, and Field Scale Investigations', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 11345 - 11355,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Chen Y; Miller CJ; Xie J; Waite TD, 2023, 'Challenges Relating to the Quantification of Ferryl(IV) Ion and Hydroxyl Radical Generation Rates Using Methyl Phenyl Sulfoxide (PMSO), Phthalhydrazide, and Benzoic Acid as Probe Compounds in the Homogeneous Fenton Reaction', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 18617 - 18625,
    Journal articles | 2023
    He Z; Li Y; Wang Y; Miller CJ; Fletcher J; Lian B; Waite TD, 2023, 'Insufficient desorption of ions in constant-current membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI): Problems and solutions', Water Research, 242,
    Journal articles | 2023
    McPherson JN; Larsen FT; Lind MJ; Miller CJ; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ; Lauritsen FR, 2023, 'Curbing chlorine disinfection byproduct formation with a biomimetic FeTAML oxidation catalyst', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, pp. 480 - 489,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Skavenborg ML; Møller MS; Miller CJ; Hjelm J; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ, 2023, 'Electrocatalysis of the Oxygen Reduction Reaction by Copper Complexes with Tetradentate Tripodal Ligands', Inorganic Chemistry, 62, pp. 18219 - 18227,
    Journal articles | 2023
    Xie J; Xie J; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2023, 'Enhanced Direct Electron Transfer Mediated Contaminant Degradation by Fe(IV) Using a Carbon Black-Supported Fe(III)-TAML Suspension Electrode System', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 2557 - 2565,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen Y; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2022, 'pH Dependence of Hydroxyl Radical, Ferryl, and/or Ferric Peroxo Species Generation in the Heterogeneous Fenton Process', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 1278 - 1288,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chen Y; Vu HC; Miller CJ; Garg S; Pan D; Waite TD, 2022, 'Comparative Experimental and Computational Studies of Hydroxyl and Sulfate Radical-Mediated Degradation of Simple and Complex Organic Substrates', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 8819 - 8832,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Li Y; Miller CJ; Wu L; Waite TD, 2022, 'Hydroxyl Radical Production via a Reaction of Electrochemically Generated Hydrogen Peroxide and Atomic Hydrogen: An Effective Process for Contaminant Oxidation?', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 5820 - 5829,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Squitieri A; Amicone S; Dinckal A; Altaweel M; Gur-Arieh S; Rohde J; Herr JJ; Pietsch S; Miller C, 2022, 'A Multi-Method Study of a Chalcolithic Kiln in the Bora Plain (Iraqi Kurdistan): The Evidence from Excavation, Micromorphological and Pyrotechnological Analyses', Open Archaeology, 8, pp. 853 - 872,
    Journal articles | 2022
    Zhu Y; Lian B; Wang Y; Miller C; Bales C; Fletcher J; Yao L; Waite TD, 2022, 'Machine learning modelling of a membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) system for prediction of long-term system performance and optimization of process control parameters in remote brackish water desalination', Water Research, 227,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Chen Y; Miller CJ; Collins RN; Waite TD, 2021, 'Key Considerations When Assessing Novel Fenton Catalysts: Iron Oxychloride (FeOCl) as a Case Study', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 13317 - 13325,
    Journal articles | 2021
    McPherson JN; Miller CJ; Wegeberg C; Chang Y; Hedegård ED; Bill E; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ, 2021, 'Cooperative Co-Activation of Water and Hypochlorite by a Non-Heme Diiron(III) Complex', Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 15400 - 15412,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Miller CJ; Chang Y; Wegeberg C; McKenzie CJ; Waite TD, 2021, 'Kinetic Analysis of H2O2Activation by an Iron(III) Complex in Water Reveals a Nonhomolytic Generation Pathway to an Iron(IV)oxo Complex', ACS Catalysis, 11, pp. 787 - 799,
    Journal articles | 2021
    Waite TD; Chen Y; Miller CJ, 2021, 'Heterogeneous Fenton chemistry revisited: Mechanistic insights from ferrihydrite-mediated oxidation of formate and oxalate', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 14414 - 14425,
    Journal articles | 2020
    He J; Miller CJ; Collins R; Wang D; Waite TD, 2020, 'Production of a Surface-Localized Oxidant during Oxygenation of Mackinawite (FeS)', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 1167 - 1176,
    Journal articles | 2020
    Xing G; Garg S; Miller CJ; Pham AN; Waite TD, 2020, 'Effect of Chloride and Suwannee River Fulvic Acid on Cu Speciation: Implications to Cu Redox Transformations in Simulated Natural Waters', Environmental Science and Technology, 54, pp. 2334 - 2343,
    Journal articles | 2019
    De Sousa DP; Yu JH; Miller CJ; Chang Y; McKenzie CJ; David Waite TT, 2019, 'Redox- And EPR-Active Graphene Diiron Complex Nanocomposite', Langmuir, 35, pp. 12339 - 12349,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Wu H; Wang Y; Ikeda-Ohno A; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2019, 'Impact of ferrous iron dosing on iron and phosphorus solids speciation and transformation in a pilot scale membrane bioreactor', Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 5, pp. 1400 - 1411,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Xing G; Miller CJ; Ninh Pham A; Jones AM; Waite TD, 2018, 'Oxidant Generation Resulting from the Interaction of Copper with Menadione (Vitamin K3)–a Model for Metal-mediated Oxidant Generation in Living Systems', Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 188, pp. 38 - 49,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Xing G; Pham AN; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2018, 'pH-dependence of production of oxidants (Cu(III) and/or HO•) by copper-catalyzed decomposition of hydrogen peroxide under conditions typical of natural saline waters', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 232, pp. 30 - 47,
    Journal articles | 2017
    De Sousa DP; Miller CJ; Chang Y; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ, 2017, 'Electrochemically Generated cis-Carboxylato-Coordinated Iron(IV) Oxo Acid-Base Congeners as Promiscuous Oxidants of Water Pollutants', Inorganic Chemistry, 56, pp. 14936 - 14947,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Wang N; Miller CJ; Wang P; Waite TD, 2017, 'Quantitative determination of trace hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sulfide using the Amplex Red/horseradish peroxidase assay', Analytica Chimica Acta, 963, pp. 61 - 67,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Garg S; Rong H; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2016, 'Chlorine-Mediated Regeneration of Semiconducting AgCl(s) Following Light-Induced Ag0 Formation: Implications to Contaminant Degradation', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120, pp. 5988 - 5996,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Garg S; Rong H; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2016, 'Oxidative Dissolution of Silver Nanoparticles by Chlorine: Implications to Silver Nanoparticle Fate and Toxicity', Environmental Science and Technology, 50, pp. 3890 - 3896,
    Journal articles | 2016
    Miller CJ; Rose AL; Waite TD, 2016, 'Importance of iron complexation for fenton-mediated hydroxyl radical production at circumneutral pH', Frontiers in Marine Science, 3,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Ma T; Garg S; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2015, 'Contaminant degradation by irradiated semiconducting silver chloride particles: Kinetics and modelling', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 446, pp. 351 - 357,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Boland DD; Collins RN; Miller CJ; Glover CJ; Waite TD, 2014, 'Effect of Solution and Solid-Phase Conditions on the Fe(II)-Accelerated Transformation of Ferrihydrite to Lepidocrocite and Goethite', Environmental Science & Technology, 48, pp. 5477 - 5485,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Garg S; Ma T; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2014, 'Mechanistic insights into free chlorine and reactive oxygen species production on irradiation of semiconducting silver chloride particles', Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118, pp. 26659 - 26670,
    Journal articles | 2014
    He D; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2014, 'Fenton-like zero-valent silver nanoparticle-mediated hydroxyl radical production', Journal of Catalysis, 317, pp. 198 - 205,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Yu H; Miller CJ; Ikeda-Ohno A; Waite TD, 2014, 'Photodegradation of contaminants using Ag@AgCl/rGO assemblages: Possibilities and limitations', Catalysis Today, 224, pp. 122 - 131,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Yuan X; Miller CJ; Pham AN; Waite TD, 2014, 'Kinetics and mechanism of auto- and copper-catalyzed oxidation of 1,4-naphthohydroquinone', Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 71, pp. 291 - 302,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Garg S; Jiang C; Miller CJ; Rose AL; Waite TD, 2013, 'Iron redox transformations in continuously photolyzed acidic solutions containing natural organic matter: Kinetic and mechanistic insights', Environmental Science and Technology, 47, pp. 9190 - 9197,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Gupta M; Miller CJ; Baker JV; Lazar J; Bogner JR; Calmy A; Soliman EZ; Neaton JD, 2013, 'Biomarkers and electrocardiographic evidence of myocardial ischemia in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection', American Journal of Cardiology, 111, pp. 760 - 764,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Miller CJ; Yu H; Waite TD, 2013, 'Degradation of rhodamine B during visible light photocatalysis employing Ag@AgCl embedded on reduced graphene oxide', Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 435, pp. 147 - 153,
    Journal articles | 2013
    Yuan X; Pham AN; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2013, 'Copper-catalyzed hydroquinone oxidation and associated redox cycling of copper under conditions typical of natural saline waters', Environmental Science and Technology, 47, pp. 8355 - 8364,
    Journal articles | 2011
    Rose AL; Miller CJ; Fujii M; Waite TD, 2011, 'Comment on "Application of a superoxide (O2-) thermal source (SOTS-1) for the determination and calibration of O2- fluxes in seawater" by Heller and Croot', Analytica Chimica Acta, 702, pp. 144 - 145,
  • Preprints | 2023
    McPherson JN; Larsen FT; Lind MJ; Miller CJ; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ; Lauritsen FR, 2023, Curbing chlorine disinfection byproduct formation with a biomimetic iron oxidation catalyst, ,
    Preprints | 2023
    McPherson JN; Larsen FT; Lind MJ; Miller CJ; Waite TD; McKenzie CJ; Lauritsen FR, 2023, Curbing chlorine disinfection byproduct formation with a biomimetic iron oxidation catalyst, ,
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Huong CV; Miller C; Waite D, 2019, 'Degradation of polymeric organics in domestic wastewater using iron-activated persulfate', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, FL, Orlando, presented at 257th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), FL, Orlando, 31 March 2019 - 04 April 2019,
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Miller C; He J; Chen Y; Collins R; Waite D, 2018, 'Nature and magnitude of strong oxidant formation during oxygen-mediated iron(II) monosulfide oxidation', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, LA, New Orleans, presented at 255th National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) - Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water, LA, New Orleans, 18 March 2018 - 22 March 2018,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Chang Y; Miller C; Waite D, 2017, 'Efficient contaminant degradation by hydrogen peroxide activated graphite-supported Fe-TAML catalyst', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, CA, San Francisco, presented at 253rd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Processes, CA, San Francisco, 02 April 2017 - 06 April 2017,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Miller C; Chang Y; de Sousa D; McKenzie C; Waite D, 2017, 'Activation of Fe-tpena by hydrogen peroxide to form an unselective strong oxidant at circumneutral pH', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, CA, San Francisco, presented at 253rd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Processes, CA, San Francisco, 02 April 2017 - 06 April 2017,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Miller C; Collins R; Waite D, 2017, 'Oxidation of synthetic iron(II) monosulfide at circumneutral pH when exposed to aerobic conditions: Fe mineral transformations and oxidizing capacity of the system', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, CA, San Francisco, presented at 253rd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Processes, CA, San Francisco, 02 April 2017 - 06 April 2017,
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Yu J; Miller C; Waite D, 2017, 'Microwave assisted in-situ covalent functionalization of graphene with phenoxo-bridged dinuclear Iron complex: Preparation, characterization and evaluation', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, CA, San Francisco, presented at 253rd National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Advanced Materials, Technologies, Systems, and Processes, CA, San Francisco, 02 April 2017 - 06 April 2017,
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Waite T; Boland D; Collins R; Miller C, 2015, 'Effect of solution and solid-phase conditions on the Fe(II)-accelerated transformation of ferrihydrite to lepidocrocite and goethite', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Ma T; Garg S; Miller CJ; Waite TD, 2014, 'Photocatalytic degradation of contaminants by colloidal AgCl(s): Kinetic and mechanistic insights', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, San Francisco, CA, presented at 248th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), San Francisco, CA, 10 August 2014 - 14 August 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Miller CJ; Rose AL; Waite D, 2014, 'Influence of natural organic matter in the biogeochemistry of iron and associated generation of oxidative species', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, San Francisco, CA, presented at 248th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), San Francisco, CA, 10 August 2014 - 14 August 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Waite D; Miller C; He D; Yu H, 2014, 'Silver nanoparticle-based water treatment technologies: How do they work and do they have a future?', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, Dallas, TX, presented at 247th National Spring Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Dallas, TX, 16 March 2014 - 20 March 2014,
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Yu H; Miller CJ; Ikeda-Ohno A; Waite TD, 2014, 'Photodegradation of contaminants using Ag@AgCl/rGO assemblages: Photo-corrosion and control', in ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, AMER CHEMICAL SOC, San Francisco, CA, presented at 248th National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), San Francisco, CA, 10 August 2014 - 14 August 2014,