Martin Anda

Martin Anda is an environmental engineer with over 30 years experience in the energy, water and construction sectors since completing a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) degree at The University of Western Australia. After working with consulting engineering firms on large industrial energy projects, he spent 15 years working with remote indigenous communities across Australia and developing countries and completed a PhD during this time. He joined Murdoch University and became Research Manager then Director of the UNEP Environmental Technology Centre, later chairing the Environmental Engineering undergraduate program. Martin is Theme Leader Circular Economy in the university’s Harry Butler Institute where he manages postgraduate researchers on industry focused research projects. He conducts renewable energy, water and waste related projects and teaching across Australia and Indonesia. Martin is also a Research Fellow with the Indo-Pacific Research Centre and with IPRC he undertakes a range of water and energy transition projects across Asia. His current projects include low carbon construction materials and nature-positive water management in Indonesia, development of Australia’s first indigenous owned renewable hydrogen logistics company in the Pilbara, development of the first commercialized low-carbon geopolymer concrete products manufacturing facility in WA (Colliecrete) at Collie, and working with key indigenous leaders on digital water services for homeland communities.