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Paul Williams

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  • Room 0G.082 - Biological Sciences

    United Kingdom

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Open to PhD applications in the field of biogeochemistry and global food security.

20052021

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Research Interests

Paul N. Williams is a Lecturer in Soil & Environmental Biogeochemistry. Paul obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Aberdeen in 2007. Previous to working at Queen’s he has held Research Fellowships with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lancaster University and a Lectureship with the University of Nottingham. 

Paul, an analytical and environmental chemist, has research interests orientated around the role of soils and rhizospheres in global food security. Specific interests and projects focus on the influence of soil dynamic processes and chemical speciation on trace element (both toxic and essential) uptake by plants, visualising rhizosphere micro-heterogeneity through high resolution measurements using DGT and DET techniques, and bettering in situ monitoring of the environment.

Techniques and methods that Paul uses include multi-element chromatography (IC-ICP-MS), laser-based analytical measurement (LA-ICP-MS), passive sampling (DGT, DET), optical sensors (colour ratiometric planar optodes), in-situ UV/vis spectrometry and XRF analysis.

Teaching

Module Coordinator for: 

BBC8042: Foundations for Research in the Biosciences (MSc)

BIO3307: Project Work (Ag Tech) 

 

Teaching Contribution to: 

ALU8002: Advanced Food Bioanalysis (MSc)

BIO1302: Fundamentals of Nutrition and Food Policy 

BIO3207 Global Issues in Agriculture 

BIO4102: Advanced Food Bioanalysis (MSci) 

BIO8101: Food Safety and Health 

BIO8201: Advanced Analytical Tools for Food Security 

BIO8202: Food Integrity, Fraud and Traceability (MSc/MSci)

BIO4301: Research Project (MSci) 

BIO3302: Project (FQSN)

LFE8008: Rural Development Project 

Other

ACADEMIC JOURNALS


2021-present       Environmental Science & Technology. Editorial Board

2020-present       Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry. Review Editor

2016-present       Journal of Exposure & Health. Assoc. Editor

2015-2021          Journal of Environmental Quality (JEQ) Assoc. Editor

2013-present       Journal of Agricultural Sciences (JAS), Cambridge. Assoc. Editor

2013-present       Water Quality, Exposure  & Health. Editorial Board. 

2008-present       Environmental Pollution. Editorial Board. 

Expertise related to UN SDGs

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

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