Research output per year
Research output per year
Professor, Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
environmental geochemistry and health; behaviour and transport of elements, inorganic and organic pollutants in atmospheric, aquatic, and terrestrial environments; issues of industrial and business performance/policy related to environmental regulation (sustainable development, process life cycles) waste and environmental management; resource recovery and sustainable exploitation; contaminated land risk and remediation; water, soil and air pollution; urban management; environmental and public health ;
Willing to speak to media
Research activity per year
I am an environmental geochemist, applying an “earth-systems” approach to my research which covers the transport/behaviour of pollutants in the environment (air quality, land degradation and remediation, and aquatic biogeochemistry), evaluating their impact on ecosystems and for human health.
These have links to policy and knowledge transfer activities which have been focused on the role and evolution of environmental management tools, issues of regulation and sustainability, and in the development of innovative R&D support mechanisms for SMEs and large industrial operations across industrial sectors.
I undertook PhD and postdoc research on actinide geochemistry associated with nuclear waste processing facilities, developing analytical tools and applying them to study environmental transport processes. Subsequently my research has applied these principles in studies of the impact of wastes and development of management systems, resource recovery strategies and exposure assessment. Fundamentally focused on understanding behaviour of potentially harmful elements and compounds in urban and rural environments in both terrestrial and aquatic systems.
Peer Reviewer: https://publons.com/researcher/815004/andrew-hursthouse/
Key Lab HNUST: http://hnoilgas.hnust.edu.cn/
anti-microbial resistance in the environment - collaborative contribution providing environmental (chemical) quality and feedback on environmental microbiology.
impact of resource exploitation on the environment - management and mitigation of effects of resource recovery (metal mining, e-wastes and shale gas exploitation) in particular on direct human exposure and compromised food chain (UK, EU and Asia).
sustainable urban ecosystems - impact of urbanisation on urban environment - degraded environmental quality from contaminated land, air and water, human exposure and risk assessment.
Key areas addressed by research & knowledge exchange activities:
Agroforestry management; food security; food supply chain; Human health; health risks; social determinants; Aquatic toxicology; water quality and pollution; waste water treatment; Sustainable manufacturing; process innovation; Urbanisation; environmental footprint; waste; pollution; wastewater; air quality; green spaces; Environmental pollution; chemical pollution; hazardous waste; Climate risks; urban climates; life cycle assessment; Coastal management; coastal biogeochemical cycles; Terrestrial ecosystems; soil quality; land degradation
Waste and resource management; analytical and environmental chemistry; earth and environmental sciences; life cycle analysis; postgraduate skills development; CPD development for professionals in environmental industrial and process management
interdisciplinary groups to address global challenges in human behaviour surrounding resource exploitation;
food and climate security and mitigation strategies;
understanding human environmental risk and resilience to system uncertainty;
world bank
SEPA/EA
WHO
SSE
AstroZeneca
Rio Tinto
I am a strong believer in a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to research and enterprise activity. Many of the projects I have completed and those ongoing involve an interdisciplinary network/team. This includes collaborations within the physical and natural sciences, engineering and technology and the social sciences and humanities.
I relish the challenges of sharing knowledge across the discipline landscape and learning from other perspectives and cultures. I can provide support and advice to groups using similar approaches and where my subject and interests fit, I can contribute, enthusiastically to addressing major societal challenges.
Approved Trainer, Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)
Nov 2020 → …Environmental Earth Science - Associate Editor, SpringerNature
2020 → …Fellow, The Society for Environmental Geochemistry & Health
Jul 2019 → …Environmental Monitoring & Assessment - Associate Editor, SpringerNature
2019 → …Heliyon - Earth Sciences, Section Editor, Elsevier
2017 → …High End Expert Scholarship, Hunan Provincial Government, Hunan University of Science & Technology
Feb 2016 → …High End Expert Recruitment - State Administration of Foreign Affairs, Hunan University of Science & Technology
Oct 2015 → Nov 2015Xiangtan Scholars Programme, Hunan Provincial Government, Hunan University of Science & Technology
Apr 2014 → May 2014Founding Trustee, Environmental Protection Scotland
2013 → …Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hursthouse, Andrew (Recipient), 16 May 2019
Prize: Other distinction
Hursthouse, Andrew (Recipient), 17 May 2019
Prize: Election to learned society
Rodgers, Kiri (Recipient), Hursthouse, Andrew (Recipient), McLellan, Iain (Recipient), Henriquez-Mui, Fiona (Recipient), Williams, Roderick (Recipient), Rebecca Tonner (Recipient), Tatyana Peshkur (Recipient) & Charles Knapp (Recipient), 27 Apr 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Hursthouse, Andrew (Recipient), 12 Jul 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Hursthouse, Andrew (Recipient), 12 Dec 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Andrew Hursthouse (Examiner)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
Andrew Hursthouse (Speaker), Iain McLellan (Speaker), Ashwini Konanahalli (Speaker), Jan Miller (Speaker), Phillip Cowie (Speaker), Ross Deuchar (Speaker), Robin Ion (Speaker) & Simon Knott (Speaker)
Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)
Andrew Hursthouse (Examiner)
Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
Andrew Hursthouse (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Iain McLellan, Fiona Henriquez, Andrew Hursthouse & Kiri Rodgers
24/05/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
John Lockhart, Gary Litherland, Anne Crilly, Iain McLellan, Andrew Hursthouse & Carl Goodyear
22/01/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
John Lockhart, Gary Litherland, Anne Crilly, Iain McLellan & Andrew Hursthouse
18/01/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Andrew Hursthouse & Callum McHugh
28/06/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Fiona Henriquez, Andrew Hursthouse & Roderick Williams
11/06/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research