Dr Trevor Stuthridge

Group Manager Sustainable Design

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Trevor has been Scion’s Group Manager for Sustainable Design since 2008.  He was previously Unit Leader - Eco-Smart Technologies at Scion; a research team developing technologies for the treatment of industrial waste streams and their transformation and/or modification into added value products.

He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and a member of technical/management committees for a range of international associations and research partnerships. He is also serves as the Scion representative on the Board of Directors for Beacon Pathways Ltd – an industry/government funded collaborative research consortium focused on making New Zealand homes more socially and environmentally sustainable.

Trevor continues to pursue active research through national and international collaborations related to i) advanced biotechnologies and biorefineries for the production of added value biomaterials, bioplastics and biofuels from industrial wastes and lignocellulosics; ii) environmental technologies for remediation of recalcitrant pollutants and water in primary industries and their recipient ecosystems; and iii) the characterisation, environmental behaviour and ecological impacts of anthropogenic pollutants.

More generally, the Group Manager role has provided great opportunities to extend his interests into the development of sustainability and environmental policy frameworks, landscape design, clean technologies, education and outreach, social research and product design opportunities.

Qualifications

BSc Tech (Chemistry) University of Waikato, NZ - 1981
MSc Hons (Chemistry) University of Waikato, NZ - 1987
PhD (Environmental Chemistry) University of Waikato, NZ - 1990
Dipl. Exec. Management, NZ Institute of Management, NZ - 1999 

Research capabilities

  • Environmental and industrial biotechnology
  • Clean technologies (advanced oxidative catalysis, renewable energy, environmental remediation)
  • Environmental fate and effects of trace anthropogenic pollutants
  • Technology commercialisation and intellectual property development

Selected papers

T. Stuthridge, D. Gapes, K. McGrouther, A. Slade and J.Strong. 2009. Waste 2 Gold: Novel methods to convert pulp and paper waste streams into added value products. 9th IWA Symposium on Forest Industry Wastewaters, Fredricton, Canada. June, 2009.

Stuthridge, T R; 2009. 2009. Towards a Green Future - Bioenergy Opportunities from Wastes and Residues. International Student Energy Summit, Calgary, Canada. June 2009.
T. Stuthridge, A. Slade. 2009. Waterproofing biorefineries: Building on pulp and paper industry experiences. 2009 NZBio Conference, Auckland New Zealand.

Ramakrishna, S., Yukawa, H., Stuthridge, T., Turner, D. 2008. International Developments in Cellulosic Biomass Technologies. 2008 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing. Chicago April 2008.

MacRae, E., Stuthridge, T., Strabala, T., Fernyhough, A. 2007. Organic waste utilization and the application of industrial biotechnology to primary production residues. EPOBIO WORKSHOP 2: Products from Plants – from crops and forests to zero-waste biorefineries. Greece  May 2007

S. Weal, S. Anderson, R. Anderson, T. Stuthridge, A. Fernyhough. 2007 Environmentally Intelligent Biocomposites. Advanced Materials Research Vols. 29-30 (2007) pp 255-25.

C B Milestone, T R Stuthridge, R R Fulthorpe. 2007. Role of high molecular mass organics in colour formation during biological treatment of pulp and paper wastewater.Water Sci Technol. 2007 ;55 (6):191-8.

Sustainability in the pulp & paper industry D. Grant Allen, Art J. Ragauskas, Trevor Stuthridge. 2007. Industrial Biotechnology. June 1, 2007, 3(2): 138-144. doi:10.1089/ind.2007.3.138.

Horwitz, C. P.; Collins, T. J.; Spatz, J.; Smith, H. J.; Wright, L. J.; Stuthridge, T. R.; Wingate, K. G.; McGrouther, K. 2006. Iron-TAML catalysts in the pulp and paper industry. ACS Symp. Ser. 2006, 921, (Feedstocks for the Future), 156-169.

Wingate, K.G., Stuthridge, T.R., and Mansfield, S.D. 2005. Colour remediation of pulp mill effluent using purified fungal cellobiose dehydrogenase: Reaction optimization and mechanism of degradation. Biotechnol. and Bioeng. 90,1: 95 –106.

van den Heuvel , M.R., E. Bandelj, R. Donald, R.J. Ellis, M.A. Smith, M. Finley, L.H. McCarthy, and  T.R. Stuthridge. 2004. Review of reproductive-endocrine effects of a New Zealand pulp and paper mill effluent. In: D.L. Borton, T.J. Hall, R.P. Fisher, and J.F. Thomas (eds), Pulp & Paper Mill Effluent Environmental Fate & Effects. DEStech Publications. Lancaster, PA, USA. pp. 55-66.

Slade AH, Gapes DJ, Stuthridge TR, Anderson SM, Dare PH, Pearson HG, Dennis M. 2004. N-ViroTech: a novel process for the treatment of nutrient limited wastewaters. Water Sci Technol. 2004;50(3):131-9.

Reid, N.A., Slade, A.H., Stuthridge, T.R. 1999: Process for production of biopolymers from nitrogen deficient wastewater. PCT/NZ00/00234