Academic Seminar- September 27 : ‘Microplastics as Vectors for Emerging Contaminant transport in Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystem’ by Professor Meththika Suharshini Vithanage

About the Seminar: Professor Meththika Suharshini Vithanage will discuss the aspects of emerging micro-plastic contaminants in environmental systems, such as medications, personal care products, insecticides, and industrial chemicals. Date and Time: Wednesday 27th September 2023, 10:30-11:30 am BST Meeting location: James Watt South Building: 361 Seminar Room Host: Dr Siming You (Siming.You@glasgow.ac.uk) Further information about

Dr Tania Gomez Borraz – Invited Talk – Closing the cycle: Proposal for a decentralised integrated system for domestic wastewater treatment

Dr Tania Gomez Borraz , was invited to give a talk during the ‘1st International Seminar in Natural Resources and Environmental Education towards Climate Change and National Security’. The event was organised mainly by the Pontificia Bolivariana University in Bucaramanga, Colombia, as a hybrid event. More information available on the flyer

EPSRC Programme Grant on Off-grid Water Technologies Plenary Meeting

  The EPSRC Programme Grant on Off-grid Water Technologies Plenary Meeting was held on the 5th September 2023.  The event was held as a hybrid meeting, with some attending in-person at the Advanced Research Centre, University of Glasgow and others joining online via Zoom. The agenda included a welcome from our Principal Investigator, Professor Bill Sloan. 

Academic Seminar August 14th: Municipal Waste to Energy by Professor Ashok Pandey

About the Seminar: Professor Ashok Pandey will discuss the aspects of municipal solid waste valorization towards hazardous material management and circular economy promotion, focusing on current and emerging thermochemical and biological technologies for the production of energy in different forms. Date and Time: Monday 14th August 2023, 10:30 am BST Meeting location: James Watt South

Dr Justin Sperling presents at Optica Sensing Congress 2023

After his presentation at Photonics West 2023, Dr. Justin Sperling was invited to submit a talk on ‘Optical tastebuds for water quality testing’ for the Optica Sensing Congress 2023. He presented during the ‘Energy, mining, and environment’ session as part of the Applied Industrial Sensing meeting on 31 July. After the Congress, Justin accepted an

Environmental Social Science Awards – Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science (ACCESS)

Congratulations to Elizabeth Lawson and Laura Major for their successful submission to the Environmental Social Science Awards – Advancing Capacity for Climate Environment Social Science (ACCESS) Flex Fund.   Elizabeth Lawson of Newcastle University will lead as PI on this project entitled, “Taps Aff!” Voicing experiences of water scarcity in rural Scotland‘.  This is a