SDG 6: Clean Water & Sanitation
Improving access and quality of water infrastructure
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data visualization data science public engagement |
Working on data visualization and making data accessible and understandable by experts and non-experts. Data visualization is essential in understanding complex processes and data sets. Especially, techniques from storytelling and visual communication have huge potential to communicate findings and information to large and diverse audiences. | ||||
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environmental adaptation natural capital technologies for environmental monitoring |
Applying advanced analytical technologies to understanding how peatlands, Earth's largest terrestrial carbon store, adapt to human activities and climate change. Many believe peatlands store carbon due to the antimicrobial properties of certain molecules, however until now our ability to 'see' inside peat has been hindered by the fact that peat is the most complex mixture on Earth. | ||||
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environmental engineering water and wastewater treatment environmental sustainability |
Development of sustainable technologies for water and wastewater treatment; life cycle assessment of environmental processes and technologies. | ||||
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space astrobiology microbiology |
Interested in sustainable biotechnology in space to support human space exploration. | ||||
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chemistry discovering new chemistry for a sustainable society |
Working on the chemistry of the most abundant metals in the Earth’s crust - aluminium and silicon - to provide synthetic methods to prepare bulk and fine chemicals with lower energy costs and without reliance on limited reserves of precious metals. | ||||
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bioprocessing adsorption technologies additive manufacturing |
Broadly interested in adsorption technologies for applications ranging from manufacture of new healthcare products and foodstuff to CO2 capture. | ||||
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biotechnology anti-microbial resistance biogeochemical cycling |
Interested in the application of microbial communities to bioremediation, sustainable waste treatment and energy generation from waste. We also have interests in the evolution and spread of antimicrobial resistance and approaches to tackling it. | ||||
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environmental adaptation | Most of current reaserach is on Arctic climate change through NERC's Changing Arctic Ocean programme. specifically looking at biogeochemical and ecological impact of Arctic Climate change. | ||||
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sustainable chemistry renewable energy thermodynamics |
Development of tools to enable hydrogen as a low-cabon energy pathway, and the use of sustainable chemistry technologies such as climate engineering, water desalination, gas storage, cold energy storage, etc. | ||||
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synthetic biology proteins |
Interested in Synthetic Biology and how it can be utilised to create sustainable solutions. | ||||
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sustainable biotechnology resource efficiency synthetic biology |
Translating academic research into novel industrially-usable platforms for the sustainable production of scientifically improved enzymes, bio-based chemicals and other bio-derived materials by exploiting new analytical and bio-based technologies. Our disruptive innovations will lead to the development of unique and sustainable new products, derived from wastes and by-products, and demonstration of their cost-efficient and energy-saving production using novel biomanufacturing technologies. | ||||
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data & AI for good climate change responsible innovation |
The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF is a joint partnership between UNICEF, The Scottish Government and the University of Edinburgh’s Data Driven Innovation Programme which seeks to enable improvement in outcomes for every child. We draw on the strengths of our partners and their network to bring insight and solve problems using data and responsible innovative data practices, with a focus on delivering against the Sustainable Development Goals. Our mission is to provide the platform that brings together the appropriate data and expertise to answer our challenge questions for children across a variety of themes and geographies. | ||||
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environmental remediation green energy storage |
Materials chemistry solutions for environmental issues using low cost and sustainable methods. This includes innovative and novel approaches for remediation of potentially toxic elements, developing new materials for applications in green energy storage and production of sustainable and low carbon cements. | ||||
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chemical separations desalination polymer science |
Interested in recycling plastic waste into polymer membranes and microporous polymers for chemical separations. We also deploy Green Chemistry principles to make these materials by deploying green solvents and biorenewable materials. | ||||
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environmental remediation greenhouse gas removal clean air net zero |
Development of low energy solutions for multiple greenhouse gases removal at the climatically relevant scale to enable a transition to a net greenhouse gas neutral future. | ||||
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water-energy-food nexus agritechnology desalination |
Technologies for irrigation, desalination and energy access, assisting with access to clean water, food production and reforestation, all using clean energy, and dedicated to serve poor communities in low income countries. | ||||
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data literacy | Academic lead for Data Education in Schools. We're looking for researchers who work on sustainability themes using data who might want to explain their work to school children. https://dataschools.education/. Our seminar series for teachers is themed around the sustainability goals this year. | ||||
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drinking water solar rural |
Expertise in materials chemistry for application in low-cost solar photovoltaics, and electrical energy storage via batteries and supercapacitors. We also work on photocatalytic water treatment for rural communities in India, which would also be applicable to similar communities around the world. This is focused on villages where untreated surface water is currently being consumed. | ||||
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engineering biology biotechnology biomedicine |
Expertise in engineering biology approaches to engineer cells to perform novel functions e.g. build pathways for the production of biosurfactants, develop enzymes for cold water cleaning and new ways for biology to build things in general. My research is also focused on developing cell and gene therapies that are cheaper, more effective and widely available. | ||||
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space microbiology astrobiology space biomanufacturing |
Building a sustainable future for space exploration, by developing microbial biotechnologies which will implement circular economy for life support systems. | ||||
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