Prof. Steven Banwart

Professor of Environmental Engineering Science

Address:
Department of Civil and Structural Engineering
Kroto Research Institute
North Campus
University of Sheffield
Broad Lane
Sheffield S3 7HQ

Telephone: +44 (0) 114 222 5742      Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 5701
Email: s.a.banwart@sheffield.ac.uk

Qualifications

PhD Natural Environmental Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Zurich; MSc Environmental Engineering, U. of Iowa (USA); BSc Civil Engineering, U. of Iowa (USA)

Profile

Prof Steven Banwart has an internationally recognised track record in reactive processes in soil and groundwater. He leads the U of Sheffield Cell-Mineral Research Centre (C-MRC) across 6 departments. C-MRC includes partners at the Universities of Bristol and Leeds and the British Geological Survey and international outreach through the Worldwide Universities Network.

C-MRC is a virtual research centre holding a grant portfolio of over £6M with approximately 20 academics, 17 PhD students and 13 researcher staff working at the interface between pure sciences and engineering application. Research is from molecular to field scale, with core themes of Biodegradation on Mineral Surfaces and Biological Weathering of Soil. This fundamental research is linked closely to engineering application through sister research groups at Sheffield, the Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group and the Pennine Water Group.

Activities and Distinctions

• Over 100 publications in Science and Engineering literature
  
• Co-author of most downloaded article, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  
• Author of a feature article in Environmental, Science and Technology (ES&T)
  
• Author of a research communication in ES&T
  
• Leads a NERC Consortium Grant on Biological Weathering of Soil
  
• Leads a large EPSRC grant on Biodegradation on Mineral Surfaces
  
• Funding with EPSRC, NERC, BBSRC, EC, Env. Agency and industry
  
• Member of NERC and EPSRC peer-review colleges
  
• External Examiner, MSc Geochemistry Programmes, U. Leeds
  
• Plenary and invited lecturer to a number of international conferences
  
• Co-organiser of EPSRC-NSF workshop on Bio-Soil Interactions (Boston, April 2007)
  
• Member of Council, European Association of Geochemistry
  
• Member of UK Nanotechnologies Environmental Risk Assessment Task Force
  

Selected Publications

• Bridge JW, Banwart SA and Heathwaite AL (2007) High resolution measurement of pore saturation and colloid transport in quartz sand using fluorescence imaging. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, ISSN 0013-936X.
• Rees HC, Oswald SE, Banwart SA, Pickup RW and Lerner DN (2007) Biodegradation processes in a laboratory - scale groundwater contaminant plume assessed by fluorescence imaging and microbial analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 (12), pp 3865-3876. ISSN 0099-2240. DOI 10.1128/AEM.02933-06
• Bridge JW, Banwart SA and Heathewait AL (2006) Noninvasive quantitative measurement of colloid transport in meso-scale porous media using time-lapse fluourescent imaging. Environmental Science and Technology , 40 (19), pp 5930-5936. ISSN 0013-936X. DOI 10.1021/es060373l
• Watson IA, Oswald SE, Banwart SA, Crouch RS and Thornton SF (2005) Modelling the dynamics of fermentation and respiratory processes in a groundwater plume of phenolic contaminants interpreted from laboratory-to field-scale. Environmental Science and Technology, 39 (22), pp 8829-8839. ISSN 0013-936X. DOI 10.1021/es0507970
• Watson I, Oswald S, Mayer KU, Wu Y and Banwart SA (2003) Modelling kinetic processes controlling hydrogen and acetate concentrations in an aquifer-derived microcosm. Environmental Science and Technology, 37 (17), pp 3910-3919. ISSN 0013-936X. DOI 10.1021/es020242u
• Younger PL, Banwart SA and Hedin RS (2002) Mine Water. hydrology, pollution, remediation. Kluwer, pp 1-442. ISBN 1-4020-0137-1.

Grants

• 2007-2008: "Interaction of Nanoparticles with Microbes" funded by NERC Environmental Nanosciences Initiative. Investigators: W Huang, PJ Dobson, SA Banwart. Value: £48,316
• 2007-2010: "Plant evolution, CO₂ and mineral weathering" funded by NERC Standard Grant. Investigators: D Beering, J.R. Leake, SA Banwart. Value: £406,000
• 2007-2008: "Sorby Nanosciences Investigation Centre" funded by European Regional Development Fund. Investigators: M. Rainforth, T. Cullis, SA Banwart and J. Haycock. Value: £2.1M
• 2007-2008: "Human Pathogens in the Soil Environment" funded by NERC Environment & Human Health Programme. Investigators: SA Banwart as PI with partners at 8 InstitutionsWorking Group. Value: £57,000
• 2006-2007: "US-UK Workshop on Bio-Soil Interactions" funded by EPSRC Workshop Grant for UK organisersWith NSF partners in USA. Investigators:K Soga SA Banwart and R Whalley. Value: £31,000
• 2006-2008: "SoilCritZone – EC Specific Support Action"funded by EC. Investigators: 9 EU partners, U. Bristol-led,SA Banwart U. Sheffield (£27k). Value:£446,000
• 2006-2007: "Commercialisation of the Aquifer Assessment Tool" funded by EPSRC Follow-On Grant for research commercialisation. Investigators:RD Wilson, SA Banwart, SF Thornton, DN Lerner. Value: £87,000
• 2007-2009: "Integrated Pollution Management Network" funded by DTI Knowledge Transfer Network, 11 partners. Investigators:U. Oxford lead, SA Banwart is Sheffield Co-I. Value: £62,000
• 2005-2010: "NERC Consortium GrantBiologically-Mediated Weathering of Minerals" funded by NERC.Investigators: SA Banwart(PI), J.R. Leake, K.V. Ragnarsdottir, L. Benning,Universities ofSheffield(£885k), Bristol and Leeds. Value: £1.742M
• 2005-2008: "EPSRC Collaborative Training AccountMasters Training Package Development" funded by EPSRC.Investigators:SA Banwart, SF Thornton, J Boxall, R Ashley. Value:.£175,000
• 2005-2008: "EPSRC Industrial CASE Studentship" funded by EPSRC with BNFL. Investigators: SA Banwart, M. Romero-Gonzalez, S.F. Thornton. Value: £66,257
• 2004-2009: "Groundwater from Nanoscale to Catchment Scale" funded by EPSRC Platform Grant Continuation. Investigators:Lerner D.N., SA Banwart, Thornton S.F., Wilson R.,Romero-Gonzalez M. Value: £397,991
• 2004-2005: "Seed money to support multidisciplinary research" funded by U. Sheffield Environment Division. Investigator: SA Banwart. Value: £ 10,000
• 2004-2009: "Nanoscale Observation of Biodegradation" funded by EPSRC Responsive Mode Grant. Investigators: SA Banwart with 10 U. Sheffield investigators. Value: £729,000
• 2003-2006: "Use of biosensors to visualise biodegradation" funded by PhD studentship for multidisciplinary researchU. Sheffield. Investigators:SA Banwart, S. Rolfe, J. Scholes, D. Lerner. Value:£ 36,000
• 2003-2006: "Natural attenuation of contaminant mixtures" funded by EPSRC Faraday Partnership CASE studentshipEPSRC, Environment Agency. Investigator:SA Banwart. Value:£ 50,415
• 2002-2005: "Development of an in situ aquifer assessment tool" funded by EPSRC Faraday Partnership Fast-Track Grant. Investigators: SA Banwart, P Nathanail (U. Nottingham), S.F. Thornton, D.N. Lerner,T Elliot (Queens U. Belfast). Value: £369,523
• 2002-2005: Development of an in situ aquifer assessment tool (2 EPSRC Faraday Partnership CASE studentships)" funded by EPSRC, Environment Agency, Shell Global Solutions. Investigator: SA Banwart. Value: £ 94,000
• 2002-2005: "Visualisation of biodegradation in groundwater" funded by BBSRC Engineering and Biological Systems Grant. Investigators: SA Banwart and D.N.Lerner. Value: £248,712
• 2001-2005: "Urban Land and Water" funded by EPSRC Masters Training Package Grant. Investigators: SA Banwart, D.N. Lerner, A.J.Saul, D. Smith,C.McLeod. Value: £351,350
• 2001-2004: "Spatial variability of organics adsorption in soil" funded by EPSRC Waste and Pollution Management Grant. Investigators: SA Banwart (joint with U. Durham, £250k total). Value:£125,410
• 2001-2004: "Natural attenuation in the chalk aquifer" funded by EPSRC Waste and Pollution Management Grant. Investigators:S.F.Thornton, D.N. Lerner, SA Banwart, G. Wealthall,S.H. Bottrell, R. Pickup. Value: £412,186

Teaching

• Staff Member Responsible (SMR) for MSc Environmental Microbiology
• Civil Engineering and the Environment (Core Subjects in Civil Engineering)
• Contaminated Land (Interdepartmental Courses)
• Natural Attenuation of Organic Pollutants in Groundwater (Short Courses)