Professor Simon Parsons
Professor of Water Sciences and Head of Water Science Institute
Location: Vincent Building, Cranfield campus
E: s.a.parsons@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 758311
Environmental Science and Technology
Current activities
Professor Parsons' current research interests are in various aspects of natural organic matter and its impact on water treatment processes; disinfection by-product formation and fate, advanced oxidation processes for water and wastewater treatment, emerging pollutants, and mineral scale formation and control.
Simon is Head of the Cranfield Water Science Institute and was the founding director of STREAM – the Industrial Doctorate Centre (IDC) for the UK Water Sector. The IDC is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and is delivered by a consortium of five collaborating universities, coordinated by Cranfield and including Imperial College London and the universities of Sheffield, Newcastle and Exeter.
In addition he manages the UK Water Treatment and Supply Network, is Managing Editor of the journal Environmental Technology and is a committee member for the Water Science Forum of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Simon is visiting professor at RMIT University and is also a distinguished member of the IWA Fellows programme.
Clients
- EPSRC
- EUFP7
- Drinking Water Inspectorate
- Water Research Foundation
- Yorkshire Water
- Seven Trent Water
- Thames Water
Background
Professor Simon Parsons is a chemist with a BSc and PhD from the University of Leicester and joined the academic staff at Cranfield University in 1996. Since then, he has been actively involved in all aspects of academia including research, teaching, course administration, conference organisation and technology transfer. Simon is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and was promoted to the chair in Water Sciences in 2006. He manages an active research team involved in the areas of potable water treatment and supply, advanced oxidation processes and precipitation and scaling processes. His research group has been funded by a wide range of sources including the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), EUFP6 and 7, Water Research Foundation, as well as a number of industrial clients including Yorkshire Water, Severn Trent Water and Anglian Water. He also leads a joint utility/academia UK Water Treatment and Supply Network.
