Dr Christine Davidson

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Pure and Applied Chemistry

Personal statement

Christine Davidson's research is in the area of environmental analytical chemistry, especially the development of new analytical methods to assess risk to human health and the environment from priority pollutants either directly or through the food chain. Recent studies have focused on chemical speciation analysis of potentially toxic elements (e.g. As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sn, Zn); the study of urban soils and inhalable airborne particles, contaminated land, sediments and waters; and on development of simple colorimetric methods for carrying out analysis in the field. She also works on persistent organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Qualifications

Christine Davidson recevied her BSc (Hons, 1st class) from the University of Glasgow in 1983 and then moved to the Department of Physics and Astronomy to carry out a PhD in laser ionisation spectroscopy. She had two postdoctoral appointments, the first at the State University of Utrecht, Netherlands, where she worked on accelerator mass spectrometry, and the second at the Scottish Universities Research and Reactor Centre, studying natural analogues for nuclear waste repositories. Christine was appointed to the staff at the University of Strathclyde in 1989 and promoted to senior lecturer in 1999.

Publications

Investigation of the influence of pH on the properties and morphology of gelatin hydrogels: Goudie K J, McCreath S J, Parkinson J A, Davidson C M, Liggat J J; Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry (2023); https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20230141
Contaminated or just dusty? Understanding the nature of contaminants found in biomass grown on historic mine sites to inform pre-treatment options: Nunn Benjamin, Lord Richard, Minto James, Davidson Christine, Manzoor Neelam; EGU General Assembly 2023 (2023); https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1006
On- and off-line analysis by ICP-MS to measure the bioaccessible concentration of elements in PM₁₀ using dynamic versions of the simplified bioaccessibility extraction test: Alpofead Jawad Ali Hussein, Davidson Christine M, Littlejohn David; Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry Vol 415, pp. 2831-2848 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-023-04695-7
Contaminated or just dusty? Understanding the nature of contaminants found in biomass grown on historic mine sites to inform pre-treatment options: Lord Richard, Nunn Benjamin, Davidson Christine, Minto James, Manzoor Neelam; 31st European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (2023)
Kinetic and isotherm studies on the adsorption–desorption of technical-grade endosulfan in loamy soils under Theobroma cacao L cultivation, Southwestern Nigeria: Vaikosen Edebi N, Davidson Christine M, Olu-Owolabi Bamidele I, Gibson Lorraine T, Agunbiade Foluso O, Kashimawo Adesegun J, Adebowale Kayode O; Environmental Science: Advances Vol 2, pp. 257-277 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1039/d2va00090c
Potentially toxic elements in urban soils from public-access areas in the rapidly growing megacity of Lagos, Nigeria: Famuyiwa Abimbola O, Davidson Christine M, Ande Sesugh, Oyeyiola Aderonke O; Toxics Vol 10 (2022); https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10040154

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Could Contaminated Land Provide Sustainable Feedstocks for liquid biofuels?: Contributor; 10/5/2022
Could contaminated land provide the solution for bioenergy’s sustainability problem?: Contributor; 7/9/2021
An assessment of the viability of organic waste amendments and Phalaris arundinacea for the phytostabilisation of historic metal mine sites: Contributor; 14/2/2020
19th Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium: Participant; 2/7/2018
9th Scottish Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry: Participant; 14/12/2016
7th Scottish Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry: Participant; 29/1/2015

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Projects

Efficient utilization of biochar for water remediation and soil amendment - towards a circular economy: Zhang, Xiaolei (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator) Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
Biochar Water Remediation Research Project: Fletcher, Ashleigh (Co-investigator) Zhang, Xiaolei (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2021
KTP-Rumbol: Liggat, John (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator) Markl, Daniel (Co-investigator); 30-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2022
National Project for BGE Pupils: Global Challenges of Clean Water: Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator) Scott, Fraser (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2020
National Project for BGE Pupils: Analysis of Soil in Scottish Schools: Willison, Debra (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator); 21-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2018
KTP - Inex: Liggat, John (Principal Investigator) Davidson, Christine (Co-investigator) Hernandez, Jose Luis (Co-investigator) Yang, Shangtong (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2016 - 31-Jan-2019

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Pure and Applied Chemistry
Royal College

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