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Fish pass installation and weir removal effects on river ecosystems
River fragmentation due to the regulation of flows for water supply, navigation and energy is a major stressor impacting river ecosystems worldwide (Grill et al., 2019). Read more
Education for Sustainability and Environmental Impact: The River Garry, a river lost?
This research project adopts an ecosystem services approach to the environment thereby recognising the different services afforded in terms of productivity… Read more
Water Engineering: Complex Natural River Flow Modelling and Flood Analysis
Research Group:
Water Engineering and Natural Environment
The study on flooding, and identifying suitable ways to mitigate floods, have become a top priority for Government and the Environmental Agency, due to increasing flood frequency and intensity around the UK. Read more
Regenerating chalk stream environments: Monitoring the effectiveness of the River Anton Restoration Study
Supervisory Team. Paul Kemp and Andrew Vowles. Project description. Climate change and biodiversity loss are two of the greatest global challenges faced by humanity. Read more
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Characterising the aquatic–terrestrial biodiversity of dynamic freshwater ecosystems
Temporary rivers experience natural transitions between lotic, lentic and terrestrial conditions, with this instream habitat diversity supporting high biodiversity. Read more
The fate of microplastics in aquatic environments
Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. Hone novel methods to track (real-time) and analyse microplastics. Design mesocosms to study the behaviour of microplastics in riverbed sediments. Read more
Enlightened fisheries engineering: the use of light to enhance fish passage in culverts
Supervisory Team. Prof Paul Kemp, Dr Andrew Vowles. Project description. Globally, freshwater fish have economic, ecological and cultural value. Read more
Integrated computational materials engineering methodology development for customization of bone cement
Supervisors. Principal supervisor. Dr Engui Liu (XJTLU). Co-supervisor. Dr Weijian Han (JITRI). Co-supervisor. Dr Shiyao Huang (JITRI). Read more
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Using an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate pollution impacts and antimicrobial resistant pathogen dynamics across terrestrial, estuarine and marine environments
Project Description. The impact of environmental change on pathogen dynamics and AMR evolution from catchment to coast. Coastal environments are particularly vulnerable to chemical and microbial pollution that impact ecosystem services and human health. Read more
Stochastic modelling of subsurface water flow
Abstract. The subsurface water flow in natural formations with multiscale heterogeneities exhibit complex patterns. Our aim is to efficiently represent this motion by resorting to stochastic models for anomalous transport (e.g., continuous time random walks, Lévy flights, Lévy walks). Read more
Compostable and oxo-degradable plastics - saviour of the natural environment? An investigation of their long-term fate and ecotoxicity, from land to the deep sea.
Plastic waste is transported by wind, water and ice, in terrestrial and marine environments. Certain environments may act as longer term ‘sinks’ for plastics, e.g., the deep seafloor (kms deep), whilst others may only be temporary, e.g. Read more
Atmospheric transport and orographic rainfall of microplastics
Microplastics are transported in the natural environment by a wide range of processes and as a consequence are found in all environments, from the highest mountains to the deepest oceans, in urban environments and polar ice caps. Read more
Co-benefits and Trade-offs for Regenerative Agriculture
Project description. Nearly 70% of UK land area and 50% of European Union (EU) land is used for agriculture. These landscapes have been shaped by centuries of large-scale human impacts through traditional or intensive land-use systems. Read more
The use of exposure models to determine pharmaceutical usage data from measured environmental concentrations
In recent years occurrence of antibiotics in aquatic systems has attracted significant attention, particularly in rivers which receive sewage treatment effluent where they have been found to bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms, albeit in trace amounts. Read more
PhD in Distributed Estimation of Large-Scale Complex Networks
Project supervisor. Dr Boli Chen. Department. Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. Start Date. September 2022. Read more
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