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Dr Siobhan Cox

School of Natural and Built Environment
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Dr Siobhan Cox

School of Natural and Built Environment

Dr Cox’s research interests include:

  • Risk assessment of contaminated sites (including human health risk assessment, the use of bioaccessibility testing and differentiating between geogenic and anthropogenic sources of contamination).
  • Sustainable contaminated land remediation techniques (including monitored natural attenuation and bioremediation).
  • Remediation of carbon disulphide soil and groundwater contamination. • Using life cycle approaches in decision making.

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

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in;

  • The field of human health risk assessment (including using oral bioaccessibility testing)
  • Differentiating between contaminant sources

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • SoBRA report: Historical Development and its Effect on Soil Contamination in Urban Areas 
  • Brownfield Briefing 2017 presentation
  • Remediate project
  • SoBRA presentation
  • RSK secondment

Research students

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 Tatiana Cocerva
Years of study 2015-2018
Country Moldova
   
   

Alumni: Where are they now

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 Project Engineer, RPS Consulting Engineers
   
PhD area Oral Bioaccessibility of Potentially Toxic Trace Element 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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