Overview

I am a postdoctoral researcher under Prof Richard Brazier. My main role is as an impact fellow within the SWEEP program (www.sweep.ac.uk), under the “Whole Catchment” project.

I completed my PhD at Lancaster University in Environmental Science, which was funded by Unilever. My thesis was entitled “The GREAT-ER model as a tool for chemical risk assessment and management for Chinese river catchments”. The thesis focused upon modelling organic pollutants in river catchments in China for the purpose of chemical risk assessment and catchment management. My focus was to develop a pragmatic methodology that overcame data availability restrictions in China; for this I used the Geo-referenced Regional Exposure Assessment Tool for European Rivers (GREAT-ER) model.

The GREAT-ER model was applied to the East River catchment in South China, to estimate the risk from the chemicals: triclosan (TCS), triclocarban (TCC), estrone (E1) and 17β-estradiol (E2).

Overall, my experience in catchment science is quite varied, exploring various different issues during my education and employment. This includes: river and sewer flooding, evaluating the effects of land-cover change upon hillslope hydrology, low-flow hydrology and issues relating to water quality.

Broad research specialisms:

River catchment management, environmental modelling and GIS.

Qualifications

BSc Geography
MSc Catchment management and dynamics
PhD Environmental Science