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Research Interests
My main research interests focus on photocatalytic technologies for treatment of waste and potable water and solar energy conversion and storage. The other main area of research is in the development of sensor technologies to for remote environments, such as the development of in-situ multicapability array sensors for heavy metal pollution in the marine and contaminated land environments.
Particulars
On completion of my D.Phil in 1989 I joined the Faraday Centre a spinout company from Carlow Institute of Technology in Ireland. In March 1991 I moved to the Northern Ireland Civil Service as a Higher Scientific Officer attached to the Industrial Research and Technology Unit.
I joined the staff of the School of Applied Sciences at Robert Gordon University in 1995 where I was involved in teaching and research in environmental science and technology, analytical science and photocatalysis. In July 2000 I was appointed to the Chair of Energy and Environmental Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Offshore Engineering at RGU where I established the multidisciplinary Centre for Research in Energy and the Environment. I subsequently was appointed as Vice-Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research and Commercialisation) at Robert Gordon University in September 2006. In January 2015 I joined the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast as Professor of Chemical Engineering and was subsequently Head of School between March 2016 and August 2018.
I am a member of the REF2021 Subpanel 8 (Chemistry), EPSRCs Strategic Advisory Network, EPSRC Scientific Advisory Committee on Energy, the EPSRC High-level Group for the SUPERGEN Programme, Chair of the Royal Irish Academy’s Physical Chemical and Mathematical Sciences Committee and a member of the Energy Institute’s Accreditation and Individual Circumstances Panels. In 2013 I was appointed to the Detao Masters Academy in Beijing as a Master in Photocatalytic Technology. I was a non-executive director of Gas2 Ltd (2012-2014), Aberdeen’s Satrosphere Science Centre (2006-2014) and the Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) (2006-2010). I was a member of the Universities Scotland Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee (2006-2014) and was a member of the Northern Ireland Water Council (2003-2007), the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Heads of Chemistry Standing Committee (2016-2018), Heads of Chemical Engineering UK Committee (2016-2018) and the Council of the Institute of Chemistry of Ireland (2016-2019).
I am a member of the editorial board of Journal of Physics Energy and an Invited Editor of The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Series Published by Springer Verlag, specifically co-editor of Volumes II and III on Environmental Photochemistry. I am a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Chemist, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Chemistry in Ireland and the Energy Institute. I am also an Associate Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R3641CCE: Zero Carbon Cooperative Innovation and Developing Entrepreneurship for a New Tomorrow (0CCIDENT)
Rooney, D., Foley, A. & Robertson, P.
15/02/2022 → …
Project: Research
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R1989CCE: Advancing Creative Circular Economies for Plastics via Technological-Social Transitions (ACCEPT)
Rooney, D., Barry, J., Berry, E., Cunningham, E., Dempster, M., Martin, P., Morrow, R., Niblock, C., Price, M., Robertson, P., Smyth, B. & Zhang, X.
22/11/2018 → …
Project: Research
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R1777CCE: In Reservoir Destruction of Blue-Green Algae and Their Toxins
15/05/2017 → 30/10/2020
Project: Research
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2023 roadmap on photocatalytic water splitting
Bahnemann, D., Robertson, P., Wang, C., Choi, W., Daly, H., Danish, M., de Lasa, H., Escobedo, S., Hardacre, C., Jeon, T. H., Kim, B., Kisch, H., Li, W., Long, M., Muneer, M., Skillen, N. & Zhang, J., 24 Jan 2023, In: Journal of Physics: Energy. 5, 1, 012004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Comparison of titanium dioxide and zinc oxide photocatalysts for the inactivation of escherichia coli in water using slurry and rotating disk photocatalytic reactions
O'Neill, S., Robertson, J. M. C., Hequet, V., Chazarenc, F., Pang, X., Ralphs, K., Skillen, N. & Robertson, P. K. J., 04 Aug 2023, (Early online date) In: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial of special issue for Detlef W. Bahnemann on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Pan, J. H., Robertson, P. K. J. & Wark, M., Jul 2023, In: Applied Catalysis A: General. 662, 119264.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Electrochemical monitoring of the photocatalytic degradation of the insecticide emamectin benzoate using TiO2 and ZnO materials
McCormick, W. J., McCrudden, D., Skillen, N. & Robertson, P. K. J., 25 Jun 2023, In: Applied Catalysis A: General. 660, 8 p., 119201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enhanced monitoring of photocatalytic reactive oxygen species: using electrochemistry for rapid sensing of hydroxyl radicals formed during the degradation of coumarin
McCormick, W. J., Rice, C., McCrudden, D., Skillen, N. & Robertson, P. K. J., 15 Jun 2023, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 127, 23, p. 5039-5047 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2017 334 13-19 Data Set
Nagarajan, S. (Creator) & Robertson, P. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, 14 Nov 2016
DOI: 10.17034/2ead1508-b65b-40bf-b24f-1d0937b413b0
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Activities
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Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (External organisation)
Peter Robertson (Member)
01 Apr 2021 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Research Excellence Framework (REF) Panel (External organisation)
Peter Robertson (Member)
2020 → 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (External organisation)
Peter Robertson (Member)
01 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
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Royal Irish Academy (External organisation)
Peter Robertson (Chair)
2018 → 2022Activity: Membership types › Membership of national or international committees and working groups
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Institute of Physics, UK (Publisher)
Peter Robertson (Editorial board member)
2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity