Contact Dr Imma Bortone
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758309
- Email: Imma.Bortone@cranfield.ac.uk
- ORCID
- ResearchGate
Areas of expertise
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Energy and the Environment
- Environment and Health
- Environmental Impacts
- Oil and Gas
- Waste Management and Resource Efficiency
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
Imma joined Cranfield University in 2017. She completed her BEng in Civil/Environmental Engineering and MSc in Environmental Engineering in Italy at Second University of Naples (SUN). She holds a PhD in Marine Science and Engineering with thesis examining the efficiency of sediment capping techniques for contaminated sediments, via numerical simulations.
Both before and after her PhD, Imma worked at SUN as researcher, where she was involved in a wide range of projects. These included modelling subsurface flow and transport processes and their associated environmental impact, water quality restoration, environmental risk assessment of contaminated lands, and modelling pollutant dispersion in the atmosphere by using commercial models. She also lectured for the Advanced Master in Analysis, Reclamation and Remediation techniques of contaminated sites.
In 2014, she worked as postgraduate researcher at Imperial College London, in the Department of Earth Science and Engineering, on tracer transport modelling into multi-layered systems to evaluate the effect of compartmentalization in hydrocarbon reservoirs.
Prior to this post, Imma worked as Research Fellowship in Waste Water Engineering at London South Bank University (LSBU), on project aimed at applying numerical methods for multi-phase flows into fractured rocks. At LSBU, she also lectured both for the BSc and BEng degree courses in Civil Engineering, and for the BEng degree course in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.
Research opportunities
PhD applications and invitations to collaborations are welcome.
We are initiating a research project on PFAS in sediment and invite PhD candidates already holding a scholarship to collaborate. This is an excellent opportunity for those with a strong interest in environmental science and sediment research.
Current activities
Imma has significant experience in computational analysis and data integration of heterogeneous and complex datasets. Her main area of expertise surrounds fluid flow modelling and environmental engineering.
Her research focuses on analysing and modelling subsurface flow and the physical and reactive processes governing the fate and transport of pollutant in the environment and their associated environmental impact. This has a wide variety of applications in both enhanced reservoir recovery and environmental applications.
Particular areas of interest are
- Subsurface single and multiphase flow modelling
- Wastewater treatment modelling
- Environmental management and remediation
- Contaminated sediment transport modelling and treatment
- Environmental impact assessment
- Air pollution
- Waste treatment and management.
Clients
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
European Community - H2020 programme
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Liu Y, Jiang Y & Bortone I. (2022). A scheme for anaerobic digestion modelling and ADM1 model calibration. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 96
- Jumbo R, Coulon F, Cowley T, Azuazu I, Atai E, .... (2022). Evaluating different soil amendments as bioremediation strategy for wetland soil contaminated by crude oil. Sustainability, 14(24)
- Bortone I, Sakar H & Soares A. (2022). Gaps in regulation and policies on the application of green technologies at household level in the United Kingdom. Sustainability, 14(7)
- Raza T, Qureshi KN, Imran S, Eash NS & Bortone I. (2021). Associated health risks from heavy metal-laden effluent into point drainage channels in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 34(3)
- Labianca C, De Gisi S, Todaro F, Notarnicola M & Bortone I. (2021). A review of the in-situ capping amendments and modeling approaches for the remediation of contaminated marine sediments. Science of The Total Environment, 806(February)
- Bortone I, Santonastaso G, Erto A, Chianese S, Di Nardo A, .... (2020). An innovative in-situ DRAINage system for advanced groundwater reactive TREATment (in-DRAIN-TREAT). Chemosphere, 270
- Bortone I, Erto A, Di Nardo A, Santonastaso GF, Chianese S, .... (2020). Pump-and-treat configurations with vertical and horizontal wells to remediate an aquifer contaminated by hexavalent chromium. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 235
- Bortone I, Chianese S, Erto A, Nardo AD, Crescenzo CD, .... (2019). An optimized configuration of adsorptive wells for the remediation of an aquifer contaminated by multiple aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants. Science of The Total Environment, 696
- Bortone I, Labianca C, Todaro F, De Gisi S, Coulon F, .... (2019). Experimental investigations and numerical modelling of in-situ reactive caps for PAH contaminated marine sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 387
- Di Nardo A, Bortone I, Chianese S, Di Natale M, Erto A, .... (2018). Odorous emission reduction from a waste landfill with an optimal protection system based on fuzzy logic. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(15)
- Santonastaso GF, Erto A, Bortone I, Chianese S, Di Nardo A, .... (2018). Experimental and simulation study of the restoration of a thallium (I)-contaminated aquifer by Permeable Adsorptive Barriers (PABs). Science of The Total Environment, 630
- Santonastaso GF, Bortone I, Chianese S, Di Nardo A, Di Natale M, .... (2017). Discontinuous permeable adsorptive barrier design and cost analysis: a methodological approach to optimisation. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25(27)
- Go J, Bortone I, Muggeridge A & Smalley C. (2014). Predicting Vertical Flow Barriers Using Tracer Diffusion in Partially Saturated, Layered Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 105(2)
Conference Papers
Books
- Jumbo RB, Atai E, Azuazu I, Bortone I, Coulon F, .... (2024). Sustainable Low Carbon and Bioaugmentation Strategies for Bioremediation of Oil-Contaminated Acidic Wetlands In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (130). Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Bortone I, Coulon F, Fawcett-Hirst W, Ladyman M & Temple T. (2019). Scientific principles of environmental management In Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds), Global Approaches to Environmental Management on Military Training Ranges. IOP Publishing.
- Bortone I, Chianese S, Di Nardo A, Erto A & Musmarra D. (2012). Groundwater protection by permeable adsorbing barriers at solid waste landfills In Cabral GBC(ed.), Landfills: Waste Management, Regional Practices and Environmental Impact.
