Category: Team news

February 9, 2025

‘Taps Aff!’: The Unexpected Challenges of Water Scarcity in Scotland. Article by Dr Laura Major, Dr Elizabeth Lawson, and Dr Jen Roberts

This short article, co-authored by Dr Laura Major, Dr Elizabeth Lawson, and Dr Jen Roberts, was published in The Geographer magazine (Royal Scottish Geographical Society). It explores how climate change is creating new water stress challenges for Scotland, a country often considered water-rich. It highlights unexpected impacts, from rural supply issues to water quality risks, …

February 6, 2025

ClimateXChange – Scotland’s centre of expertise on climate change, Climate Horizon 2040 Conference

Dr Elizabeth Lawson  attended the Climate Horizons 2040 conference held at the John McIntyre conference centre , University of Edinburgh. The conference was attended by individuals and organisations involved in Scottish climate policy. The day was structured around a number of workshops and panel discussions on topics ranging from land use to financing community energy …

January 28, 2025

Dr Elizabeth Lawson: Guest Lecture to Water Resource Management MSc Course, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

Dr Elizabeth Lawson delivered expert lecture to 25 MSc students titled ‘Governing water resources in 21st century Scotland’. The topic sparked questions and discussion. Following the lecture multiple students reported an increased awareness on the complexity of governing water resources and where current challenges and future opportunities lie.

January 25, 2025

Dr. Justin Sperling was an invited speaker, program committee member, and session chair for Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications at the 2025 SPIE Photonics West Conference in San Francisco (US)

As part of the 2025 program committee, Dr. Justin Sperling worked with the conference chairs and other committee members to build the speaker + poster program schedule for the Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment, and Environmental Applications conference during SPIE BiOS 2025.       Dr. Sperling was also an invited speaker …

November 27, 2024

Invited talk to the Environmental Engineering Seminar Series at Newcastle University: Retrofitting proposal for rural septic tanks towards carbon neutrality. By Dr Tania Gomez Borraz

Dr Tania Gomez Borraz  gave an invited talk for 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session. The talk generated a lot of interest by the academic community, both researchers (PIs from Newcastle University) and students from different levels and backgrounds (civil engineers, social engineers, undergraduate and postgraduate). Opportunities for future work and collaborations …

November 11, 2024

IAEA Circular Economy Technical Meeting

Dr Siming You was invited to attend the circular economy technical meeting held by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the United Nations Office at Vienna, Austria, between 11th Nov and 15th Nov 2024. Dr You shared his research on the environmental impact assessment of waste treatment and the machine learning-based process modelling of …