Greg Leslie

Greg Leslie is the Director of the UNSW Global Water Institute, a multidisciplinary institute focusing on marine, freshwater and urban water systems – and a Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of New South Wales. 

He specializes in systems analysis for water and wastewater treatment processes for municipal, industrial and agricultural applications. He has served on the Desalination Guidelines Technical Committee for the World Health Organisation and the Water Issue Committee for the National Health and Medical Research Council. His industrial experience prior to joining UNSW, includes lead process engineer for the original NEWater plants at Bedok, Kranji and Seletar in Singapore and the deputy program manager for the largest membrane project in the United States, the Groundwater Water Replenishment System at the Orange County Water District (OCWD) in California.