Jon Bridge · 13-5-20_Stanage

Really delighted to end 2019 with the news that my last two PhD students from Liverpool both successfully defended their viva, subject to minor corrections.

Dr Tom Woodroof worked with me, Dr Andy Boston and Dr James Cooper on a project to investigate the potential and protocols for using Compton geometry gamma imaging to quantitatively track the distribution and movement of caesium through soil columns. He is shortly due to start a research position at the Institute for Cancer Research.

Dr Dan Tudor worked with me, Dr Ming Li, Prof Karl Whittle and Dr Mark Bankhead (NNL) on the development of novel agent-based modelling approaches for simulation and investigation of colloid transport and aggregation processes in porous media, with particular reference to SIXEP wastewater filtration systems at the Sellafield plant.

I am now a Member of the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) for 2010-2014.

Irvine-Fynn, TDL, Bridge JW and Hodson AJ. 2010. Rapid quantification of cryoconite: granule geometry and in situ supraglacial extents, using examples from Svalbard and Greenland. Accepted, Journal of Glaciology. In press, 18th March 2010

15/02/2010: I am now a member of the British Science Association, a UK body which promotes the wider understanding of science and its role in society.

23/11/2009 – 27/11/2009: I will be involved in teaching support on a Doctoral Training Course on Nuclear Waste Immobilisation and Disposal at the University of Sheffield. I am supporting practical exercises using the PHREEQC code to model basic elements of groundwater and pollutant geochemistry.

I have rejoined the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) as a Fellow. This recommences my membership of the RGS which originally started in 1998.

In May 2009 I was selected as one of 36 finalists in the British Science Association’s perspectives poster competition. The purpose of the competition is to enhance the communication of science to the general public and improve understanding of the social dimensions of science – how science impacts on society and how social drivers influence research.

My poster, entitled ‘Can we disinfect the great outdoors?‘ was displayed at the British Science Festival in Guildford, Surrey (September 2009). Its based on my research into the critical research needs preventing us from addressing risks to human health arising from pathogens in the soil and water environment (http://www.shef.ac.uk/going-underground). We make a huge effort to disinfect our homes, but pathogens in the environment cause microbiological hazards to drinking water, bathing waters, shellfisheries, etc., that cost millions each year in remediation, compensation and losses to economies. So why not invest in research to understand and then manage pathogens in the environment too?

Some especially pertinent links from the UK – severe illnesses acquired via farm visits; norovirus outbreak at one of the world’s most celebrated restaurants; and the 2007 foot and mouth disease outbreak.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8254149.stm
http://www.noroblog.com/2009/09/articles/norovirus-outbreaks/shellfish-blamed-for-norovirus-outbreak-at-fat-duck/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6931830.stm

My entry can be viewed here: JB210809proof.pdf