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Dr Siobhan Cox

School of Natural and Built Environment
Dr Siobhan Cox

Dr Siobhan Cox

School of Natural and Built Environment

Dr Cox’s research interests include:

  • Whole life carbon accounting in construction for minimising embodied and user greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Environmental assessment, including life cycle assessment, to evaluate the impacts of novel construction products.
  • Risk assessment of contaminated sites, employing bioaccessibility testing and distinguishing between geogenic and anthropogenic sources of contamination.

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  • s.cox@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 4152

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

  • Whole life carbon in the built environment
  • Embodied impacts of construction products
  • Circular economy in construction
  • Regenerative design for civil engineers

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • SoBRA report: Historical Development and its Effect on Soil Contamination in Urban Areas
  • Remediate project
  • SoBRA presentation
  • Reimagining construction | Siobhan Cox | TEDxQueensUniversityBelfast

Research students

PhD area Basalt and biochar effects on plant health, human health, and carbon cycling in urban agroecosystems
Name Jennifer Newell
Years of study 2021 - 2025
Country UK

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area The use of bioaccessibility testing to refine human health risk assessment of contaminated land and understanding the controlling factors over contaminants bioaccessibility
Name Dr Tatiana Cocerva
Years of study 2015 - 2021
Country England
Current Position Environmental consultant, WSP, London
   
PhD area Sources, concentrations and extractability of potentially toxic elements (including lead, nickel, chromium and arsenic) in soil
Name Dr Rebekka McIllwaine
Years of study 2012 - 2015
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Position Project Engineer, RPS Consulting Engineers
   
PhD area Oral bioaccessibility of potentially toxic trace elements in soil
Name Dr Sherry Palmer
Years of study 2012 - 2015
Country Northern Ireland
Current Position Independent Environmental Consultant, Northern Ireland

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