I am a researcher from the Geoenvironmental Research Group (GRC) in the School of Engineering at Cardiff University. We have expertise in materials characterisation and contaminated soil remediation. We are interested in developing novel soil amendments, their characterisation and performance in improving soil health and fertility. Our labs have state of the art facilities to carry out various soil analyses including XRD, XRF, ICP-MS, ICP-OES, CHNS/O analyser etc. We would be particularly interested in sustainable agriculture technologies such as biochar and slow-releasing fertilisers to improve fertiliser use efficiency and enhance soil fertility.
Cardiff University is one of top 24 research-led Russell Group universities in the UK. The Civil and Construction Engineering was ranked 1st in the UK in REF2014. GRC is internationally recogonised in geoenviornmental research, aiming to shape the future by tackling grand challenges such as climate change and water/soil degradation. The CLEER (Characterisation Laboratories for Environmental Engineering Research) labs of GRC house state-of-the-art facilitates for materials characterisation and environmental assessment such as gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy (GC-MS), inductive coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy/mass spectroscopy (ICP-OES/MS), X-ray diffraction/fluorescence (XRD/XRF), CHNS/O elemental analyser.