Research Team
To Chlorinate or Not To Chlorinate?
A world leading project team has been crafted, integrating applied microbial science, modelling and engineering expertise. The team is at the forefront in drinking water microbial characterisation, development and use of internationally unique facilities, modelling development and application, and delivering impact. The blend of diverse expertise, networks and career stages will further ensure successful transformative research.
The University of Sheffield The University of Glasgow
Project Role: Overall project leadership and management, technical and creative development and research excellence.
Professor of Water Infrastructure Engineering
Project Role: overall deputy, with responsibility for coordination and integration of all University of Glasgow based activity. Lead the programme of bench top experimental studies and the integration of this with pilot studies and modelling.
Professor (Infrastructure & Environment)
Project Role: Developing the in-pipe QMRA functionality, overall development of QMRA modelling and integrating all modelling and validation.
Professor of Integrated Water Systems
Project Role: Leading the development of the population modelling approaches applied to biofilms and pathogen behaviour and for leading the integration and iteration between modelling and experimental research.
Professor of Environmental Engineering (Infrastructure & Environment)
Project Role: Planning, managing and delivery of the experimental studies using full-scale facilities at UoS and with collaborating water companies
Research Associate
Project Role: The development of population modelling and integration of this with mobilisation and QMRA modelling.
Senior Lecturer (Systems Power & Energy)
Project Role: Provide technical input for microbial aspects across all physical experiments, with an emphasis and particular responsibility for pathogen detection and viability.
Lecturer in Water & Applied Microbiology
Project Role: Bioinformatics analysis, experimental data analysis and integration with population modelling.
Reader in Information Engineering (Infrastructure & Environment)
Project Role: Enable day-to-day delivery of the physical experiments. Research skills at the interface of applied microbiology and water engineering.
Research Associate
Project Role: Research Associate in environmental microbiology at The University of Glasgow. Enable day-to-day delivery of the bench top laboratory experiments.
Research Associate in Environmental Microbiology (Infrastructure & Environment)
Project Role: Day-to-day delivery of containerised pipe loop experiments.
Sam Walsh
PhD Student
Project Role: The development of population modelling and integration of this with mobilisation and QMRA modelling.
Research Associate in Stochastic Modelling of Microbial Communities (Infrastructure & Environment)
PhD Project: 'Modelling sediment transport in water systems integrating biofilm effects'.
Weicheng Peng
PhD Student