Professor Sandra Kentish is Head of the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Melbourne. She is also an invited Professor at the Centre for Water, Earth and the Environment within the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Canada.
Professor Kentish has broad interests in industrial separations, particularly the use of membrane technology for energy, food and water applications. She is a Project Leader within the ARC Dairy Innovation Research Hub, a researcher within the Future Fuels CRC and sits on the EPA Victoria Science, Engineering and Health Committee. She was the Discipline Leader in the CRC for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) for Membrane Technology from 2003-2015.
Professor Kentish was selected as one of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers by Engineers Australia in 2017 and as a Woman of Influence by the Australian Financial Review in 2018. She was elected to the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) in 2019.She has also been awarded the Grimwade Prize in Industrial Chemistry, the Caltex Teaching Award of Excellence for Training of Chemical Engineers in Australasia, the Edward Brown Award and Kelvin Medal for Teaching Excellence within the University of Melbourne and the L.R. East Medal as Valedictorian of her Bachelors Degree Class.
Before commencing an academic career, Professor Kentish spent nine years in industry, with positions in Altona Petrochemical Company, Kodak Australasia and Kimberly Clark Australia.
Find out more about Sandra Kentish's experience
Sandra Kentish's highlights
FEATURED Journal article
High-performance thin film composite membranes with well-defined poly(dimethylsiloxane)-b-poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer additives for CO2 separation
Read moreSandra Kentish's selected work
Projects
Displaying the 90 most recent projects by Sandra Kentish.
Project Types
55
Research Grant
31
Research Contracts
4
Internal Research Grant
Scholarly Works
Displaying the 381 most recent scholarly works by Sandra Kentish.
Keyword Analysis
News
Displaying the 2 most recent news articles by Sandra Kentish.
Honours, Awards and Fellowships
One of Australia's Most Innovative Engineers
Grimwade Prize 2015
Certificate of Excellence for Most Engaged Research Group
Edward Brown Medal for Teaching Excellence
Caltex Teaching Award
Teaching Award for Excellence in Engineering Education
Teaching Excellence Award
Universitas 21 Fellowship
Victorian Student Design Prize
Australasian Student Design Prize
L.R. East Medal - Engineering Valedictorian
FTSE - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
FIEAUST - Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Australia
Vincent Fairfax Fellow
FRACI - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
FICHEME - Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers
Credentials
Positions
Committee Member
Membrane Society of Australasia
Member
Australian Institute of Energy
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Engineering Science
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Engineering
University of Melbourne