Nottingham Trent University

Faculty Member, School of Animal, Rural and Environmental sciences

Programme leader, BSc (Hons) Geography

College of Arts and Science

About

My research interests include environmental geochemistry and GIS applications, soil protection and sustainability, water quality, contaminated land and remediation, and all the inter-related aspects and impacts on the environment and society.

I am currently working as Lecturer in Environmental Sciences at the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences of the Nottingham Trent University. I am Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) in Geography and teach on a number of modules, including: i) Natural Resource Management,  ii) GIS and Spatial Analysis and iii) Sustainability.
I was recently involved in with the Centre for Environmental Management (CEM) of the University of Nottingham on the EU funded SENSOR project (http://sensor-ip.org/) to design, implement and test the Sustainability Choice Space (SCS) concepts within the Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool (SIAT) developed with SENSOR. Trained as a geochemist and soil scientist, I have also worked in the Environment Management department of the Environment Agency for three years prior to joining the CEM. In my future work I will seek to draw from my expertise in physical processes to reinforce interdisciplinarity, particularly in the fields of sustainable landscape development and ecosystem services.

I am a member of the British Society of Soil Science (BSSS) and an Associate Editor for the Journal of Geochemical Exploration.

I have a PhD from The University of Nottingham which focused on trace elements in soil pore water and the assessment of sampling procedures for bioavailability measurement. In addition, I have a degree in Earth Sciences (1st with distinction) from the University of Naples (Italy) and a specialization in environmental geochemistry (Leonardo Training placement and proficiency courses undertaken at the British Geological Survey).

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