In 2018, his work on the re-engineering the global nitrogen cycle was awarded the prize of best feature article of 2017 in the esteemed journal Environmental Science and Technology. Equally important, his work on integrated urban water management led to a first author publication in the prestigious journal Science. He also played an important role in the development in the CRC Blue Economy, a 10-year AUS$50 million dollar project (). In the past 8 years, Ilje Pikaar has obtained signification funding, including 7 ARC projects as chief investigator. Central theme in his international oriented research approach is to conduct high-quality research and extrapolate fundamental knowledge and scientific discoveries to real life applications and development of innovative technologies.
Ilje Pikaar expertise involve the areas of environmental electrochemistry, the global nitrogen cycle, sewer corrosion, next generation sludge management, metal recovery, integrated urban water management and resource recovery with a special focus on nitrogen recovery and production of microbial proteins. He received his PhD degree in Environmental Engineering in 2012 from The University of Queensland, Australia. Ilje Pikaar received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (2004) and Master of Science in Environmental Technology (2006) from the Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
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