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Dr Laura Newsome

Lecturer in Geomicrobiology

01326 259018

Environment and Sustainability Institute ESI 02.02

Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

Overview

I am a geomicrobiologist interested in understanding the behaviour of contaminants and metals in the environment, and how microorganisms can be used for bioremediation and bioprocessing applications. My research is interdisciplinary and incorporates microbiology, mineralogy and geochemistry to develop new insights into biogeochemical metal cycling in natural and engineered environments.

My research interests range from the nanoscale to the field scale. I use cutting edge microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to investigate the mechanisms by which microorganisms interact with metals and minerals. I work with samples that are naturally rich in metals and samples from metal-impacted environments, characterising their microbial communities and investigating how microbial processes can mobilise, redistribute and sequester metals. I’m also interested in exploring how we can use microorganisms to help recover metals from ore deposits.

I am a member of the Environment & Sustainability Institute and the Camborne School of Mines in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences.

Qualifications

2015 PhD Geomicrobiology & biogeochemistry (University of Manchester, UK)

2005 MGeol Environmental geology (University of Leeds, UK)

Career

2017 – 2018 Research fellow, University of Manchester

2015 – 2017 Research associate, University of Manchester

2009 – 2011 Radioactive substances & chemicals scientist, Environment Agency

2008 – 2009 Environmental consultant, WYG

2005 – 2008 Environmental consultant, URS

Research

Research interests

Bioremediation of contaminated groundwater
Characterisation of the mechanisms by which microbes interact with metals and minerals
Development of new biological techniques to process ores and mine wastes

Research projects

Understanding the geomicrobiology of UK groundwater and its impact on geoenergy

Geothermal energy is a low carbon energy source, not only is it beneficial for limiting climate change, it also enhances energy security. Microbes are present in most subsurface environments and microbial metabolism influences the environmental conditions via biogeochemical cycling of metals, sulfur, carbon and nitrogen. However, little is known about the effect of geothermal energy production on microbial communities, nor on how microbial processes might impact on the performance of geothermal systems. This research project will study how subsurface microbial communities respond to drilling, as well as addressing fundamental questions regarding the influence of geology and hydrogeology on microbial communities. More information about the UKGEOS programme: https://www.ukgeos.ac.uk/

Does microbial community functioning control the success of mine waste rehabilitation?

Waste materials abandoned from historic metal mines sometimes hundreds of years old are polluting our environment today. Toxic metals are eroded from mine waste by wind and water then transported into the environment as dust or washed into rivers and estuaries. Plants can be grown on mine waste to minimise this erosion, but we don’t fully understand why in some cases plants thrive, but in other cases their growth suffers. In all soils microorganisms play a crucial role in providing the essential elements that plants need to grow. This project will investigate how soil microorganisms help plants to grow in wastes at an abandoned metal mine site, and whether microbial activity might help to protect the plants from the impact of toxic metals.

Publications

Key publications | Publications by category | Publications by year

Publications by category

Journal articles

Newsome L (In Press). Dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction controls on arsenic mobilisation: a combined biogeochemical and NanoSIMS imaging approach. Frontiers in Microbiology

Newsome L, Solano Arguedas A, Coker VS, Boothman C, Lloyd JR (In Press). Manganese and cobalt redox cycling in laterites; biogeochemical and bioprocessing implications. Chemical Geology

Newsome L (In Press). Natural attenuation of lead by microbial manganese oxides in a karst aquifer. Science of the Total Environment

Newsome L, Falagan C (In Press). The microbiology of metal mine waste: bioremediation applications and implications for planetary health. GeoHealth

Proto M, Newsome L, Jensen E, Courtney R (2023). Geochemical analyses of metal(loid) fractions do not predict plant uptake behavior: Are plant bioassays better tools to predict mine rehabilitation success?. Sci Total Environ, 861

Management of metal(loid) tailings at historic sites presents environmental hazards usually requiring rehabilitation to mitigate pollution risks. Strategies employed include capping or establishing vegetation directly, which requires tailings assessments to determine suitable rehabilitation approaches. Assessments are typically geochemical analyses, but plant based approaches may provide a more accurate measure of revegetation success although they are often limited to germination indices. This study uses the plant bioassay (Rhizotest™) with common geochemical assessment to predict plant uptake of metal(loid)s and the subsequent likely rehabilitation success. Pb/Zn tailings from five legacy sites within the UK and Ireland were characterized for pH, EC, water soluble and CaCl2-extractable content and aqua regia extractable content. Uptake of Sb, As, Cd, Cu, Ca, Mg, Mn, Zn, Pb was determined in shoots and roots of Lolium perenne. Total Zn, Pb, Sb, Cd and As in tailings ranged from 694 to 2683 mg kg-1, 1252 to 8072 mg kg-1, 14 to 148 mg kg-1, 1.3 to 44 mg kg-1 and 1.3 to 45 mg kg-1, respectively. The only correlation found between total and water soluble or CaCl2-extractable metal(loid) contents was for Cd, where r = 0.8 for total and CaCl2-extractable fractions. Limited uptake and translocation risk was identified for major contaminants Zn and Pb in most tailings samples but in some cases exceedance of phytotoxic threshold values occurred that was not reflected in geochemical analysis. Crucially, although total Cd and Sb content was relatively low (< 20 mg kg-1) in some tailings, elevated plant content for some samples highlights phytotoxic risk from minor elements. Results indicate that screening based on geochemical content is not sufficiently predictive of metal(loid) phytoavailability to reliably inform mine rehabilitation strategies. We therefore strongly recommend that geochemical analyses are supplemented with plant based bioassay to plan mine tailings revegetation and reduce risk of wider ecosystem metal(loid) transfer.

Abstract. Author URL.

Lear L, Hesse E, Newsome L, Gaze W, Buckling A, Vos M (2023). The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>. Evolutionary Applications, 16(7), 1377-1389. Abstract.

Goulet RR, Newsome L, Vandenhove H, Keum D-K, Horyna J, Kamboj S, Brown J, Johansen MP, Twining J, Wood MD, et al (2022). Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling. J Environ Radioact, 244-245

Predictions of radionuclide dose rates to freshwater organisms can be used to evaluate the radiological environmental impacts of releases from uranium mining and milling projects. These predictions help inform decisions on the implementation of mitigation measures. The objective of this study was to identify how dose rate modelling could be improved to reduce uncertainty in predictions to non-human biota. For this purpose, we modelled the activity concentrations of 210Pb, 210Po, 226Ra, 230Th, and 238U downstream of uranium mines and mills in northern Saskatchewan, Canada, together with associated weighted absorbed dose rates for a freshwater food chain using measured activity concentrations in water and sediments. Differences in predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations occurred mainly from the different default partition coefficient and concentration ratio values from one model to another and including all or only some 238U decay daughters in the dose rate assessments. Consequently, we recommend a standardized best-practice approach to calculate weighted absorbed dose rates to freshwater biota whether a facility is at the planning, operating or decommissioned stage. At the initial planning stage, the best-practice approach recommend using conservative site-specific baseline activity concentrations in water, sediments and organisms and predict conservative incremental activity concentrations in these media by selecting concentration ratios based on species similarity and similar water quality conditions to reduce the uncertainty in dose rate calculations. At the operating and decommissioned stages, the best-practice approach recommends relying on measured activity concentrations in water, sediment, fish tissue and whole-body of small organisms to further reduce uncertainty in dose rate estimates. This approach would allow for more realistic but still conservative dose assessments when evaluating impacts from uranium mining projects and making decision on adequate controls of releases.

Abstract. Author URL.

Fitch V, Parbhakar‐fox A, Crane R, Newsome L (2022). Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK. Minerals, 12(7). Abstract.

Dybowska A, Schofield PF, Newsome L, Herrington RJ, Mosselmans JFW, Kaulich B, Kazemian M, Araki T, Skiggs TJ, Kruger J, et al (2022). Evolution of the Piaui Laterite, Brazil: Mineralogical, Geochemical and Geomicrobiological Mechanisms for Cobalt and Nickel Enrichment. MINERALS, 12(10). Author URL.

Solano-Arguedas AF, Boothman C, Newsome L, Pattrick RAD, Arguedas-Quesada D, Robinson CH, Lloyd JR (2022). Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach. Geochem Trans, 23(1). Abstract. Author URL.

Buchanan DM, Newsome L, Lloyd JR, Kazemian M, Kaulich B, Araki T, Bagshaw H, Waters J, van der Laan G, N’Diaye A, et al (2022). Investigating Nanoscale Electron Transfer Processes at the Cell-Mineral Interface in Cobalt-Doped Ferrihydrite Using Geobacter sulfurreducens: a Multi-Technique Approach. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10

Monaghan AA, Bateson L, Boyce AJ, Burnside NM, Chambers R, de Rezende JR, Dunnet E, Everett PA, Gilfillan SMV, Jibrin MS, et al (2022). Time Zero for Net Zero: a Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2

Mine water geothermal energy could provide sustainable heating, cooling and storage to assist in the decarbonisation of heat and achieving Net Zero carbon emissions. However, mined environments are highly complex and we currently lack the understanding to confidently enable a widespread, cost-effective deployment of the technology. Extensive and repeated use of the mined subsurface as a thermal source/store and the optimisation of operational infrastructure encompasses a range of scientific and technical challenges that require broad partnerships to address. We present emerging results of a pioneering multidisciplinary collaboration formed around an at-scale mine water geothermal research infrastructure in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Focused on a mined, urban environment, a range of approaches have been applied to both characterise the environmental change before geothermal activities to generate “time zero” datasets, and to develop novel monitoring tools for cost-effective and environmentally-sound geothermal operations. Time zero soil chemistry, ground gas, surface water and groundwater characterisation, together with ground motion and seismic monitoring, document ongoing seasonal and temporal variability that can be considered typical of a post-industrial, urban environment underlain by abandoned, flooded coal mine workings. In addition, over 550 water, rock and gas samples collected during borehole drilling and testing underwent diverse geochemical, isotopic and microbiological analysis. Initial results indicate a connected subsurface with modern groundwater, and resolve distinctive chemical, organic carbon and stable isotope signatures from different horizons that offer promise as a basis for monitoring methods. Biogeochemical interactions of sulphur, carbon and iron, plus indications of microbially-mediated mineral oxidation/reduction reactions require further investigation for long term operation. Integration of the wide array of time zero observations and understanding of coupled subsurface processes has significant potential to inform development of efficient and resilient geothermal infrastructure and to inform the design of fit-for-purpose monitoring approaches in the quest towards meeting Net Zero targets.

Abstract.

Cleary A, Lloyd JR, Newsome L, Shaw S, Boothman C, Boshoff G, Atherton N, Morris K (2019). Bioremediation of strontium and technetium contaminated groundwater using glycerol phosphate. Chemical Geology, 509, 213-222.

Groundwater at legacy nuclear facilities around the world is contaminated with radionuclides including strontium-90 and technetium-99, which are often present as co-contaminants. Here we investigated whether biostimulation of indigenous microbial communities by glycerol phosphate can co-treat 90 Sr through incorporation into phosphate biominerals, and 99 Tc through microbially-induced reduction of the sediment to form less mobile Tc(IV) phases via reaction with reduced species (e.g. Fe(II)). Results showed that 95% of Sr was removed from solution in sediment microcosms treated with glycerol phosphate, and sequential extraction showed that ~18% of the Sr in the resulting solid phase was associated with the pH 5 Na-acetate fraction and 75% was in the ion exchangeable fraction. This removal and partitioning to recalcitrant phases during glycerol phosphate treatment was greater than in the untreated controls, where only 60% of Sr was removed from solution, and of the solid-associated Sr, 95% was present in the exchangeable fraction. Fitting of Sr K-edge EXAFS spectra confirmed these findings, with shell by shell fitting suggesting ~30% of sediment-associated Sr was present in a coordination environment consistent with phosphate biominerals following glycerol phosphate treatment, whilst Sr was present only as outer-sphere complexes in the controls. In addition,16S rRNA sequencing of sediments stimulated with glycerol phosphate demonstrated the growth of potential phosphate-solubilising species such as Chryseobacterium and Serratia spp. Finally, glycerol phosphate treatment stimulated bioreduction via addition of electron donor in the form of glycerol to the system, in turn this stimulated the removal of 99 Tc from solution concomitant with microbial Fe(III) reduction to form poorly soluble hydrous Tc(IV)O 2 like phases. In sediments amended with an electron donor, the microbial community also reflected the onset of bioreduction with an increased relative abundance of Fe(III) and sulfate-reducing bacteria such as Geothrix, Geobacter and Desulfobulbus spp. Overall these results suggest application of glycerol phosphate offers a promising bioremediation strategy to co-treat both 90 Sr and 99 Tc contaminated groundwaters, and promotes the formation of Sr-phosphate and Tc(IV) bearing biominerals when reducing conditions are maintained. Combined with past work which shows the scavenging of uranium from solution following addition of glycerol phosphate, this extends the scope for glycerol phosphate as a treatment for radioactive contamination in groundwaters.

Abstract.

Newsome L, Morris K, Cleary A, Masters-Waage NK, Boothman C, Joshi N, Atherton N, Lloyd JR (2019). The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 364, 134-142. Abstract.

Newsome L, Lopez Adams R, Downie HF, Moore KL, Lloyd JR (2018). NanoSIMS imaging of extracellular electron transport processes during microbial iron(III) reduction. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(8).

Newsome L, Cleary A, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2017). Long-Term Immobilization of Technetium via Bioremediation with Slow-Release Substrates. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(3), 1595-1604.

Newsome L, Morris K, Trivedi D, Bewsher A, Lloyd JR (2015). Biostimulation by Glycerol Phosphate to Precipitate Recalcitrant Uranium(IV) Phosphate. Environmental Science and Technology, 49(18), 11070-11078. Abstract.

Newsome L, Morris K, Shaw S, Trivedi D, Lloyd JR (2015). The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing. Chemical Geology, 409, 125-135. Abstract.

Newsome L, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2015). Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions. PLoS ONE, 10(7). Abstract.

Newsome L, Morris K, Trivedi D, Atherton N, Lloyd JR (2014). Microbial reduction of uranium(VI) in sediments of different lithologies collected from Sellafield. Applied Geochemistry, 51, 55-64. Abstract.

Newsome L, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2014). The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides. Chemical Geology, 363, 164-184. Abstract.

Vives i Batlle J, Beaugelin-Seiller K, Beresford NA, Copplestone D, Horyna J, Hosseini A, Johansen M, Kamboj S, Keum D-K, Kurosawa N, et al (2011). The estimation of absorbed dose rates for non-human biota: an extended intercomparison. Radiat Environ Biophys, 50(2), 231-251. Abstract. Author URL.

Newsome L (2010). Selecting suitable materials to avoid radioiodine contamination. J Radiol Prot, 30(4), 813-815. Author URL.

Conferences

Buchanan DM, Lloyd J, Coker V, Kaulich B, Newsome L, van der Laan G (2021). Investigating nanoscale electron transfer processes at the cell mineral interface in Co doped ferrihydrite using Geobacter sulfurreducens and a multi-technique approach. Goldschmidt2021 abstracts.

Buchanan D, Lloyd JR, Kaulich B, Newsome L, Mulroy D, Van der Lann G, N'Diaye A, Coker V (2020). SXM Analysis of Nanoscale Electron Transfer Processes at the Cell-Mineral Interface in Co-bearing Fe/Mn Minerals. Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Newsome L, Solano Arguedas A, Lloyd JR (2020). The Role of Redox Buffering by Electron Donors in Mediating the Behaviour of Metals in Sediments Under Aerobic Conditions. Goldschmidt Abstracts.

Real A, Horemans N, Newsome L, Oudalova A, Stark K, Willrodt C, Yoshida S, Hinton T (2011). Frederica effects database update within the EMRAS-II programme: Contributing to evaluate the environmental impact of ionizing radiation. Abstract.

Stocki TJ, Telleria DM, Bergman L, Proehl G, Amado V, Bonchuk I, Boyer P, Chyly P, Curti A, Heling R, et al (2011). Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA's program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II). Abstract.

Publications by year

In Press

Newsome L (In Press). Dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction controls on arsenic mobilisation: a combined biogeochemical and NanoSIMS imaging approach. Frontiers in Microbiology

Newsome L, Solano Arguedas A, Coker VS, Boothman C, Lloyd JR (In Press). Manganese and cobalt redox cycling in laterites; biogeochemical and bioprocessing implications. Chemical Geology

Newsome L (In Press). Natural attenuation of lead by microbial manganese oxides in a karst aquifer. Science of the Total Environment

Lear L, Hesse E, Newsome L, Gaze W, Buckling A, Vos M (In Press). The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>.

AbstractMetal contamination poses both a direct threat to human health as well as an indirect threat through its potential to affect bacterial pathogens. Metals can not only co-select for antibiotic resistance, but also might affect pathogen virulence via increased siderophore production. Siderophores are extracellular compounds released to increase ferric iron uptake — a common limiting factor for pathogen growth within hosts – making them an important virulence factor. However, siderophores can also be positively selected for to detoxify non-ferrous metals, and consequently metal stress can potentially increase bacterial virulence. Anthropogenic methods to remediate environmental metal contamination commonly involve amendment with lime-containing materials, but whether this reduces in situ co-selection for antibiotic resistance and virulence remains unknown. Here, using microcosms containing metal-contaminated river water and sediment, we experimentally test whether metal remediation by liming reduces co-selection for these traits in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa embedded within a natural microbial community. To test for the effects of environmental structure, which can impact siderophore production, microcosms were incubated under either static or shaking conditions. Evolved P. aeruginosa populations had greater fitness in the presence of toxic concentrations of copper than the ancestral strain, but this effect was reduced in the limed treatments. Evolved P. aeruginosa populations showed increased resistance to the clinically-relevant antibiotics apramycin, cefotaxime, and trimethoprim, regardless of lime addition or environmental structure. Although we found virulence to be significantly associated with siderophore production, neither virulence nor siderophore production significantly differed between the four treatments. We therefore demonstrate that although remediation via liming reduced the strength of selection for metal resistance mechanisms, it did not mitigate metal-imposed selection for antibiotic resistance or virulence in P. aeruginosa. Consequently, metal-contaminated environments may select for antibiotic resistance and virulence traits even when treated with lime.Graphical abstract

Abstract.

Newsome L, Falagan C (In Press). The microbiology of metal mine waste: bioremediation applications and implications for planetary health. GeoHealth

2023

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2022

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Fitch V, Parbhakar‐fox A, Crane R, Newsome L (2022). Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK. Minerals, 12(7). Abstract.

Courtney R, Proto M, Newsome L, Jensen E (2022). Geochemical Analyses of Heavy Metal Fractions Do Not Predict Plant Uptake Behaviour: Are Plant Bioassays Better Tools to Predict Mine Rehabilitation Success?.

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2021

2020

Newsome L, Solano Arguedas A, Lloyd JR (2020). The Role of Redox Buffering by Electron Donors in Mediating the Behaviour of Metals in Sediments Under Aerobic Conditions. Goldschmidt Abstracts.

2019

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2018

2017

Newsome L, Cleary A, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2017). Long-Term Immobilization of Technetium via Bioremediation with Slow-Release Substrates. Environmental Science & Technology, 51(3), 1595-1604.

2015

Newsome L, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2015). Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions. PLoS ONE, 10(7). Abstract.

2014

Newsome L, Morris K, Lloyd JR (2014). The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides. Chemical Geology, 363, 164-184. Abstract.

2011

2010

Newsome L (2010). Selecting suitable materials to avoid radioiodine contamination. J Radiol Prot, 30(4), 813-815. Author URL.

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External Engagement and Impact

Committee / panel membership

Royal Society of Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Group - committee member and web editor (https://www.envchemgroup.com/)
Mineralogical Society of UK and Ireland Environmental Mineralogy Group - committee member and early career representative (https://www.minersoc.org/emg.html)
PhD committee/examiner: Isobel Stanton, University of Exeter, 2019, internal examiner; Matthew Kirby, Imperial College London, 2019, external examiner

Outreach

'Life at the Extremes' at Bluedot festival, Jodrell Bank, Cheshire, 2017 & 2018
'Cobalt is Critical' at Science Uncovered, Natural History Museum, Tring, 2017
'Making Microbes Work for Us' public lectures, Manchester, 2016 & 2017
'Alienated Life' at Manchester Science Festival, Manchester, 2015 & 2016
'How to Build a Nuclear Repository' at Science Uncovered, Manchester Museum, Manchester, 2015

Conference organisation

Session on 'Minerals and Our Living World; Biogeochemical Cycles, Environmental Challenges and the Origin of Life', European Mineralogical Conference: emc2020, Krakow, 2021
‘Minerals in a Sustainable Future’, British Geological Survey, 2019
'Clay Minerals in the Natural and Built Environment: Formation, Chemistry & Applications’, Newcastle University, 2019
‘21st Century Chemistry: Disposing our Nuclear Legacy’, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019
‘The Geochemistry and Mineralogy of Contaminated Environments’, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018
Session on ‘The Geochemistry of Metal Deposits’ at the Goldschmidt Conference, Paris, 2017

Editorial responsibilities

Guest editor for Frontiers in Earth Sciences special issue

Professional body memberships

Royal Society of Chemistry
Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Microbiological Society
British Ecological Society

Teaching

I teach/have taught on the following modules

Year 1

CSM1031 - Earth & Environmental Chemistry
BIO1425 - Microbes

Year 2

CSM2184 - Geological Mapping Techniques

Year 3

CMS3039 - Safety & Sustainable Development
CSM3042 - Industrial Placement & Project
CSM3049 - Contaminated Land Management & Remediation (module lead)
CSM3379 - Summer Vacation Project (research projects)

Year 4

CSMM441 - Mine Waste Characterisation, Prediction and Treatment
CSMM047 - Project and Dissertation (research projects)

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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Postgraduate researchers

Jody Grassby

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Journal articles

Abstract:Geochemical analyses of metal(loid) fractions do not predict plant uptake behavior: Are plant bioassays better tools to predict mine rehabilitation success?

Abstract:The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract:Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Abstract:Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK

Abstract:Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach.

Abstract:Time Zero for Net Zero: a Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat

Abstract:Bioremediation of strontium and technetium contaminated groundwater using glycerol phosphate

Abstract:The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities

Abstract:Biostimulation by Glycerol Phosphate to Precipitate Recalcitrant Uranium(IV) Phosphate

Abstract:The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing

Abstract:Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions

Abstract:Microbial reduction of uranium(VI) in sediments of different lithologies collected from Sellafield

Abstract:The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides

Abstract:The estimation of absorbed dose rates for non-human biota: an extended intercomparison.

Conferences

Abstract:Frederica effects database update within the EMRAS-II programme: Contributing to evaluate the environmental impact of ionizing radiation

Abstract:Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA's program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II)

Publications by year

In Press

Abstract:The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2023

Abstract:Geochemical analyses of metal(loid) fractions do not predict plant uptake behavior: Are plant bioassays better tools to predict mine rehabilitation success?

Abstract:The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2022

Abstract:Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Abstract:Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK

Abstract:Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach.

Abstract:Time Zero for Net Zero: a Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat

2021

2020

2019

Abstract:Bioremediation of strontium and technetium contaminated groundwater using glycerol phosphate

Abstract:The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities

2018

2017

2015

Abstract:Biostimulation by Glycerol Phosphate to Precipitate Recalcitrant Uranium(IV) Phosphate

Abstract:The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing

Abstract:Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions

2014

Abstract:Microbial reduction of uranium(VI) in sediments of different lithologies collected from Sellafield

Abstract:The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides

2011

Abstract:Frederica effects database update within the EMRAS-II programme: Contributing to evaluate the environmental impact of ionizing radiation

Abstract:Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA's program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II)

Abstract:The estimation of absorbed dose rates for non-human biota: an extended intercomparison.

2010

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Postgraduate researchers

Abstract:
Geochemical analyses of metal(loid) fractions do not predict plant uptake behavior: Are plant bioassays better tools to predict mine rehabilitation success?

Abstract:
The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract:
Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Abstract:
Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK

Abstract:
Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach.

Abstract:
Time Zero for Net Zero: a Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat

Abstract:
Bioremediation of strontium and technetium contaminated groundwater using glycerol phosphate

Abstract:
The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities

Abstract:
Biostimulation by Glycerol Phosphate to Precipitate Recalcitrant Uranium(IV) Phosphate

Abstract:
The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing

Abstract:
Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions

Abstract:
Microbial reduction of uranium(VI) in sediments of different lithologies collected from Sellafield

Abstract:
The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides

Abstract:
The estimation of absorbed dose rates for non-human biota: an extended intercomparison.

Abstract:
Frederica effects database update within the EMRAS-II programme: Contributing to evaluate the environmental impact of ionizing radiation

Abstract:
Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA's program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II)

Abstract:
The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract:
Geochemical analyses of metal(loid) fractions do not predict plant uptake behavior: Are plant bioassays better tools to predict mine rehabilitation success?

Abstract:
The effect of metal remediation on the virulence and antimicrobial resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Abstract:
Best practices for predictions of radionuclide activity concentrations and total absorbed dose rates to freshwater organisms exposed to uranium mining/milling.

Abstract:
Evolution of Sulfidic Legacy Mine Tailings: a Review of the Wheal Maid Site, UK

Abstract:
Geochemistry and microbiology of tropical serpentine soils in the Santa Elena Ophiolite, a landscape-biogeographical approach.

Abstract:
Time Zero for Net Zero: a Coal Mine Baseline for Decarbonising Heat

Abstract:
Bioremediation of strontium and technetium contaminated groundwater using glycerol phosphate

Abstract:
The impact of iron nanoparticles on technetium-contaminated groundwater and sediment microbial communities

Abstract:
Biostimulation by Glycerol Phosphate to Precipitate Recalcitrant Uranium(IV) Phosphate

Abstract:
The stability of microbially reduced U(IV); impact of residual electron donor and sediment ageing

Abstract:
Uranium biominerals precipitated by an environmental isolate of Serratia under anaerobic conditions

Abstract:
Microbial reduction of uranium(VI) in sediments of different lithologies collected from Sellafield

Abstract:
The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides

Abstract:
Frederica effects database update within the EMRAS-II programme: Contributing to evaluate the environmental impact of ionizing radiation

Abstract:
Reference methodologies for radioactive controlled discharges an activity within the IAEA's program environmental modelling for radiation safety II (EMRAS II)

Abstract:
The estimation of absorbed dose rates for non-human biota: an extended intercomparison.