Andrew Hursthouse

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Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

please contact me to discuss ideas. The following are illustrative examples:

* environmental geochemistry and health;
* behavior 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;
* circular economy, sustainability and low carbon future;
* resource recovery and sustainable exploitation;
* contaminated land risk and remediation;
* water, soil and air pollution;
* urban green infrastructure and management;
* environmental and public health;

Willing to speak to media

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2024
Adsorption-catalytic synergistic Fenton degradation of potassium butyl xanthate in flotation tailing wastewater by renewable iron-loaded sludge: performance, kinetics and mechanism
Tang, J., Hou, B., Li, Z., Liu, J., Wang, Z., Shu, J., Ren, B., Wang, C., Deng, R., Kuang, Y. & Hursthouse, A., 13 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Separation & Purification Technology. 32 p., 130533.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Adsorption of Sb(V) in wastewater by Fe/Mn binary oxides loaded sludge derived activated carbon: performance, mechanisms and applicability
Duan, Y., Hou, B., Li, Z., Wang, J., Tang, J., Deng, R., Ren, B., Zhao, P., Liu, X. & Hursthouse, A., 30 Nov 2024, In: Environmental Technology and Innovation. 36, 16 p., 103881.
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A metallic phenolic network-enhanced bentonite for ammonical nitrogen removal from black-odorous water
Lin, J., Luo, B., Wan, P., Wang, J., Hursthouse, A. S., Li, S. & Zhu, G., 29 Feb 2024, In: Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 182, p. 32-44 13 p.
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Bridging the SDG awareness gap: Universities have a critical role to play in increasing awareness of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Here’s how to do it
Miller, J. & Hursthouse, A., 4 Nov 2024, Times Higher Education 6 p.
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Comparison of hexavalent chromium adsorption behavior on conventional and biodegradable microplastics
Fang, Z., Wang, Z., Tang, H. & Hursthouse, A., 19 Jul 2024, In: WATER. 16, 14, 19 p., 2050.
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Isolation and identification of highly Sb-resistant Rhodotorula glutinis strain J5 and its mechanism of resistance to Sb(III)
Pan, Y., Deng, R., Jin, C., Li, Y., Ren, B., Hou, B., Wang, C., Xiuzhen, Y. & Hursthouse, A., 31 Aug 2024, In: Current Microbiology. 81, 14 p., 335.
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Magnetic seed technology for the efficient removal of nitrogen from wastewater
Li, S., Zhu, G., Yan, S. & Hursthouse, A. S., 1 Dec 2024, In: Environmental Chemistry Letters. 22, 6, p. 2619-2625 7 p.
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Mechanism of dissolution and oxidation of stibnite mediated by the coupling of iron and typical antimony oxidizing bacteria
Xu, R., Deng, R., Zhao, J., Ren, B., Wang, C., Zhou, S., Hursthouse, A. & Wang, Z., 31 Aug 2024, In: Environmental Technology and Innovation. 35, 103640.
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Mechanistic analysis of the sub chronic toxicity of La and Gd in Daphnia magna based on TKTD modelling and synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging
Revel, M., Medjoubi, K., Charles, S., Hursthouse, A. & Heise, S., 30 Apr 2024, In: Chemosphere. 353, 10 p., 141509.
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New insights into adsorption of As(V) and Sb(V) from aqueous by HCO–(Fe3O4)x adsorbent: adsorption behaviors, competition and mechanisms
Chen, W., Deng, R., Chen, Y., Wang, C., Hou, B., Zhou, S. & Hursthouse, A., 29 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Water Process Engineering. 58, 104873.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Removal of Sb(V) from complex wastewater of Sb(V) and aniline aerofloat using Fe₃O₄–CeO₂ absorbent enhanced by H₂O₂: efficiency and mechanism
Wang, X., Deng, R., Wang, C., Long, P., Hou, B., Chen, W., Chen, F., Ren, B. & Hursthouse, A., 31 Aug 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 365, 12 p., 121610.
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The development of a kinetic biotic ligand model to predict acute toxicity of Gadolinium for Daphnia magna.
Revel, M., Tan, Q.-G., Hursthouse, A. & Heise, S., 4 Dec 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.
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2023
Determination of the distribution of rare earth elements La and Gd in Daphnia magna via micro and nano-SXRF imaging
Revel, M. L., Medjoubi, K., Rivard, C., Vantelon, D., Hursthouse, A. & Heise, S., 25 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Sciences: Processes & Impacts.
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Ecosystem-inspired model and artificial intelligence predicts pollutant consumption capacity by coagulation in drinking water treatment
Li, S., Zhu, G., Li, X., Wan, P., Yuan, F., Xu, S. & Hursthouse, A. S., 28 Apr 2023, In: Environmental Chemistry Letters. 10 p.
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Environmental geochemical signature of shale in pollution assessment of trace metals in soil and water in parts of southern Benue Trough, southeastern Nigeria
Nganje, T. N., Adamu, C. I., Ekwere, A. S., Ibe, K. A., Edet, A. & Hursthouse, A., 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. 103, 12, p. 2858-2878 21 p.
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Estimating soil health in urban allotments: integrated two-way soil quality index and free-living amoebae in nitrogen recycling  
Williams, R. A. M., Ogoke, A., Rodgers, K., Kelly, S., McIntosh, R., Hursthouse, A. & Henriquez, F. L., 31 Dec 2023, In: Soil & Environmental Health. 1, 4, 12 p., 100046.
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Exploring the joint association of road traffic noise and air quality with hypertension using QGIS
Adza, W. K., Hursthouse, A. S., Miller, J. & Boakye, D., 27 Jan 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 3, 24 p., 2238.
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Hybrid leaching of tantalum and other valuable metals from tantalum capacitor waste
Sikander, A., Kelly, S., Kuchta, K., Sievers, A., Willner, T. & Hursthouse, A. S., 3 Apr 2023, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30, p. 59621-59631 11 p.
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Manganese oxides mediated dissolve organic matter compositional changes in lake sediment and cadmium binding characteristics
Jin, C., Li, Z., Hursthouse, A. S., Ding, X., Zhou, M., Chen, J. & Li, B., 31 May 2023, In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 256, 10 p., 114916.
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Optimized industrial sorting of WEEE plastics: development of fast and robust h-XRF technique for hazardous components
Chaine, C., Hursthouse, A. S., Jandric, A., McLean, B., McLellan, I., McMahon, B., McNulty, J., Miller, J., Salhofer, S. & Viza, E., 30 Jun 2023, In: Case Studies in Chemical & Environmental Engineering. 7, 12 p., 100292.
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The challenge of plastic management for waste electrical and electric equipment recycling in the Global South: a case comparison between Europe and Latin America
Chaine, C., Hursthouse, A. S., McLellan, I., Viza, E. & Miller, J., 15 Sept 2023, In: Recycling. 8, 5, 15 p., 71.
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The potential of Ascophyllum nodosum to accelerate green waste composting
Al-Dulaimi, O., Rateb, M., Hursthouse, A., Thomson, G. & Yaseen, M., 30 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management. 25, p. 3246-3255 10 p.
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Treatment of human waste in small-scale facilities: a prospective review
Rodriguez Nunez, C., Hursthouse, A. & El-Hassan, Z., 12 Apr 2023, In: Waste and Resource Management. 177, 2, p. 58-69 12 p.
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2022
A flocculation tensor to monitor water quality using a deep learning model
Zhu, G., Lin, J., Fang, H., Yuan, F., Li, X., Yuan, C. & Hursthouse, A. S., 30 Sept 2022, In: Environmental Chemistry Letters. 20, p. 3405-3414 10 p.
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Antimicrobial resistance as a global health threat: the need to learn lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Cameron, A., Esiovwa, R., Connolly, J., Hursthouse, A. & Henriquez, F., 31 May 2022, In: Global Policy. 13, 2, p. 179-192 14 p.
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Bridging the gaps in the global governance of antimicrobial resistance: the UN sustainable development goals and global health security agenda
Esiovwa, R., Connolly, J., Hursthouse, A., Mukherji, S., Mukherji, S., Parasnis, A., Sachwani, K. & Henriquez, F., 29 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Routledge Open Research. 1, 14 p., 8.
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Chemical and microbial leaching of valuable metals from PCBs and tantalum capacitors of spent mobile phones
Sikander, A., Kelly, S., Kuchta, K., Sievers, A., Willner, T. & Hursthouse, A. S., 13 Aug 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 16, 17 p., 10006.
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Decision support models for site remediation: an evaluation of industry practice in China
Song, N., Hursthouse, A., McLellan, I. & Wang, Z., 1 Oct 2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 19, 18 p., 11811.
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Exploring the combined association between road traffic noise and air quality using QGIS
Adza, W. K., Hursthouse, A. S., Miller, J. & Boakye, D., 19 Dec 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 24, 19 p., 192417057 .
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Factors on the distribution, migration, and leaching of potential toxic metals in the soil and risk assessment around the zinc smelter
Xie, Q., Ren, B., Shi, X. & Hursthouse, A., 30 Nov 2022, In: Ecological Indicators. 144, 10 p., 109502.
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High removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from black-odorous water using a novel aeration-adsorption system
Zhu, G., Chen, J., Zhang, S., Zhao, Z., Luo, H., Hursthouse, A., Wan, P. & Fan, G., 11 Mar 2022, In: Environmental Chemistry Letters. 20, p. 2243-2251 9 p.
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Menace of informal waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling at MTN phone village, Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Okwu, O., Viza, E., Hursthouse, A. & Idoko, L., 28 Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Science & Technology. 12 p.
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New models to reduce the health risks of informal WEEE recyclers in MTN phone village, Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Okwu, O., Hursthouse, A., Viza, E. & Idoko, L., 12 Feb 2022, In: Toxics. 10, 2, 19 p., 84.
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Sedimentary facies characterization of forced regression in the Pearl River Mouth basin
Yu, Y., Yang, C., Wang, L., Hursthouse, A., Li, S., Huang, Y. & Cao, T., 16 Mar 2022, In: Open Geosciences. 14, 1, p. 208-223 16 p.
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Separation of dye from aqueous solution by a new gravity compression and aeration system
Li, S., Xiong, N., Zhu, G., Wan, P., Hursthouse, A. S. & Huang, H., 22 Jun 2022, In: Environmental Technology.
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The effect of substrate on water quality in ornamental fish tanks
Vanderzwalmen, M., Sánchez Lacalle, D., Tamilselvan, P., McNeill, J., Delieuvin, D., Behlouli, K., Hursthouse, A., McLellan, I., Alexander, M. E., Henriquez, F. L., Snellgrove, D. & Sloman, K. A., 5 Oct 2022, In: Animals. 12, 19, 14 p., 2679.
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2021
A biochar supported magnetic metal organic framework for the removal of trivalent antimony
Zhu, G., Lin, J., Yuan, Q., Wang, X., Zhao, Z., Hursthouse, A. S., Wang, Z. & Li, Q., 30 Nov 2021, In: Chemosphere. 282, 35 p., 131068.
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Adaptation of the BCR sequential extraction procedure for fractionation of potentially toxic elements in airborne particulate matter collected during routine air quality monitoring
Sagagi, B. S., Davidson, C. M. & Hursthouse, A. S., 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. 101, 7, p. 956-968 13 p.
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Application of a new HMW framework derived ANN model for optimization of aquatic dissolved organic matter removal by coagulation
Zhu, G., Xiong, N., Wang, C., Li, Z. & Hursthouse, A. S., 31 Jan 2021, In: Chemosphere. 262, 127723.
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A study of the adsorption and removal of Sb(Ⅲ) from aqueous solution by Fe(Ⅲ) modified Proteus Cibarius with mechanistic insights using response surface methodology
Li, X., Deng, R., Tang, Z., Zhou, S., Zeng, X., Wang, J.-Q. & Hursthouse, A., 26 May 2021, In: Processes. 9, 6, 14 p., 933.
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Bacterial diversity in house dust: characterization of a core indoor microbiome
Entwistle, J. A., Thompson, J. R., Argyraki, A., Bashton, M., Bramwell, L., Crown, M., Hursthouse, A., Jabeen, K., Marinho-Reis, A. P., Namdeo, A., Nelson, A., Pearce, D. A., Potgieter, S., Rasmussen, P. E. & Wragg, J., 23 Nov 2021, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 9, 11 p., 754657.
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Development and validation of a box and flux model to describe major, trace and Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in Scottish soils
Gallini, L., Hursthouse, A. & Scopa, A., 25 Aug 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 17, 18 p., 8930.
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Effects of mining activities on the distribution, controlling factors, and sources of metals in soils from the Xikuangshan South Mine, Hunan Province
Xie, Q., Ren, B., Hursthouse, A. & Shi, X., 26 Aug 2021, In: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 18, 3, p. 748-756 9 p.
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Enhancement of WEEE management practices in MTN phone village, Rumukurushi, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Okwu, O., Hursthouse, A., Viza, E. & Idoko, L., 24 Nov 2021, In: Recycling. 6, 4, 22 p., 77.
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Facile synthesis of nanosheet-assembled γ-Fe₂O₃ magnetic microspheres and enhanced Sb(III) removal
Zhao, W., Ren, B., Hursthouse, A. & Wang, Z., 6 Jan 2021, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28, p. 19822-19837 16 p.
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Identification of pollution sources in roadside soils of Cairo-Alexandria Highway, Egypt
Said, I., Hursthouse, A. & Salman, S. A.E.-R., 26 May 2021, In: Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 14, 11 p., 981.
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Identifying non-agricultural marginal lands as a route to sustainable bioenergy provision - a review and holistic definition
Mellor, P., Lord, R. A., João, E., Thomas, R. & Hursthouse, A., 31 Jan 2021, In: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 135, 110220.
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Purified montmorillonite as a nano-adsorbent of potentially toxic elements from environment: an overview
Atigh, Z. B. Q., Sardari, P., Moghiseh, E., Lajayer, B. A. & Hursthouse, A. S., 4 Mar 2021, In: Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering. 6, 21 p., 12.
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Source identification and groundwater health risk assessment of PTEs in the stormwater runoff in an abandoned mining area
Shi, X., Ren, B. & Hursthouse, A., 11 Oct 2021, In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 44, p. 3555-3570 16 p.
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Source identification and risk analysis of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in rainwater runoff from a manganese mine (south central Hunan, China)
Luo, X., Ren, B., Hursthouse, A. S., Jiang, F., Deng, R.-J. & Wang, Z., 1 Mar 2021, In: Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. 21, 2, p. 824-835 12 p.
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