Postgraduate Research Students

Ismail A Adwibi is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "The effect of nanomaterials on the effective conjugation for drug delivery system."

Hassan Ageel is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Mohamed Abdallah, on a project entitled: "Assessment of distribution and human exposure to microplastics in the indoor environment."

Muneera Faraj H M Al-Mansoori is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Mohammed Abdallah, on a project entitled: "Elucidating the magnitude and implications of human exposure to microplastics (MPs) and associated chemicals via inadvertent ingestion."

Ali Alsanad is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Roy Harrison, on a project entitled: "An investigation into the long-term influence of ambient air pollution exposure on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbation risk, disease progression and quality of life."

Thanawan Buacharoen is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "Development of nanohybrid fertilizer to control release macronutrient (NPK) in soil."

Jessica Chadwick is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Iseult Lynch, on a project entitled: "Application of nanomaterials in precision agriculture to opt imise nitrogen use efficiency and increase global food security."

Budsakorn Chommueang is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Surindar Dhesi, on a project entitled: "GIS modelling for prediction of environmental factors that cause and influence rat habitation in suburban areas, Thailand."

Seny is a PhD student in the Division of Environmental Health and Risk Management. Her research focuses on ultrafine particles (UFPs), tiny particles with diameters less than 100 nanometers, in the urban atmosphere. Broadly, she is interested in understanding the sources and processes affecting this harmful yet not-been-regulated pollutant in the urban atmosphere.

Grace Davies is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Iseult Lynch, on a project entitled: "Assessment of the suitability and modification of standard soil assays to study the biodegradation of microplastics."

Sophie Feltz is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her project focusses on Temporal-Spatial Clustering of Extreme Extratropical Cyclones in a Changing Climate. Broadly, she is interested to understand how Extratropical Cyclones cluster both in space and in time. She is also passionate about Widening Participation in Higher Education and regularly ...

Cristiana Gheorghe is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Iseult Lynch, on a project entitled: "Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into the design of safe and sustainable nano-enabled precision agriculture and medicine."

Laura James is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Christian Pfrang, on a project entitled: "Investigating the Impact of Volatile Organic Compounds Released by Plants in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stressors under ambient and elevated CO2 conditions."

Jingxi Jin is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Stuart Harrad, on a project entitled: "The sorption of flame retardant chemicals (FRs) to microplastics."

Adams Alpha Kamara is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Roy Harrison, on a project entitled: "In-depth multi-component study of air quality processes."

Mohammed Khan is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "Microencapsulation of medicinal substances in liposome structures."

Agung Ghani Kramawijaya is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Zongbo Shi, on a project entitled: "Aerosol Particle Source Apportionment in the Arctic Atmosphere Using PMF Analysis and Isotope Analysis."

Maryam Makanvand is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof William Bloss, on a project entitled: "An investigation into the effects of long-term and short-term air pollution on health morbidity and mortality in the UK."

Imogen is currently researching the use of birds as bioindicators of plastic pollution in the terrestrial environment. Funded by CENTA (NERC). 

Vitalis is an enthusiastic researcher with over a decade of experience in the pharmaceutical drug research industry, applied health research, and clinical trials management. He is particularly interested in household and occupational particulate matter (PM) human exposure and PM source apportionment, with a specific focus on PM exposure in vulnerable populations, such as children.

Tajudeen Oyehan is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "Designing out toxic features in polymer-coated nanomaterials synthesized for water treatment."

Nigar Parvin is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Christian Pfrang, on a project entitled: "Monitoring UHI Vulnerability Of Dhaka Mega City Using Multi-Temporal And Multi Spectral Satellite Imagery."

Rega Permana is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "Fate of Nanoplastics in Marine Microalgae: Uptake, Toxicity and its Trophic Transfer Study."

Hyellai Pona is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Roy Harrison, on a project entitled: "Cross-sectional studies of air pollution and health."

Timothy Ezeorba is a postgraduate researcher in the Department of Environmental Health and Risk Management and a PTDF scholar. He is currently training to become an expert in the ecotoxicological assessment of emerging pollutants and the adaptation of natural products for health and environmental sustainability. 

Mr. Juncheng Qian is a Ph.D. student in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. He specializes in exploring the co-benefits of achieving net zero emissions and improving air quality, especially in the housing sector. His research has enabled him to make significant contributions to the fields of climate change, energy transition, sustainability, ...

Katharine Rowley is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Iseult Lynch, on a project entitled: "Tyre and brake-wear microplastics: degradation in soil and surface water."

Yizhou Su is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Christian Pfrang, on a project entitled: "Evaluation of health effects caused by indoor ultrafineparticles for vulnerable groups."

Ruije Tang is a PhD candidate specialising in the study of indoor air, with a particular emphasis on cooking emissions and their effects. His research is pivotal in enhancing the understanding of how cooking practices impact indoor air quality and human exposure.

Hasan Tariq is currently a PhD researcher in Environmental Health and Risk Management working on a Siemens-UoB Research Project. His research focuses on Real-time Indoor Environmental Quality by on-site sampling, detection and measurement of airborne pollutants and pathogens. He designs and implements methods and solutions for real-time multi-scale assessments and patterns detection with ...

Chengxu Tong is currently a PhD researcher in Environmental Health and Risk Management. His main research interests are in the air quality and climate change. He applies machine learning method and the causal inference to evaluate transport interventions on air quality. And he also focuses on the combined effect of extreme temperature and air pollution on public health. 

Abubakar Umar is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Dr Mohammed Abdallah, on a project entitled: "Exploring the Impacts of Exposure of Daphnia Sp. to Micropl astics and Associated Chemicals in the Aquatic Environment."

Shijie Wang is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Stuart Harrad, on a project entitled: "Air Pollution with Organophosphate Triester Flame Retardants and their Diester Degradation Products."

Lisi Wu is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Iseult Lynch, on a project entitled: "Fate of Microplastic Particles in Wastewater Environment."

Liu Yang is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Stuart Harrad, on a project entitled: "Environmental Exposure and Human Health."

Aidan Yiu is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Eugenia Valsami-Jones, on a project entitled: "Nanoscale boundaries: understanding size effects on the reactivity of ultra-small particles."

Kun Zhang is a PhD candidate in Environmental Health Sciences, supervised by Prof Stuart Harrad, on a project entitled: "Luminescence lifetime-based sensing solid interfaces for the determination of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)."

Miss Xiaoqi Zhang is a PhD Candidate in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. Her project is focusing on risk assessment of storm surges in storm surge in Chinese coast. She is interested in extreme events and focuses on the studies of meteorological hazards including tropical cyclones and storm surges and the main research area is Asia, especially the Chinese coast.