Prizes and awards

Best paper award at RM4L Conference 2021: Recipient; 9/2021
Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering: Recipient; 2018
Member of the British Empire (MBE): Recipient; 2017
Elected as an Outstanding Woman of Scotland: Recipient; 2015
Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Recipient; 2014
Elected a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers: Recipient; 2014

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Publications

Treatment of fractured concrete via microbially induced carbonate precipitation : from micro-scale characteristics to macro-scale behaviour: Turner Ronald, Castro Gloria M, Minto James, El Mountassir Grainne, Lunn Rebecca J; Construction and Building Materials Vol 384 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131467
Colloidal silica as a grouting material for the temporary encapsulation of heat-generating radioactive waste during removal and transport operations : a proof of concept: Pagano Arianna Gea, El Mountassir Gráinne, Lunn Rebecca Jane; Frontiers in Energy Research Vol 11 (2023); https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2023.1156301
Mechanochemical processing of silicate rocks to trap CO₂: Stillings Mark, Shipton Zoe K, Lunn Rebecca J; Nature Sustainability (2023); https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01083-y
Predicting the frequency of seismic events for subsurface engineering projects using background microseismicity data: Dafnioti Eleni, Chatzopoulos Georgios, Pytharouli Stella, Vallianatos Filippos, Lunn Rebecca; EGU General Assembly 2023 (2023)
LGBT+ academics' and PhD students' experiences of visibility in STEM : more than raising the rainbow flag: Reggiani Marco, Gagnon Jessica Dawn, Lunn Rebecca Jane; Higher Education, pp. 1-19 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-00993-2
Microbially induced calcite precipitation for sealing anhydrite fractures with gouges: Sang Guijie, Lunn Rebecca, Minto James M, El Mountassir Grainne; 56th US Rock mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium (2022); https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2022-0277

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Research interests

Use of microbially mediated mineral precipitation for ground improvement and ground sealing
Development and application of colloidal silica-based grouts for ground improvement and ground sealing
Development of detectable cementitious grouts for reliable barrier formation
Fluid flow in geological faults, estimating fault permeability (particular relevance to radioactive waste disposal, CO2 sequestration and oil and gas exploitation)
The relationaship between fault permeability and seismicity - temporal and spatial evolution
Predicting ground permeability through structural geology and rock mechanics
Groundwater flow and contaminant transport
Rock mechanics and structural geology
Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
Computer modelling

Professional activities

Inhibiting airborne and groundwater-borne transport of radionuclides during decommissioning operations with colloidal silica grout: Speaker; 27/11/2022
Development and application of colloidal silica based grouts for waste containment: Speaker; 6/12/2021
Calcite Biomineralisation for the Repair of Damaged Concrete: Contributor; 20/9/2021
DETECTAGROUT: Field validation of a dectectable, cementitious grout for rock fracture grouting: Speaker; 2021
Bone Dry: Hydroxyapatite as a water-resistant cement coating material: Contributor; 6/5/2019
Field deployment of biomineral technologies for treatment and repair of concrete nuclear infrastructure: Contributor; 3/4/2019

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Projects

Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Mutahi, Nicholas Silvester (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 01-Jan-2027
IGNITE Network+: Innovation and Growth Needs Inclusion and engagement of all Talent in Energy research: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator); 12-Jan-2022 - 11-Jan-2026
Poccitone: Port and Coastal Cities and Towns Network: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 29-Jan-2024
RWM ICase contribution. Analysis of microseismic data to inform the siting, construction and operation of a geological disposal facility in the UK | Ho, Z. Tim Wing: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Ho, Z. Tim Wing (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
RWM ICase contribution. Analysis of microseismic data to inform the siting, construction and operation of a geological disposal facility in the UK: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
LGBT STEMinar 2022: Lunn, Rebecca (Principal Investigator); Conference; 25-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022

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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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