Environment
Head of Division: Professor Charles Banks
Tel: +44 (0)23 8059 4650
Email: c.j.banks@soton.ac.uk
www.soton.ac.uk/engineering/research/groups/environment_group.page
We carry out research in water management and irrigation engineering, environmental remediation, waste management, sustainable energy, and ecological impacts. Our specialised facilities include: an advance analytical suite equipped with liquid, ion and gas chromatographs; a carbon/ nitrogen analyser; an image analyser; an atomic absorption spectrometer; and a liquid scintillation counter.
Southampton University Research Institute for Sustainability and the Environment (SUnRISE) has secured over £2m of industry funding for research into sustainable waste management. We operate a research station in Kazakhstan and collaborate with a wide range of international research institutions.
Staff
Professor Charles Banks (Head of Research Division): Innovative technology for environmental protection; controlled anaerobic biodegradation of high cellulosic solid wastes; removal of trace organic materials and heavy metals from water; computer-based management tools for effluent treatment plant operation and design
Dr Malcolm Hudson: Human impacts on coast ecosystems and sea bird ecology; habitat management and behavioural ecology of sand lizards; environmental impact assessment
Dr Paul Kemp: Freshwater fish ecology and fisheries management; impact of anthropogenic activity on the behaviour and physiology of fish
Dr Patrick Osborne: Conservation ecology; spatial analysis; GIS; remote sensing; steppe habitats; avian ecology; ecological techniques; species distributions
Dr Pete Shaw: Nutrients and primary production in humic lakes, coastal waters and estuaries; pollution in intertidal ecosystems; communities, habitat, restoration and management of streams, rivers and urban ponds; household waste recycling, reduction and management
Professor Trevor Tanton: Water resource management; pollution management and reclamation of salt-affected soils; environmental management
Professor Ian Williams: Wastes minimisation and management; environmental chemistry, particularly monitoring and determination of fine particulate matter and volatile organic compounds; air, water and land pollution; public perceptions of environmental issues and their
implications for environmental protection, public policy and society