Contact Professor Frederic Coulon

Areas of expertise

  • Environment and Health
  • Soil Resources
  • Waste Management and Resource Efficiency
  • Water Science and Engineering

Background

Professor Coulon’s professional interests include: soil and water chemistry; fate and transport of chemicals in surface and subsurface waters; water and wastewater treatment; soil and sediment treatment; hazardous waste site remediation; energy and environment; population and environment; and public communication of environmental science and engineering. He has a track record in transdisciplinary research and he is recognised for his internationally leading contribution in Environmental Science and Bioengineering with a significant contribution towards the elucidation of chemical and biological processes in complex systems. His research has been supported by grants from industrial, government and Research Council sources, with core grant research support primarily being from NERC, EPSRC, Defra and EU. His work further influences policy development and provides pragmatic, risk-based solutions to remediate contaminated land. He has published numerous articles in leading environmental engineering and science journals; book chapters and articles for the popular press with substantive contributions to oil remediation, process emission and control at industrial sites and environmental risk management.

Current activities

Activities of and interactions between microbes in bioengineered processes 
  • Crude oil and refined products biodegradation
  • Waste anaerobic digestion
  • Diversity, role and function of microorganisms in polluted environments
  • Biotechnological applications
  • Microbial adaptations and responses to anthropogenic impacts in cold environments.
Environmental and Human health risk assessment
  • Diagnostic strategy and risk
  • Environmental fate, transport and exposure modeling
  • Emerging contaminants and hazardous residues.

Clients

  • Anglian Water
  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
  • Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
  • European Community - H2020 programme
  • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  • Golder Associates
  • QUESTOR centre
  • Seven Trent Water
  • Shell UK
  • Unilever
  • Viridor

Publications

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Books