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Research Interests
My main research interests focus on photocatalytic technologies for treatment of waste and potable water, solar energy conversion and storage, clean synthetic technology, environmental applications of power ultrasound and assessment and rehabilitation of contaminated land and water. 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 appointed as Head of School in March 2016.
I was a non-executive director of Gas2 Ltd (2012-2014) and Aberdeen’s Satrosphere Science Centre (2006-2014). In 2013 I was appointed to the Detao Masters Academy in Beijing as a Master in Photocatalytic Technology. 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). I am a member of the EPSRC Strategic Advisory Committee on Energy, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Heads of Chemistry Standing Committee, the Energy Institute’s Accreditation and Individual Circumstances Panels and Heads of Chemical Engineering UK Committee. I am a member of the editorial board of J. Phys. Energy and the International Journal of Photoenergy 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.
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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
R1777CCE: In Reservoir Destruction of Blue-Green Algae and Their Toxins
15/05/2017 → …
Project: Research
Research Output
Exploring the photocatalytic hydrogen production potential of titania doped with alumina derived from foil waste
Osman, A. I., Skillen, N. C., Robertson, P. K. J., Rooney, D. W. & Morgan, K., 11 Mar 2020, In : International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Removal of microcystins from a waste stabilisation lagoon: Evaluation of a packed-bed continuous flow TiO2 reactor
Pestana, C. J., Hobson, P., Robertson, P. K. J., Lawton, L. A. & Newcombe, G., 01 Apr 2020, In : Chemosphere. 245, 8 p., 125575.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The use of titanium dioxide nanotubes as photoanodes for chloride oxidation
Boyle, C., Skillen, N., Gunaratne, N., Sharma, P., Byrne, J. A. & Robertson, P., 01 Apr 2020, In : Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. 109, p. 104930Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
‘All in one’ photo-reactor pod containing TiO2 coated glass beads and LEDs for continuous photocatalytic destruction of cyanotoxins in water
Gunaratne, H. Q. N., Pestana, C. J., Skillen, N., Hui, J., Saravanan, S., Edwards, C., Irvine, J. T. S., Robertson, P. K. J. & Lawton, L. A., 09 Jan 2020, In : Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
An investigation of the role of pH in the rapid photocatalytic degradation of MCPA and its primary intermediate by low-power UV LED irradiation
Kelly, J., Morrison, G., Skillen, N., Manesiotis, P. & Robertson, P. K. J., 01 Mar 2019, In : Chemical Engineering Journal. 359, p. 112-118 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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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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Thesis
Development of Photocatalytic Reactor Technology for the Production of Fermentable Sugars
Author: Nagarajan, S., Feb 2017Supervisor: Robertson, P. (Supervisor) & De Silva, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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