Professor Alice Roberts discusses whether we can make water safe for all with Prof. Iseult Lynch and the UoB Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Fellow, Dr. Adenike Akinsemolu on episode 4 of the Curiosity Vault. Iseult talks about our research on microplastics, nanoparticles, PFAS and other water pollutants as well Read more
We say goodbye to the lovely Jing this month who had been with us for the last year as a VisitingScholar from China.Read about Jing’s experience in the group:During my visit to the University of Birmingham, I fully experienced the excellent academicenvironment of the Water Science Group. Participating in the Read more
We have more great news this month about Prof. David Hannah being appointed the Deputy Pro-ViceChancellor of Sustainability. As well as being the theme stream lead for ‘Water Resources underChange’ for the Water Challenges theme, David is a Professor of Hydrology in GEES and the Directorof the Birmingham Institute for Read more
Congratulations to Chris Bradley, Kieran Khamis and David Hannah who have been awarded the‘Outstanding Impact in Innovation and Commercialisation’ award at the Game Changing Impactawards from the University of Birmingham. This encompasses benefits, effects or changes onproduction and commerce and the economy.Chris, Kieran and David have developed a field-deployable fluorescence Read more
This month we held our Water Challenges sandpit event at BISCA. It was a great turn out with manymembers of the theme attending in person and online.We kicked off the meeting with a presentation from Prof. David Hannah, covering sustainabilityacross the campus, followed by the build up to the Birmingham Read more
Article by Hannah Gunter:In May of this year, I undertook 8 weeks of fieldwork in Northern India to provide data for my PhD thesis. My focus is on using field-deployable fluorescence sensors to record information on water quality in real-time, with a particular focus on the use of fluorescence to Read more
Our very own theme stream lead, Prof. David Hannah, has been elected to the AmericanGeophysical Union. He joins 53 others in the 2023 Class of Fellows at AGU, who are the world’slargest earth and space sciences association, who recognise individuals for its highest honours.Prof. Hannah was selected for his “ground-breaking Read more
We held our 14th Annual Catchment Science Summer School between 3rd September and the 8th September. This short course is intended for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in a hands-on Catchment Science curriculum, focusing on runoff processes and combined hydrometric, isotope/chemical tracer and modelling techniques in catchment hydrology. https://water.usask.ca/hillslope/teaching/catchment-summer-school/home.php Read more
Our first Water Seminar Series of the year was carried out by Prof Quentin Grafton, Professor of Economics at the Australian National University. The title of Quentin’s talk was ‘Too much, too little and too dirty water’. The talk was carried out online and in Geography 125, followed by a Read more
Kexin Li joins us as our newest PGR student. Read more about Kexin in her own words below: “I studied my master’s degree in China and then joined Zhejiang University as a research assistant. During my master’s degree, self-made iron-doped filler was used to enhance the nitrogen and phosphorus Read more
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