Please note that the academic members of the Management Staff are also key supervisors.
Dr Richard Adams
CDT Supervisor, Cranfield University
Richard’s research looks at the intersection of (responsible) innovation, digital disruption, sustainability and technology entrepreneurship.
Email:R.J.Adams@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:01234 754466
Dr Oluwasola (Sola) Afolabi
CDT SUPERVISOR, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
My research interests are waste-to-energy processes, agri-food & biogenic waste management & resource recovery, renewable bioenergy, water quality research, wastewater engineering, and WASH. Others include innovation research, development and technology transfer, particularly in low- and middle-income countries settings.
Email:o.o.d.afolabi2@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 228799
Dr Aaron Anvuur
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Aaron’s research focuses on aspects of professional (interpersonal and person-group) relations and governance strategies that shape collaboration and cooperation in projects.
Email:a.m.anvuur@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 223748
Dr Miller Camargo-Valero
CDT Supervisor, University of Leeds
Miller’s research interests are in the field of water and sanitation in developing countries and resource recovery from low-grade waste streams.
Email:M.A.Camargo-Valero@leeds.ac.uk
Phone:0113 343 1580
Dr Irene Carra
CDT SUPERVISOR, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Irene’s research focus is on advanced treatment for the removal of pollutants from water sources. She is currently leading research on Advanced Oxidation Processes for the removal of micropollutants; Fate and by-products formed during the oxidation of organic micropollutants; The Water Treatment Works of the Future: advanced technologies to re-shape the treatment flowsheet of surface waters; Ion Exchange for the removal of organic matter; Point of Use and Point of Entry water treatment; Resilient water treatment.
Dr Laura Carter
CDT Supervisor, University of Leeds
Laura’s research focuses on understanding the fate and uptake of emerging contaminants in the natural environment, with particular focus on terrestrial systems.
Email:L.J.Carter@leeds.ac.uk
Phone:0113 343 3205
Dr Ksenia Chmutina
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Ksenia’s research explores the processes of disaster risk creation and enhances the understanding of systemic implications of sustainability and resilience under the pressures of neoliberalism, urbanisation and climate change.
Email:k.chmutina@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 228526
Professor Sandie Dann
CDT SUPERVISOR, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Sandie Dann has been a lecturer in materials chemistry at Loughborough University since 1997. Since being at Loughborough, she has expanded her portfolio of interests into several diverse areas and has built up a group of collaborators in the UK and abroad. She has experience in the synthesis of oxides, sulfides and zeolites at high temperature and pressure (hydrothermal and solid state) and the characterisation of products by powder diffraction and spectroscopy. Recently she has turned her materials characterisation expertise towards several projects concerned with the characterisation of pharmaceutically relevant actives and excipients. Two powder diffractometers with sample changers, capillaries and a high temperature stage plus a Braun glovebox and high pressure hydrothermal equipment support the group along with other standard solid state equipment. Powder X-ray diffraction consultancy including structure solving by Rietveld analysis and air sensitive/in situ temperature resolved diffraction is ongoing for a number of different projects.
Email:S.E.Dann@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 222568
Dr Gaby Dotro
CDT Supervisor, Cranfield University
Gaby’s main areas of expertise are nature based solutions for wastewater treatment and biogeochemical transformation of phosphorus, iron and nitrate in natural and engineered systems.
Email:g.c.dotro@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:01234 754552
Dr Yadira Bajon Fernandez
CDT Supervisor, Cranfield University
Yadira’s core research area is in bioresources treatment, including anaerobic digestion of waste materials and municipal sludge, AD pre-treatment technologies and biosolids to land.
Professor Sohail Khan
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Sohail’s research area is the provision of sustainable urban infrastructure to the bottom billion people through partnering; policy, planning, procurement, management and innovation including transformative technologies.
Email:m.sohail@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 222890
Dr Rebecca King
CDT SUPERVISOR, LEEDS UNIVERSITY
Dr Rebecca King trained in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. She worked for several years in the international development sector on livelihoods, food security and health programmes in South Asia and West Africa. Rebecca is now an Associate Professor in International Health, and Head of the Nuffield Centre for International Health and Development.
Rebecca leads a portfolio of research, which brings together her expertise in participatory community-based interventions, the importance of embedding approaches within the existing health infrastructure, and the critical need to address antimicrobial resistance globally. She co-leads a global network of researchers and practitioners working to address AMR through community engagement (CE4AMR@leeds.ac.uk).
Email:R.King@leeds.ac.uk
Dr Tim Marjoribanks
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Tim’s research focuses primarily on the application of numerical models and analysis methods in order to better understand the hydrodynamics of open channel flows.
Email:t.i.marjoribanks@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 222622
Prof Ewan McAdam
CDT SUPERVISOR, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Ewan’s current research focus is in the development of hybrid membrane technologies for the water sector that permit selective separations, chemical and biochemical transformations, gas-liquid transfer or the initiation of a phase change, to enable opportunities in process intensification, energy production or resource recovery to be realised.
Email:e.mcadam@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:+44 (0) 1234 754546
Professor Anna Mdee
CDT Supervisor, University of Leeds
Anna’s research focuses on the politics of global development and development practice: how the aid system works, how to improve local service delivery and governance; how to manage natural resources (primarily water), and how to reduce vulnerability through improved livelihoods.
Email:A.L.Mdee@leeds.ac.uk
Phone:0113 343 1786
Dr Lata Narayanaswarmy
CDT Supervisor, University of Leeds
Since 2001 Dr. Narayanaswamy has worked as a research practitioner, consultant and now as an academic working at the nexus between development theory and practice. Her research critically reflects on gendered/intersectional and post/decolonial dynamics of development knowledge and its perceived contribution to addressing global development challenges. She is currently involved in applied, interdisciplinary research related to gender and climate change, water security and decolonising development.
Email:L.Narayanaswamy@leeds.ac.uk
Phone:0113 343 4507
Dr Tanja Radu
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Tanja’s research interests include waste water treatment, renewable energy from waste and supplying energy for rural communities in developing countries.
Email:t.radu@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 223808
Dr James C Reynolds
CDT SUPERVISOR, LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
Current research activities include:
– Development of novel thermal desorption ambient ionisation interfaces for mass spectrometry and ion mobility spectrometry.
– Targeted analysis of breath biomarkers with micro-derivatisation.
– Analysis of glycerides in biofuels.
Email:J.C.Reynolds@lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 222540
Dr Katy Roelich
CDT Supervisor, University of Leeds
Katy’s areas of expertise include decision making; public perceptions; participation; uncertainty; energy and infrastructure.
Email:K.E.Roelich@leeds.ac.uk
Phone:0113 343 2656
Ms Rebecca Scott
CDT Supervisor, Loughborough University
Rebecca’s primary research area addresses the provision of sustainable sanitation and water services to protect public health and environmental systems.
Email:r.e.scott@Lboro.ac.uk
Phone:01509 228309
Dr Heather Smith
CDT Supervisor, Cranfield University
Heather’s research explores the governance, institutions and societal dimensions of the water and wastewater services sector, with particular focus on the relationship between governance and resilience.
Email:h.m.smith@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:01234 754853
Dr May Sule
CDT SUPERVISOR, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
May’s research is focused on sustainable water and sanitation delivery across the service chain to protect public health and the environment.
Email:May.Sule@cranfield.ac.uk
Prof Tom Stephenson
CDT SUPERVISOR, CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
Tom’s expertise is in wastewater treatment technologies that includes package plants for decentralised sanitation, biological processes for nutrient removal and water recycling and reuse.
Email:t.stephenson@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:07748 768309
Dr Toby Waine
CDT Supervisor, Cranfield University
Toby’s research interests include land resources monitoring for crop inventory and food security through the application of remote sensing to precision agriculture.
Email:t.w.waine@cranfield.ac.uk
Phone:01234 750111