I am a Chartered Scientist and Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. I specialise in soil and groundwater contamination, in particular the movement of colloidal materials through soils, sediments and filtration systems. My broader research interests reflect my interdisciplinary background and include catchment management, flood modelling, wastewater filtration, urban drainage, biomineralisation, corrosion of construction materials, arsenic contamination of drinking water, and the evolution of sediment deposits on glaciers in Svalbard. I teach Water Resources and other physical geography topics on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the Department of Natural and Built Environment at Sheffield Hallam University. I am currently course leader for a MSc Environmental Management postgraduate degree. I live in Sheffield, UK with my beautiful family.
Experience
2012–present
Lecturer in Environmental Engineering, University of Liverpool
2017–present
Senior lecturer in Physical Geography, Sheffield Hallam University
Education
2008
University of Sheffield, PhD Environmental Engineering Science
2003
Birkbeck, University of London, MSc Environmental Science
2001
University College London, MSci Planetary Sciences
Grants and Contracts
2014
Advanced Compton-geometry gamma radiation imaging for radionuclide measurement in soils and geomaterials
Role:
Principal Investigator
Funding Source:
NERC
2013
To underpin a mechanistic understanding of the transport of colloid particles during sand bed filtration (shorter Knowledge Transfer Partnership)
Role:
Knowledge Base Supervisor
Funding Source:
TSB/NNL
Professional Memberships
Chartered Scientist, Member of the Institution of Environmental Scientists