Personal statement
Vernon Phoenix is Professor of Environmental Engineering Science and Director of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health (WESP). He has expertise in environmental geochemistry and geomicrobiology, and has a broad interest in bacteria/biofilm-pollutant interactions, pollutant control in natural and engineered systems and in wastewater treatment. He combines his skills in geochemistry and geomicrobiology to explore and control pollution behaviour in the environment. This includes research into cement-making bacteria for plugging pollution transport pathways in the subsurface, capturing and immobilizing pollutants through bacterially generated minerals and the role of the bacterial surface as a reactive interface (metal adsorption surface). This work extends to development of pro-microbial bio-enhanced water filtration technologies for urban systems. He has significant expertise in a wide range of imaging methods, including electron microscopies and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the later used to visualize pollution transport inside rocks, sediments and biofilms. Outside of his work with pollutants, he continues his research in exobiology, for example, understanding how and where microbial life might be preserved on other planets. He is always keen to talk to potential students, collaborators and industry about future projects. He is available for consultancy.
Professional activities
- BTG Workshop - Net-Zero
- Participant
- 18/5/2022
- Training day on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control for delegates from the Hebei Provincial Government
- Speaker
- 5/12/2017
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Projects
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | MacDonald, Anna
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Allen, Deonie (Co-investigator) Phoenix, Vernon (Co-investigator) MacDonald, Anna (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 01-Jan-2024
- Next generation sustainable urban drainage through geochemical and biotechnological innovation: Enhancing pollution removal for climate change resilience (Short Industry Fellowship)
- Phoenix, Vernon (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 28-Jan-2021
- Sustainable bio-cements for transport infrastructure repair
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) Phoenix, Vernon (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2020
- Development of Framework for Sustainable Decommissioning by Utilising the expertise gained in Ship Recycling
- Turan, Osman (Principal Investigator) Beverland, Iain (Co-investigator) Kurt, Rafet (Co-investigator) Lord, Richard (Co-investigator) Phoenix, Vernon (Co-investigator) Gunbeyaz, Sefer Anil (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 30-Jan-2020
- Prosperity Partnership Call 2 Strategic Students-Weir Group and University of Strathclyde | Drais, Sara
- Phoenix, Vernon (Principal Investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) McConnell, Gail (Co-investigator) Pytharouli, Stella (Co-investigator) Drais, Sara (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2024
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2018-19 University of Strathclyde | Sauter, Christoph
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Phoenix, Vernon (Co-investigator) Sauter, Christoph (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2019 - 01-Jan-2022
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
James Weir
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