Hajra Bibi
University of Strathclyde
Microrobots for photocatalytic metal removal for environmental remediation
Supervisor: Prof. Juliane Simmchen
Personal Introduction
Hajra is a doctoral student at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Her academic background is in environmental and materials research. During her master’s degree, she worked on the removal of mercury from mercurial-laden wastewater using chitosan–MoS₂ microspheres, focusing on the development of functional materials for efficient pollutant removal and environmental remediation.
Her PhD research explores the use of microrobots for urban mining. Through this work, she aims to develop micro-robotic systems that can selectively recover valuable metals from waste streams, contributing to circular economy strategies and more sustainable resource management in urban settings.
Project Introduction
Development of an active material-based system for photodeposition based heavy metal removal, understanding also the contribution of active matter using electrochemistry and the evaluatation of differences in mobile vs immobilized systems. It will also be addressed the recyclability of such metal depositions and the quantification of removed metals from electrochemical approaches and ICP. Overall, we will be evaluating the cost calculation for potential application of this methodology and how to integrated such studies in microrobotic platforms.
