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Dr Rory Doherty

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Dr Rory Doherty

Dr Rory Doherty

School of Natural and Built Environment

I am an academic who applies chemistry, geophysics and microbiology to environmental problems to produce viable engineering solutions. My interests are: The Circular Economy, Reuse & Recovery of Hazardous & Valuable Materials, Restoration of Peatlands, Sustainable Remediation of Pollution, Identification and apportionment of Potentially Toxic Elements.

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  • r.doherty@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 4746
  • @DrRoryDoherty

Research Interests

Open to PhD opportunities in;

  • Circular Economy
  • Sustainable Remediation of Pollution
  • Restoration of Peatlands
  • Source Apportionment of Pollutants

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Public outreach & key achievements

  • http://www.remediate.eu/
  • https://www.facebook.com/ecoeye15/photos/pcb.824243294450002/824239394450392/?type=3&theater
  • https://www.womenmeanbusiness.com/2017/01/complete-laboratory-solutions/
  • https://www.prlog.org/12282895-brownfield-and-contaminated-land-in-the-melting-pot.html
  • https://www.nmni.com/whats-on/science-uncovered

 


Research students

PhD area Biogeophysics of Polluted Environments
Name Panagiotis Kirmizakis
Years of study 2nd Year
Country Greece
   
PhD area Bioaccessibility of Potentially Toxic Elements in soils
Name Tatiana Cocerva
Years of study 3rd Year
Country Moldova
   
PhD area Building facades & Circular Economy
Name Elizabeth Gilligan
Years of study 2nd Year
Country UK
   
PhD area Heavy metals and Stable Isotopes in Badgers
Name Shay Mullineaux
Years of study 1st Year
Country UK
   
PhD area Recycling Photovoltaics using pyrolysis
Name Charlie Farrell
Years of study 1st Year
Country UK
   
PhD area Green Cements
Name Douglas Thompson
Years of study 1st Year
Country UK

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area Restoration of Peatlands
Name Laura McAnallen
Years of study 2017
Country UK
Current Position NERC Funded Research Fellow
   
PhD area Potentially Toxic Elements in Urban Soils
Name Rebekka McIlwaine
Years of study 2016
Country UK
Current Position Project Engineer at RPS Europe
   
PhD area Theory of sampling of contaminated soils
Name David Hiroz
Years of study 2008
Country UK
Current Position Coordinator Environmental Services at Defence Construction Canada (DCC)

 


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