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Impacts of multi-pollutants on sulfonamide antibiotic removal from water matrices using layered double hydroxide sorbents (2023)
Journal Article
Johnston, A., Lester, E., Williams, O., & Gomes, R. L. (2024). Impacts of multi-pollutants on sulfonamide antibiotic removal from water matrices using layered double hydroxide sorbents. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 33, Article 103490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2023.103490

Remediation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) present in the aqueous environment requires the development of new advanced wastewater treatment technologies, crucial to reduce the toxicity of such pollutants to the environment, supporting urban water reuse. C... Read More about Impacts of multi-pollutants on sulfonamide antibiotic removal from water matrices using layered double hydroxide sorbents.

Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture (2023)
Journal Article
Woodliffe, J. L., Johnston, A., Fay, M., Ferrari, R., Gomes, R. L., Lester, E., …Laybourn, A. (2023). Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture. Materials Advances, 4(11), 5838-5849. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00351E

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown excellent potential for carbon dioxide capture applications due to their high sorption capacities and selectivities. However, MOFs are typically thermally insulating, and so thermal CO2 regeneration is chall... Read More about Rapid microwave synthesis of sustainable magnetic framework composites of UTSA-16(Zn) with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for efficient CO2 capture.

Net zero roadmap modelling for sustainable dairy manufacturing and distribution (2023)
Journal Article
Malliaroudaki, M. I., Watson, N. J., Glover, Z. J., Nchari, L. N., & Gomes, R. L. (2023). Net zero roadmap modelling for sustainable dairy manufacturing and distribution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 475, Article 145734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.145734

Energy-derived carbon emissions from dairy manufacturing and distribution are significant. Meeting a net zero carbon target is a global priority, and to that end the dairy industry is engaging an emission-reduction strategy. Modelling tools that can... Read More about Net zero roadmap modelling for sustainable dairy manufacturing and distribution.

Lessons for Sustainable Urban Development: Interplay of Construction, Groundwater Withdrawal, and Land Subsidence at Battersea, London (2023)
Journal Article
Agarwal, V., Kumar, A., Qin, Z., Gomes, R. L., & Marsh, S. (2023). Lessons for Sustainable Urban Development: Interplay of Construction, Groundwater Withdrawal, and Land Subsidence at Battersea, London. Remote Sensing, 15(15), 3798. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15153798

The capacity of aquifers to store water and the stability of infrastructure can each be adversely influenced by variations in groundwater levels and subsequent land subsidence. Along the south bank of the River Thames, the Battersea neighbourhood of... Read More about Lessons for Sustainable Urban Development: Interplay of Construction, Groundwater Withdrawal, and Land Subsidence at Battersea, London.

RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance (2023)
Journal Article
Stockdale, S. R., Blanchard, A. M., Nayak, A., Husain, A., Nashine, R., Dudani, H., …Monaghan, T. M. (2023). RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, 14, Article 100205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100205

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic showcased the power of genomic sequencing to tackle the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. However, metagenomic sequencing of total microbial RNAs in wastewater has the potential to assess multiple infectio... Read More about RNA-Seq of untreated wastewater to assess COVID-19 and emerging and endemic viruses for public health surveillance.

Delivering on sustainable development goals in wastewater reuse for agriculture: Initial prioritization of emerging pollutants in the Tula Valley, Mexico (2023)
Journal Article
Garduño-Jiménez, A., Durán-Álvarez, J., Ortori, C. A., Abdelrazig, S., Barrett, D. A., & Gomes, R. L. (2023). Delivering on sustainable development goals in wastewater reuse for agriculture: Initial prioritization of emerging pollutants in the Tula Valley, Mexico. Water Research, 238, Article 119903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119903

Wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation is a widespread beneficial practice, in line with the sustainable development goals. However, contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) present in wastewater, such as pharmaceuticals, pose... Read More about Delivering on sustainable development goals in wastewater reuse for agriculture: Initial prioritization of emerging pollutants in the Tula Valley, Mexico.

Data-driven modelling for resource recovery: Data volume, variability, and visualisation for an industrial bioprocess (2022)
Journal Article
Fisher, O., Watson, N. J., Porcu, L., Bacon, D., Rigley, M., & Gomes, R. L. (2022). Data-driven modelling for resource recovery: Data volume, variability, and visualisation for an industrial bioprocess. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 185, Article 108499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2022.108499

Advances in industrial digital technologies have led to an increasing volume of data generated from industrial bioprocesses, which can be utilised within data-driven models (DDM). However, data volume and variability complications make developing mod... Read More about Data-driven modelling for resource recovery: Data volume, variability, and visualisation for an industrial bioprocess.

Fluffy Rivers: How Our Clothes Can Harm Rivers and The Oceans (2022)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Johnson, M., Gomes, R. L., Nathanail, P., Macnaughtan, W., & Kay, P. (2022). Fluffy Rivers: How Our Clothes Can Harm Rivers and The Oceans. Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, Article 743943. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2022.743943

Microplastics are one of the most well-known types of environmental pollution. A microplastic is any piece of plastic smaller than 5 mm (about the size of one of the circles on top of a Lego® block). Microplastics come in a variety of shapes and they... Read More about Fluffy Rivers: How Our Clothes Can Harm Rivers and The Oceans.

Translating wastewater reuse for irrigation from OECD Guidelines: Tramadol sorption and desorption in soil-water matrices. (2022)
Journal Article
Garduño-Jiménez, A. L., Durán-Álvarez, J. C., Cortés-Lagunes, R. S., Barrett, D. A., & Gomes, R. L. (2022). Translating wastewater reuse for irrigation from OECD Guidelines: Tramadol sorption and desorption in soil-water matrices. Chemosphere, 305, Article 135031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135031

Treated and untreated wastewater is often used for agricultural irrigation and, despite the many benefits of this practice, it poses the risk of biologically active chemical pollutants (such as pharmaceuticals, like tramadol) entering the environment... Read More about Translating wastewater reuse for irrigation from OECD Guidelines: Tramadol sorption and desorption in soil-water matrices..

Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy (2022)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Chico, G., Carr, E., Cook, S., Gomes, R. L., Heard, E., …Johnson, M. (2022). Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, Article 129118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118

Anthropogenic Litter (AL) is ubiquitous in distribution and diverse in type and impact. Citizen science AL clean-ups engage citizens with the environment and have the potential to generate data that can inform policy. Here we present a detailed citiz... Read More about Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy.

Meta-analysis and machine learning to explore soil-water partitioning of common pharmaceuticals (2022)
Journal Article
Garduño-Jiménez, A., Durán-Álvarez, J., & Gomes, R. L. (2022). Meta-analysis and machine learning to explore soil-water partitioning of common pharmaceuticals. Science of the Total Environment, 837, Article 155675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155675

The first meta-analysis and modelling from batch-sorption literature studies of the soil/water partitioning of pharmaceuticals is presented. Analysis of the experimental conditions reported in the literature demonstrated that though batch-sorption st... Read More about Meta-analysis and machine learning to explore soil-water partitioning of common pharmaceuticals.

Energy management for a net zero dairy supply chain under climate change (2022)
Journal Article
Malliaroudaki, M. I., Watson, N. J., Ferrari, R., Nchari, L. N., & Gomes, R. L. (2022). Energy management for a net zero dairy supply chain under climate change. Trends in Food Science and Technology, 126, 153-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2022.01.015

Background: The dairy industry requires substantial energy resources at all stages of production and supply to meet consumer needs in terms of quantity, quality and food safety. The expected future climate change effects will cause serious uncertaint... Read More about Energy management for a net zero dairy supply chain under climate change.

Mathematical modelling of earlier stages of COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Ghana (2022)
Journal Article
Acheampong, E., Okyere, E., Iddi, S., Bonney, J. H., Wattis, J. A., Gomes, R. L., & Asamoah, J. K. K. (2022). Mathematical modelling of earlier stages of COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Ghana. Results in Physics, 34, Article 105193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2022.105193

In late 2019, a novel coronavirus, the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak was identified in Wuhan, China and later spread to every corner of the globe. Whilst the number of infection-induced deaths in Ghana, West Africa are minimal when compared with the rest of th... Read More about Mathematical modelling of earlier stages of COVID-19 transmission dynamics in Ghana.

From Pollution To Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution (2021)
Report
McGlade, J., Samy Fahim, I., Green, D., Landrigan, P., Andrady, A., Costa, M., …Turra, A. (2021). From Pollution To Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution. United Nations Environment Programme

Outcome from working on the United Nations Environment Programme Advisory Group with the aim to address the UN Environment Assembly’s adopted resolution (UN/EA.4/RES.6) on Marine Plastic Litter and Microplastics by recommending indicators to harmonis... Read More about From Pollution To Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution.

Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Wang, Y., Gomes, R. L., & Gomes, H. I. (2022). Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 427, Article 128122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.128122

Selenium (Se) is an essential element with application in manufacturing from food to medical industries. Water contamination by Se is of concern due to anthropogenic activities. Recently, Se remediation has received increasing attention. Hence, diffe... Read More about Selenium (Se) recovery for technological applications from environmental matrices based on biotic and abiotic mechanisms.

Investigating Spatio-temporal Changes in Groundwater Quality for London Between 2000-2020 (2021)
Working Paper
Agarwal, V., Kumar, A., Gomes, R., & Marsh, S. Investigating Spatio-temporal Changes in Groundwater Quality for London Between 2000-2020

The groundwater is relatively a pure natural resource as compared to the surface water, but anthropogenic activities pose a threat to its purity and suitability for drinking purpose. Thus, monitoring of spatial and temporal variation of groundwater q... Read More about Investigating Spatio-temporal Changes in Groundwater Quality for London Between 2000-2020.

Comparative study of groundwater-induced subsidence for london and delhi using psinsar (2021)
Journal Article
Agarwal, V., Kumar, A., Gee, D., Grebby, S., Gomes, R. L., & Marsh, S. (2021). Comparative study of groundwater-induced subsidence for london and delhi using psinsar. Remote Sensing, 13(23), Article 4741. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234741

Groundwater variation can cause land-surface movement, which in turn can cause significant and recurrent harm to infrastructure and the water storage capacity of aquifers. The capital cities in the England (London) and India (Delhi) are witnessing an... Read More about Comparative study of groundwater-induced subsidence for london and delhi using psinsar.

Sorption, separation and recycling of ammonium in agricultural soils: A viable application for magnetic biochar? (2021)
Journal Article
Gillingham, M., Gomes, R., Ferrari, R., & West, H. (2022). Sorption, separation and recycling of ammonium in agricultural soils: A viable application for magnetic biochar?. Science of the Total Environment, 812, Article 151440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151440

Recent research on the magnetisation of biochar, a carbon-based material that can be used as a sorbent, has opened novel opportunities in the field of environmental remediation, as incorporating magnetic particles into biochar can simplify subsequent... Read More about Sorption, separation and recycling of ammonium in agricultural soils: A viable application for magnetic biochar?.

Evaluation of photoanode materials used in biophotovoltaic systems for renewable energy generation (2021)
Journal Article
Anam, M., Gomes, H. I., Rivers, G., Gomes, R. L., & Wildman, R. (2021). Evaluation of photoanode materials used in biophotovoltaic systems for renewable energy generation. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 5(17), 4209-4232. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1se00396h

Biological photovoltaic (BPV) cells are living solar panels capable of producing clean energy by extracting electrons from sunlight (in daytime) and stored carbon in microbial cells (during the night or on cloudy days), irrespective of the organic su... Read More about Evaluation of photoanode materials used in biophotovoltaic systems for renewable energy generation.

Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments (2021)
Book Chapter
Baena-Nogueras, R. M., Hobman, J. L., & Gomes, R. L. (2021). Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments. In Pharmaceuticals in Marine and Coastal Environments: Occurrence, Effects and Challenges in a Changing World (121-167). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-102971-8.00008-1

The occurrence of antibiotic compounds in coastal environments is of great concern since most of the pollutant discharges flow into the ocean. The immediate effect of antibiotic release in marine environments is believed to be the selection of resist... Read More about Occurrence and distribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance determinants in coastal environments.