Rizal Awaludin Malik

Name   : Rizal Awaludin Malik

Batch    : 2020

E-mail   : rizalmalik72@gmail.com

Interest : Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Wastewater Treatment, Anaerobic Digestion, Bioprocess Engineering, Metagenomic.

Research Experience

My research was focused on investigating optimum C:N ratio in anaerobic co-digestion in order to reduce organic pollutants and to decolorize the textile dye in synthetic textile wastewater. To monitor the performance of anaerobic process, chemical analysis such as COD, VFA, Alkalinity, pH and ORP was used.  The study was also inventing the honey processing wastewater as promising co-substrate that act as main organic carbon supplementation in anaerobic wastewater treatment. The invention was confirmed by decolorization performance and microbial community analysis which has similarities with anaerobic wastewater treatment supplemented with laboratory grade fructose.

Skills

Chemical oxygen demand (COD) test, spectrophotometric Volatile Fatty acid (VFA) analysis, UV-Vis spectrophotometry, DNA extraction, FTIR analysis, statistical analysis using Minitab Software, bioprocess engineering, pH and ORP test, PCR.

Testimonial

The curricula used in the biotechnology master program is comprising both basic theoretical biotechnology and application, hence Biotechnology program in school of life sciences and technology ITB is the right place for studying applicative biotechnology. The lecturers are the expert in their respective scientific field. The combination of great lecturers and curricula guaranteed the alumni to have excellent basic biotechnology knowledge and critical thinking skill for applicating the knowledge in industrial scale.