Connect locally with a Network of Passionate Individuals.
An event for students and future employers alike! Students and emerging professionals
Ever wondered what a career in the contaminated land and environmental industry could look like for you? Join us at the ALGA Sydney Student Night to explore future career pathways through a diverse panel of industry professionals. Hear firsthand insights from speakers whose experience spans consulting, research, project management, government, and the growing role of digitalisation and AI in the environmental and contaminated land sector.
The event will be chaired by environmental coach and mentor Kellie Guenther, who brings more than 25 years of industry experience and is a Certified Environmental Practitioner (CEnvP). This is your opportunity to ask questions, gain career advice, connect with industry leaders, and network with prospective employers. Discover new opportunities, broaden your understanding of the sector, and explore pathways beyond the classroom.
Employers and industry professionals – Are you looking to attract the best and brightest graduates, interns and emerging professionals to your organisation? Join us in supporting the next generation of environmental practitioners while showcasing the opportunities available within your organisation. Connect directly with students from universities across NSW, share insights into your business and career pathways, and help shape the future of our industry through this unique networking opportunity.
Allison is a Project Hydrogeochemist and Senior Consultant with the Contaminated Land team in JBS&G’s Sydney office. A scientist with over 9 years’ experience, Allison has been Field Director, Project Manager, Technical Specialist and Project Scientist for an extensive range of site assessment and remediation activities.
Within the contaminated land speciality, Allison’s experience extends across assessment, remediation and monitoring of soil, groundwater, soil vapour, and sediment issues. She began her career as a uranium geochemist for the US Department of Energy, focusing on groundwater characterization and remediation at multiple contaminated sites across the United States. In her time overseas, she organized large-scale sampling events and in-depth characterization field and laboratory studies. The collected and historical data allowed for her to develop three-dimensional models of groundwater and soil contamination. Additionally, Allison developed a PFAS investigation and characterization plan for an US Airforce base.
Allison has experience in stakeholder engagement and community outreach. Previously, she has been involved in STEM educational outreach and other engagement projects for the Navajo and Hopi First Nations people. She is confident in speaking with, presenting, and explaining concepts and ideas to clients and collaborators across disciplines.
In her time with JBS&G, Allison has been involved in several projects, assisting with data interpretation, reporting, and sample design. With a passion for learning and service, she is always willing and ready to help with any projects thrown her way. The more challenging the site, the better.
Allison’s key strengths are groundwater volumetric and visualization modelling, site characterization, data interpretation, and communication.
Georgie is an environmental scientist at Alliance based in Sydney and was previously the chair but now a mentor of the Emerging Professionals Special Interest Group. Georgie is passionate about all things enviro and has a keen interest in helping people get the most out of their first few years in the industry.
Professor Ho Kyong Shon is the Director of ARC Research Hub for Nutrients in a Circular Economy (NiCE) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). His research interests include membrane technologies, water treatment processes for water reuse and desalination, resource recovery and environmental nanomaterials, physico-chemical processes and environmental application since 2000. Prof. Shon is externally engaged as Editor-in-Chief of the Desalination journal.
He has co-authored 1 book, 31 book chapters and over 420 refereed journal articles and three patents, which have cumulatively received over 17,100 citations, resulting in an H-index of 66 (as of Aug 2021). Over the last 20 years, he has successfully attracted over $11.2M to UTS from the ARC and industry partners (including an ARC Future Fellowship (2015-2020), 2 ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs on NiCE and EESep, 4 ARC Discovery grants, 4 ARC Linkage Project grants and 2 ARC LIEF grants, 4 National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) grants, 3 CRC CARE grants, several international industry and national research grants from Japan, Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, China, UN and Bhutan).
His supervision of research students and research fellows is outstanding and he is very dedicated in training them to be research leaders. He is currently a supervisor of two postdoctoral research fellows, 8 PhD students, 2 exchange students and several engineering undergraduate/postgraduates projects students. Twenty two PhD and four MSc students by research have successfully completed their degree under his supervision. His research students produce high quality research publications, complete their tasks on time, and numerous students have won prizes internationally and nationally.
He is currently supervising several postdoctoral research fellows, ten PhD students and two Masters students related to membrane and nanotechnology for water purification.
Sam is a Senior Project Scientist and Team Lead at Alliance, managing contaminated land assessments across Sydney. Originally from the UK with a background in geology, Sam stumbled into the contaminated land sector without even knowing it existed! Here we are, many years later, hundreds of reports, samples and coffees completed!
Dr Nathan Weber is a Chancellor’s Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney, specialising in thermal treatment technologies and the remediation of PFAS and other emerging contaminants. Prior to joining UTS, he spent two years in Raleigh, North Carolina, as an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Fellow at the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Office of Research and Development. Nathan earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His research integrates laboratory studies, modelling, and field investigations to understand contaminant behaviour during the treatment and remediation of soils and waste.
An environmental planning and approvals leader with extensive NSW experience delivering statutory approvals, strategic planning advice and complex infrastructure assessments across water, energy, renewables, utilities, resources and property sectors. Combines deep working knowledge of the NSW planning and environmental approvals framework — including REF, EIS, SSD and Part 4 pathways — with proven business development capability, leading proposals, winning work and building senior client relationships to grow an infrastructure planning offering. A trusted advisor and multidisciplinary team leader who pairs commercial acumen and regulator credibility with a strong track record in environmental governance, corporate risk and ESG delivery, supporting the energy transition and sustainable infrastructure across NSW.
University of Technology Sydney
Seminar Room Level 6, UTS Engineering and IT Building (CB11)
15 Broadway
Ultimo NSW 2007
ALGA Member $45.00
Non-Member $99.00
Welcome Branch $30.00
Student $FREE
1 CPD Point
