Contact Dr Melissa Ladyman
Areas of expertise
- Explosives and Munitions
Background
Dr Melissa Ladyman graduated from Edinburgh University with an MChem degree in Chemistry with a Year in Europe. Her undergraduate degree included a year placement at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Lille where she undertook research into potential medications for tuberculosis and depression. She gained a PhD in the development of Fluorescent Assays for Biological Analysis also from The University of Edinburgh.
Melissa joined Cranfield University in 2015 and works in the Environmental Science Group within the Life Assessment Group in Cranfield Defence Chemistry.
Current activities
The Environmental Sciences group at Cranfield Defence Chemistry is interested in the fate and transport of energetic materials in soil, air and water environments. The group focuses on developing controlled laboratory methods to represent the real environment. Some areas of research include soil columns, dissolution experiments, degradation and weathering, demilitarisation, treatment of contaminated water and risk assessment.
The group has also been involved in coordinating a NATO soil sampling workshop showcasing the Multi-Increment Sampling method at Cranfield University at Shrivenham and COTEC sites. Videos of the event are available at the following web address.
Shorter promotional video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt7fA0XR7bU&t=45s
Longer educational video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQ3nnPkUIg&t=3s
The group runs a suite of IEMA accredited environmental courses for defence acquisition (https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/Courses/Short/Defence-and-Security/Environmental-Awareness-and-Compliance-in-Defence), and is involved in teaching on various MSc and short courses including the Explosives, Ordnance and Engineering MSc (https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/courses/taught/explosives-ordnance-engineering).
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Persico F, Temple T, Ladyman M, Gilroy‐Hirst W, Guiterrez‐Carazo E, .... (2022). Quantitative Environmental Assessment of Explosive Residues from the Detonation of Insensitive High Explosive Filled 155 mm Artillery Shell. Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, 47(3)
- Ladyman M, Gutierrez-Carazo E, Persico F, Temple T & Coulon F. (2022). Assessing the performance of environmental management in academic research laboratories. Heliyon, 8(3)
- Persico F, Coulon F, Ladyman M & Temple T. (2022). Development of an environmental hazard-based rating assessment for defence-related chemical compounds in ecological soil systems. Environment International, 166(August)
- Gutierrez-Carazo E, Dowle J, Coulon F, Temple T & Ladyman M. (2022). Predicting the transport of 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) in sandy and sandy loam soils. Heliyon, 8(11)
- Fawcett-Hirst W, Temple TJ, Ladyman MK & Coulon F. (2021). A review of treatment methods for insensitive high explosive contaminated wastewater. Heliyon, 7(7)
- Collett G, Ladyman M, Hazael R & Temple T. (2021). The use of a predictive threat analysis to propose revisions to existing risk assessments for precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of home-made explosives (HME). Heliyon, 7(12)
Books
- Temple TJ & Ladyman ML (eds). (2022). Challenges in risk analysis for science and engineering: Development of a common language
- Gutierrez Carazo E, Persico F, Ladyman M, Temple T & Coulon F. (2022). Minimising the risks to decision-making by selecting representative experimental methods for environmental science research In Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds), Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering. IOP Publishing.
- Gilroy-Hirst W, Padfield J, Ladyman M, Coulon F & Temple T. (2022). Practical application of a decision framework to mitigate environmental risks posed by the treatment of explosive contaminated wastewater In Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds), Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering. IOP Publishing.
- Temple TJ & Ladyman MK (eds). (2020). Global approaches to environmental management on military training ranges (1)
- 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.