Research Output per year
Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
I am now in my fourth year of academia and before that I worked in 3rd Sector organisations and environmental regulators and have 8 years environmental policy experience working with national and local government, regulators and the private sector in the fields of air quality, land quality and noise.
My primary area of interest is the impacts environmental pollution but in particular air pollution and soil contamination. I have recently been involved in projects which have focussed on odour emissions from waste water treatment works, the impact of noise from marine renewable energy on marine invertebrates (with biology and engineering colleagues) and the treatment of manganese contamination in water systems. In my research I use various analytical measurement techniques such as ICP-AES, ICP-MS, Graphite Furnace-AAS, Flame-AAS, HPLC and LC-MS.
My teaching remit includes Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching on the Physical Sciences programme (Chemistry and Forensic Science) and the Safety, Health and Environment programme. I am the Programme Leader for the MSc Waste and Resource Management. Modules I co-ordinate (and teach on) include Analytical Chemistry (Lvl 9), Chemical Laboratory Techniques (Lvl 8), Safety, Health and Environmental Protection (Lvl 9), Principles of Sustainability (Lvl 11), Waste Management (Lvl 11) and Pollution Control (Lvl 11).
In September 2018 I was made Programme Leader for the MSc Waste and Resource Management programme.
Current research activities
My current research includes (i) working with local authorities monitoring air quality using low cost, portable monitors in urban environments, (ii) legacy pollution in estuarine sediments and their potential influence on antimicrobial resistance and most recently (iii) links between air quality and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
My PhD students researching (i) particulate matter and COPD (ii) carbon emissions within the public sector, (iii) waste to product recycling and re-use and (iv) quality management in the oil industry and links to policy
Desired research direction
I am interested to develop ‘ecosystem services approach’ and ‘resilience’ as part of a collaborative, inter-disciplinary approach within the University and wider external research community. Taking this approach I would wish to translate my experience with POPs and agroforestry management techniques in Mediterranean ecosystems to different forestry systems.
Target collaborative organisations
Private sector companies interested in contamination and air quality, and systems approaches.
External positions
Trustee, Environmental Protection Scotland
1 Aug 2015 → …Keywords
- QD Chemistry
- Analytical
- ICP
- Environmental
- Soil
- Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Potentially Toxic Elements
- air pollution
- QE Geology
- SD Forestry
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Research Output 2007 2019
Enhanced characterisation for the management of industrial steel processing by products: potential of sequential chemical extraction: potential of sequential chemical extraction
Rodgers, K., McLellan, I. S., Cuthbert, S. J. & Hursthouse, A., 31 Mar 2019, In : Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191, 3, 19 p., 192.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Land contamination and development: guidance for assessing and addressing land contamination issues to meet the requirements of contaminated land regulators in Scotland
McLellan, I., Ogilvie, K., Toal, L., Hamill, S. & McIntosh, R., 31 Aug 2019, 2.12 ed. Environmental Protection Scotland. 23 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
The legacy of industrial pollution in estuarine sediments: spatial and temporal variability implications for ecosystem stress
Rodgers, K., McLellan, I., Peshkur, T., Williams, R., Tonner, R., Knapp, C. W., Henriquez, F. L. & Hursthouse, A. S., 22 May 2019, In : Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The potential of remedial techniques for hazard reduction of steel process by products: impact on steel processing, waste management, the environment and risk to human health
Rodgers, K., McLellan, I., Cuthbert, S., Masaguer Torres, V. & Hursthouse, A., 13 Jun 2019, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16, 12, 19 p., 2093.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
The toxicity of potentially toxic elements (Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni) to the cnidarian Hydra attenuata at environmentally relevant concentrations
McKinley, K., McLellan, I., Gagne, F. & Quinn, B., 15 May 2019, In : Science of the Total Environment. 665, p. 848-854 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Iain McLellan (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS)
Iain McLellan (Recipient), 1 Jul 2005
Prize: Election to learned society
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Iain McLellan (Recipient), Jan 2017
Prize: Election to learned society
Genes of past, present and future: does legacy pollution contribute to antibiotic resistance in industrialised estuaries?
Kiri Rodgers (Recipient), Andrew Hursthouse (Recipient), Iain McLellan (Recipient), Fiona Henriquez (Recipient), Roderick Williams (Recipient), Rebecca Tonner (Recipient), Tatyana Peshkur (Recipient) & Charles Knapp (Recipient), 27 Apr 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences (MIEnvSc)
Iain McLellan (Recipient), Oct 2015
Prize: Election to learned society
Activities 2009 2019
BREATH Annual Conference
John Lockhart (Member of programme committee), Gary Litherland (Invited speaker), Anne Crilly (Invited speaker), Carl Goodyear (Invited speaker), Iain McLellan (Invited speaker), Craig Williams (Invited speaker), William MacKay (Invited speaker), Andrew MacKenzie (Invited speaker), Joanna Brzeszczynska (Invited speaker), Lynette Dunning (Invited speaker), Carly Woods (Invited speaker), Mari Bailo (Invited speaker), Mark Thomas (Invited speaker), Kirsty McCallum (Invited speaker), Kimberly Black (Invited speaker), Fawziye Tarhini (Invited speaker), Bryn Short (Invited speaker)Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
The Clyde’s Industrial History and its Impact on Antimicrobial Resistance
Kiri Rodgers (Speaker), Iain McLellan (Speaker), Tatyana Peshkur (Speaker), Roderick Williams (Speaker), Rebecca Tonner (Speaker), Charles Knapp (Speaker), Andrew Hursthouse (Speaker), Fiona Henriquez (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Brownfield Land Scotland 2019
Iain McLellan (Chair)Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Resource Exploitation And Environmental Impact: Addressing Rebound Effects From China’s Rapid Industrial Expansion
Andrew Hursthouse (Speaker), Zhenghua Wang (Speaker), Bozhi Ren (Speaker), Iain McLellan (Speaker), Simon Cuthbert (Speaker), Na Song (Speaker)Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Iain McLellan (Reviewer)Activity: Other › Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee
Press / Media
BREATH highlighted in Scottish Parliament Debate
John Lockhart, Gary Litherland, Anne Crilly, Carl Goodyear, Andrew MacKenzie, Iain McLellan, Andisheh Bakhshi, Lynette Dunning, Robin Freeburn, William MacKay, Craig Williams, Kirsty McCallum, Mariarca Bailo, Kimberly Black, Bryn Short, Mark Thomas & Fawziye Tarhini
7/11/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
BREATH Schools Public Engagement Week Drive - Stranraer Cluster (Glasgow City of Science)
John Lockhart, Anne Crilly, Gary Litherland, Iain McLellan, Kimberly Black, Kirsty McCallum, Mark Thomas, Mariarca Bailo & Fawziye Tarhini
12/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Academics help inspire future scientists and alert pupils to danger of deadly lung disorder (Free Press)
John Lockhart, Anne Crilly, Gary Litherland, Iain McLellan, Carl Goodyear, Kirsty McCallum, Kimberly Black, Mariarca Bailo, Mark Thomas & Bryn Short
11/10/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Clyde estuary's pollution secrets dug up
Iain McLellan, Fiona Henriquez, Andrew Hursthouse & Kiri Rodgers
24/05/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
Health Gong for Uni Link
John Lockhart, Gary Litherland, Anne Crilly, Iain McLellan, Andrew Hursthouse & Carl Goodyear
22/01/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research