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Le Gao serves as a Research Scholar at the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB), The University of Queensland, leading research on emerging pollutants and antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems from January 2024 to December 2027 under the supervision of Dr Ji Lu and Professor Jianhua Guo. She concurrently contributes to an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project (2024–2026) examining pollutant-driven antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in water systems.
Her research prioritizes understanding how pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and industrial contaminants accelerate antimicrobial resistance gene transfer in wastewater and urban waterways. This work integrates environmental microbiology, biogeochemistry, and public health frameworks to address critical gaps in water safety and ecological risk assessment, with implications for sustainable water management in rapidly urbanizing regions.
Supported by ARC funding, her projects emphasize field-based monitoring of resistance markers in municipal wastewater infrastructure and laboratory experiments simulating pollutant exposure scenarios. Le Gao collaborates within ACWEB's interdisciplinary teams focused on water security challenges, though specific lab affiliations or student supervision responsibilities are not documented in the source material.
