The University of Sheffield
Groundwater Protection and Restoration Group

GPRG staff list

The GPRG is a team of leading academics, researchers, postgraduate students and support staff. We offer numerous opportunities for students and researchers to work with us - to explore these please follow the links to the right.

Academic staff

Name Position Email Phone
David N. Lerner Professor of Environmental Engineering and Head of Group d.n.lerner@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5743
Steven A. Banwart Professor of Environmental Engineering Science s.a.banwart@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5742
Steve Thornton Reader in Environmental Engineering Science s.f.thornton@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5744
María Romero-González Lecturer in Aquatic Surface Chemistry m.e.romero-gonzalez@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5740
Wei Huang Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology w.huang@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5796

Visiting academics

Name Position Email Phone
Bob Harris Visiting Professor of Catchment Science r.harris@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 22 25725
Phil Morgan Visiting Professor of Environmental Biotechnology phil.morgan@thesiriusgroup.com +44 (0)1928 515 715
Roger Pickup Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering ROGER@CEH.ac.uk +44(0)1524 595800
Jonathan Smith Visiting Professor of Contaminant Hydrogeology jonathan.w.smith@shell.com +44 (0) 151 373 5027
Neil Thompson Visiting Scholar in Environmental Engineering nthomson@uwaterloo.ca +44 (0)114 222 5240

Research staff

Name Position Email Phone
Jonathan Bridge Research Associate j.bridge@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5785
Zuansi Cai Post-Doctoral Research Associate zu.cai@sheffield.ac.uk +44(0)114 222 5736
Xiaohui Chen Post-Doctoral Research Associate Xiaohui.Chen@sheffield.ac.uk +44(0)114 222 5736
Claire Corkhill Research Associate c.corkhill@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5774
Sascha Oswald Post-Doctoral Research Fellow s.oswald@sheffield.ac.uk +49 345 5585410

Support staff

Name Position Email Phone
Jenny A. Chambers Scientific Personal Assistant to David Lerner j.a.chambers@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5725
Andrew Fairburn Commercial Services Manager a.fairburn@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5770

PhD students

Name Project Email Phone
Gareth Barns Tracer tests in groundwater for assessment of pollutant behaviour g.barns@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5753
Jessica Bastock Contaminant fate in charcoal amended systems j.bastock@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5746
Chris Berryman The development of a novel aquifer assessment tool C.Berryman@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5753
Rebecca Fraser Fluorescent imaging of permeable reactive barriers for remediation of radionuclide contaminated groundwater r.fraser@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5784
Mengqiu Li Developing Raman Tweezers Sorting to Characterize and Isolate Microbial Cells ciq08ml@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5746
Emma Mallinson Risks to groundwater supplies of drinking water from pesticides. cip06hem@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5753
Jacqueline Diaz Nieto Brownfield, flooding and climate change j.diaz@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5786
Bennett Nwaobi Metal - bacteria interactions at the mineral surface: modelling of the process and mechanistic implications cip04bn@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5785
Yun Wang Revealing substrate-inducible genes in unculturable organisms cip07yw@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5784
Simon Webster Molecular Biology Approaches For The Characterisation AND Enhancement Of PAH Biodegradation In Coke Oven Effluents simon.webster@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5746
Samuel Lopez Valdez Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in an Urban Waste Waters

 cip08sv@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5784
Stephanie Kerr Predicting the natural attenuation of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) in groundwater s.kerr@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5786
Lukasz Cieslak Microbial dynamics and biodegradation at the bioreactive fringe of contaminant plumes in groundwater l.cieslak@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5786
Richard Gill Electrokinetic-enhanced bioremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater richard.gill@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 222 5784
Petra Hedbavna Microbial fuel cells for enhanced in situ soil bioremediation p.hedbavna@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0)114 22 25786