Our aim is to deliver international scientific excellence through research and training on solutions to the emerging crisis of MnP pollution in subsurface ecosystems in soils and groundwater.

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    Stefan Krause

    NETWORK COORDINATOR

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  • Laurent Simon

    NETWORK COORDINATOR

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  • Zoraida Quiñones-Rivera

    NETWORK SCIENTIFIC MANAGER

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  • Iseult Lynch

    DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

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  • Denise Mitrano

    COMMUNICATIONS CHAMPION

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  • Florence Huynh

    IP AND ETHICS OFFICER

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  • Andrew Dove

    IP AND ETHICS OFFICER

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  • Viviana Re

    EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CHAMPION

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  • Đurađ Milošević

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

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  • Georgia Melagraki

    DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION

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  • Naïma Hamacha

    LEGAL/FINANCIAL MANAGER

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Doctoral Candidates

  • Fuad Alqrinawi

    Project: Fate and transport of micro and nanoplastics in groundwater

    Institute: University of Birmingham

    Email: f.alqrinawi@bham.ac.uk

  • Petros Mecaj

    Project: Transfer of MnP from surface to groundwater in managed aquifer recharge systems.

    Institute: Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1

    Email: petros.mecaj@univ-lyon1.fr

  • Lizeth Cardoza-Pedroza

    Project: Fate and transport of MnP in MAR – Managed Aquifer Research systems

    Institute: Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1

    Email: lizeth.cardoza@outlook.com

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  • Alexander Fordham

    Project: Mechanism of MnP formation from macro-plastics due to weathering in soils

    Institute: Polymateria

    Email: af@polymateria.com

  • Faith Omeyi Ekoja-Smah

    Project: Linking MP characteristics to their uptake and transformation by groundwater animals

    Institute: Roehampton University

    Email: omeyiekoja@gmail.com

  • Mike Rohling

    Project: Novel tracers for detecting nano- and microplastics in agricultural runoff

    Institute: ETH-Zuerich

    Email: mike.rohling@usys.ethz.ch

  • Tamara Meizoso

    Project: Plastisphere controls on particle movement in soil

    Institute: Freie University

    Email: tamara.meizoso.regueira@fu-berlin.de

  • Tiana Renard

    Project: Fate and transport of the MP in soil mesofauna

    Institute: Ludwig Maximillian University

    Email: ti.renard@lmu.de

  • Melita Mustafić

    Project: Bioturbation facilitated vertical transport of MnP from lentic systems into groundwater

    Institute: University of Niš

    Email: melita.mustafic10@gmail.com

  • Dragana Ašćerić

    Project: Quantifying impact of soil bioturbators on MnP fate and transport towards groundwater

    Institute: University of Niš

    Email: asceric13@gmail.com

  • Bárbara Zambelli Azevedo

    Project: Socio-hydrogeological assessment of MnP occurrence in groundwater

    Institute: University of Pisa

    Email: ba.zambelli@gmail.com

  • Mathilde Henrion

    Project: Transport, fate and ecotoxicity of biodegradable plastics in a soil mulch system

    Institute: University of Lleida

    Email: mathilde.henrion@udl.cat

  • Constantinos Papavasiliou

    Project: IATAnet Cloud Platform and Database for molecular simulations

    Institute: NovaMechanics Ltd

    Email: costantinos.papavasiliou@novamechanics.com

  • Athina Karaoli

    Project: Quantification of accelerated MnP degradation for new polymer materials

    Institute: NovaMechanics Ltd

    Email: karaoli@novamechanics.com

Member Institutions

Associate Partners

Full Research Team

  • Stefan Krause (University of Birmingham) - link

    Iseult Lynch (University of Birmingham) - link

    Matthias Rillig (Freie University) - link

    Anne Robertson (Roehampton University) - link

    Julia Reiss (Brunel University of London) - link

    Joachim Haug (Ludwig Maximillian University) - link

    Viktor Baranov (Estación Biológica de Doñana, Seville, Spain) - link

    Viviana Re (University of Pisa) - link

    Francesa Mecori (University of Pisa)

    Djuradj Milosevic (University of Niš) - link

    Laurent Simon (Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1) - link

    Florian Lermillod Blondin (Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1) - link

    Laurence Volatier (Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1) - link

    Brice Mourier (Université Claude Bernard - Lyon 1) - link

    Lluis Martin Closas (University of Lleida) - link

    Ana Maria Pelacho (University of Lleida) - link

  • Denise Miltrano (ETH-Zuerich) - link

    Adrian Whyle (Plastic Europe) - link

    Glenn Watts (Environmental Agency)

    Wendel Wohlleben (BASF SE) - link

    Anne Perrissin (Eau du Grand Lyon)

    Thierry Roques (Eau du Grant Lyon)

    Yan Zheng (SUSTECH) - link

    John Scott (Illinois Sustainable Technology Centre) - link

    Jesus Gomez-Velez (Vanderbid University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee) - link

    Tony Walker (Dalhousise University) - link

    Aaron Packman (Northwestern University) - link

    John Ravening (Arup Ltd.) - link

  • Antreas Afantitis/Georgia Melagraki - Novamechanics (Cyprus) - link

    Christopher Wallis/Florence Huynh - Polymateria (UK) link

  • Stefano Viaroli (University of Pisa)- link

    Laurent Lassabatere (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) - link

    Andre-Marie Dendievel (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) - link

    Zoraida J. Quiñones-Rivera (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) - link

    Dimitrija Savić-Zdravković (University of Niš) - link

    Uwe Schneidewind (University of Birmingham) - link

    Liam Kelleher (University of Birmingham) - link

    Andrew Dove (University of Birmingham) - link

    Daniel Perkins (Brunel University of London) - link

    Nic Malone (Environmnetal Agency)

    Holly Reed (Environmental Agency)

    Patrizia Marie Pfohl (BASF SE) - link