I am an environmental geochemist, applying an “earth-systems” approach to 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 implications 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 different 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.

Joining UWS (then PCT) in 1990, holding number of institutional management roles including: Subject development Chair (HoD) Physical Sciences 2009-2014 and Assistant Dean (Research & Enterprise) 2014-2019.

A strong personal commitment to addressing our "climate crisis" through teaching, research and knowledge exchange having grown up through rapid environmental change: Born when pCO₂ was 320.4 ppmV*, Joined UWS when pCO₂ was 354.45 ppmV* promoted to Professor when pCO₂ was 373.45 ppmV* ....and where will it end?

(*source: Statista atmospheric CO2 )

Peer Reviewer: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/55560

Key Lab HNUST: http://hnoilgas.hnust.edu.cn/

Chartered Chemist and Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry

Certified Trainer, IEMA

Fellow, Society for Environmental Geochemistry & Health

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.

member of the interdisciplinary Protracted Crisis Recearch Centre with a focus on environmental dimensions of major issues in particular waste, water, climate and potentially harmful substance exposures in sensitive populations https://www.uws.ac.uk/pcrc

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.

Editorial Board Membership

Section Editor

Heliyon (Earth Sciences)

Associate Editor

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Environmental Earth Sciences

Environmental Geochemistry & Health

Environmental Geotechnics

Environmental Monitoring & Assessment

Frontiers in Environmental Science

Proc ICE - Waste & Resource Management

Editorial Board Member

African Journal of Environmental Science & Technology

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science & Technology

Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety

Global Environmental Science

International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health

Journal of Environmental Exposure Assessment

Journal of Hazardous Materials - Advances

Journal of Trace Elements & Minerals

Sci

Soil & Environmental Health

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 on-going involve a broad 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.