Andrew S. Ball has more than 40 years of research experience in environmental microbiology. In 2012, Ball was appointed Professor of Environmental Biotechnology at RMIT University and in 2014 became the Founding Director of the newly formed Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Remediation (EnSuRe). In 2020, Ball became Director of the Australian Research Councils Industrial Transformation Training Centre for the Transformation of Australia's Biosolids Resource, based at RMIT University. Previously, in 2005, Ball was appointed Foundation Chair of Environmental Biotechnology at Flinders University and Director of Flinders Bioremediation. Ball started his career as a Research Fellow at Liverpool University and more recently held the position of Reader at the University of Essex, UK, where he was a member of staff for 16 years. Ball has a wealth of research and teaching experience in the fields of bioremediation, organic waste treatment, environmental microbiology, and algal biotechnology.