Environmental biotechnology programme
Since its foundation in 2000, CLEMANCE has focused on the mission of delivering environmentally sustainable solutions through innovative science and technology to: industry (large and small); local, regional and national agencies; communities; and academia.
Our goal now is to make an increasingly significant national and international impact through a complementary, dynamic and interlinked portfolio of: fundamental and applied research; development; technology transfer; enterprise; and teaching programmes to underpin: sustainable economic growth; environmental reclamation / restoration and protection; and improved social cohesion.
Our expertise
- Contaminated soil/sediment bioremediation - pentachlorophenol, dalapon, atrazine, BTEX molecules, PAHs, 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid, oil, petroleum, heavy metals and landfill leachate – have been researched, eight MSc and seven PhD programmes have been supervised, and 24 refereed papers and 19 reviews/book chapters published.
- Landfill – multi-species gene pools, gas generation, co-disposal, leachate treatment, ecological control analysis and site reclamation – has been the focus of nine MSc and eight PhD programmes with two books, 44 refereed papers and 37 reviews/book chapters published.
- Wastewaters – domestic, azo dyes, phenol, acetone, 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol, N-[2-(2,4,6-Trichlorophenoxy)propyl]amine, photographic chemicals, nitrogen, metals – were the targets for two MSc, one MScEng and a PhD programme. Five refereed papers and six reviews/book chapters resulted.
- Anaerobic digestion – veratric acid, syringic acid, landfill leachate, sewage sludge, municipal solid waste, high strength effluents, high solids concentrations, septic tanks and reactors – occupied three MSc, one MScEng and three PhD programmes with six refereed papers and nine reviews/book chapters resulting.
- Environmental impacts – river modelling and case based reasoning decision support systems – motivated two MSc programmes and resulted in four refereed papers and a review.
Our other interests focus on composting, gas biofiltration, marine sediments, water purification sludge exploitation and biomass with two MSc and three PhD programmes supervised and five refereed papers and three reviews/book chapters published.
Research collaborations and collaborative grant applications have been made with Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore, University of Cairo, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Ohio State University, Università degli Studi di Genova and Bennett and Williams, Environmental Consultants Inc., USA.
