Founder & Director

Dr Abdul Qader is the Founder and Director of SLQ Australia Pty Ltd. Prior to this he has acquired 14 years of direct experience in carbon capture research and demonstration in a capacity of a Principal Consultant and the Capture Program Manager for an Australian world-leading CCS R&D organisation, CO2CRC Ltd. He joined CO2CRC in 2007 pioneering in capture research and demonstration activities till 2021. He managed implementation of  many pilot plants under industrial setting covering pre-combustion, post-combustion and gas separation using both traditional and innovative technologies i.e., solvent, membrane, adsorbent and cryogenic.

He had also been involved in a hydrogen project sponsored by a Japanese consortium in Victoria; steered the feasibility study on emission reduction in an Australian steel plant and engaged with many international consultancies on CCU for industries, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the German Government’s GIZ.

Decarbonization training sessions in Kazakhstan for Germany’s GIZ

He has a reputable association with national and major international carbon capture communities, contributing actively to various technical and project management efforts. He had been the CO2CRC representative in the International Test Center Network, a global coalition of facilities working to accelerate the research and development of carbon capture technologies worldwide. Dr Qader has a Chemical Engineering background with over 40+ years of experience in both academia and industry. He has numerous publications in CCU and chemical engineering. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Australia (IEAust) and the Australian Institute of Energy (AIE).