Current Post: Senior Lecturer

Room Number: D1.42A

Telephone: 01603 592357 (+44 1603 592357)

Fax: 01603 591327 (+44 1603 591327)

Email: b.reid@uea.ac.uk

Publications: EPrints Digital Repository

Posts of Special Responsibility:

• Director of Admissions

My research interests lie in environmental chemistry, soil science, soil biogeochemistry and the sustainable use and remediation of soils. Central to my research is the investigation of soil-contaminant-microbe interactions. Fundamental understanding of these interactions has supported applied science to develop novel approaches to predict bioavailability of chemicals in soil. I have published extensively with citation of my manuscripts totalling >1000.


Biography

I graduated from Edinburgh University with a First Class BSc (hons) degree in Environmental Chemistry in 1996. From there I ventured south to Lancaster University, completing my PhD in 2000. I joined ENV as a Lecturer the same month. In 2007 I achieved the status of Fellow within the Higher Education Academy.

My research has attracted funding from NERC, The Leverhulme Trust, The Royal Society, The Environment Agency and industry. The Leverhulme Trust funded International Network for improving biogeochemical models of pollutant fate in sediment has brought together eight universities. I have been actively collaborating in P.R. China since 2007 years now. Development of these collaborative links have been supported by BBSRC and The Royal Society who awarded funding to run a workshop directed towards the evaluation and mitigation of the contamination legacy in the Beijing / Tianjin Area, P.R. China. More recently NERC/ESRC/DfID funding has supported the development of a consortium bid directed towards ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in Mountainous Western China. This consortium team draws together experts from five UK universities and two Chinese Academy of Science Institutes. Both the Leverhulme International Network and my collaborative links in P.R. China are propelling my research in the international arena.

My reputation as an internationally leading scientist has been recognised through the invitation to join the Editorial Board of Environmental Pollution; to Chair sessions at international meetings, and; to offer independent third party opinion to government and industry. In 2007/08 I served as the President of the UK Branch of the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.


Teaching Excellence

In 2009 I was the recipient of the Sir Geoffrey and Lady Allen Prize for Excellence in Teaching. Further details available here (see p9). 


Research Students

Current:
2010-
Lewis Peake (PhD)
Biochar amendment to improve soil properties and sequester carbon – fundamental research and GIS predictive land suitability modelling

2009- 
Alessia Freddo (PhD)
Biochar: for better or for worse.

2008-
Karen Hampson
Application of stable isotopes to assess in situ natural attenuation processes in a contaminated aquifer.

Completed:
2010
Godwin Unazi (MSc by Research)
Impact of vegetable oil upon soil respiration and the application of chemical oxidation for the amelioration of soil contaminated with vegetable oil.

2010
Dr Son Trinh
Application of river bank filtration to remove pesticide residues.

2009
Dr Agnieszka Latawiec
On the way forward into bioaccessibility implementation

2007
Dr Marina Isla Espinoza
Effects of veterinary antibiotics in soil microbial communities

2007
Dr Patricia Asanga
Rapid bioassays for effect-directed analysis of pesticides in water and sediments.

2007
Dr Zachary Hickman
The prediction of bioremediation potential and the application of novel bioremediation approaches.

2005
Dr Beke Sese
Assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon toxicity using the free living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

2005
Dr Paulette Posen
Groundwater vulnerability mapping: application to pesticide contamination in England.

2005
Dr Annika Swindell
Appraisal of extraction techniques for the prediction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon bioavailability.


Significant  Publications 

• Islas-Espinoza, M., Reid, B.J., Wexler M., Bond, P.L. (2012) Soil Bacterial Consortia and Previous Exposure Enhance the Biodegradation of Sulfonamides from Pig Manure. Microbial Ecology. Online: DOI 10.1007/s00248-012-0010-5.
• Zhang, Y.Z., Deng, S.X., Liu, Y.A., Shen, G.F., Li, X.Q., Cao, J., Wang, X.L., Reid, B., Tao, S. (2011) A passive air sampler for characterizing the vertical concentration profile of gaseous phase polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in near soil surface air. Environmental Pollution, 159, 694-699.
• Latawiec, A.E., Reid, B.J. (2010) PAH contaminated soil: a way forward. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 41, 52–77.
• Hickman, Z.A., Reid, B.J. (2008) The co-application of earthworms (Dendrobaena veneta) and compost to increase hydrocarbon losses from diesel contaminated soils. Environment International, 34, 1016-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.03.004

• Allan, I.J., Semple, K.T., Hare, R., Reid, B.J. (2007) Cyclodextrin enhanced biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phenols in contaminated soil slurries. Environmental Science and Technology, 41, 5498-5504. DOI: 10.1021/es0704939

• Allan, I.J., Semple, K.T., Arya, R., Reid, B.J. (2006) Prediction of mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in spiked soils using cyclodextrin extraction. Environmental Pollution, 144, 562-571. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.01.026

• Reid, B.J., Stokes, J.D., Jones, K.C., Semple, K.T. (2000) A novel chemical extraction technique for the evaluation of soil-associated non-polar organic pollutant bioavailability. Environmental Science and Technology, 34, 3174-3179.

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