Professor Frederic Coulon

Professor of Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology

Centre for Water, Environment and Development

Contact Professor Frederic Coulon

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754981
Email: f.coulon@cranfield.ac.uk
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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

Articles In Journals

Conference Papers

Dino GA, Rossetti P, Lorenzi A, Mister I, Cazzaniga A, Coulon F, Griffiths Z & Wagland S (2018) Exploiting secondary raw materials from extractive waste facilities: a case study. In: 4th International Symposium On Enhanced Landfill Mining, Mechelen, 5-6 February 2018.
Garcia Alcega S, Tyrrel S & Coulon F (2017) Sampling microbial volatile organic compounds: optimisation of flow rate and sampling time. In: Air Pollution XXV: 25th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, Cadiz, 25-27 April 2017.
Särkkä H, Kaartinen T, Hannus E, Hirvonen S, Valjus T, Lerssi J, Dino GA, Piergiorgio R, Griffiths Z, Wagland S & Coulon F (2017) Assessing the opportunities of landfill mining as a source of critical raw materials in Europe. In: 16th International waste management and landfill symposium: Sardinia 2017, Sardinia, 2-6 October 2017.
Wu G, Whelan A, Kechavarzi C, Li X, Sakrabani R, Sui H & Coulon F (2011)
Influence of compost addition on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Brownfield soils
. In: 2011 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology, Dongguan, 1 June 2011.
Whelan A, Kechavarzi C, Sakrabani R & Coulon F (2010) The influence of compost addition on the hydraulic properties of brownfield soils. In: ConSoil 2010 : 11th International UFZ- Deltares/TNO Conference on Management of Soil, Groundwater and Sediment, Salzburg, 22 September 2010.
Whelan A, Kechavarzi C, Sakrabani R, Coulon F, Simmons RW & Wu G (2010) The influence of compost addition on the water repellency of brownfield soils.. In: European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 2 May 2010.
Orsi R, Turner C, Walton C, Pollard SJT, Daly P & Coulon F (2008) Evaluation of vapour emissions aiming former gasholder decommissioning. In: ConSoil 2008 : 10th International conference on soil-water systems, Milan, 3-6 June 2008.
Coulon F, Delille D & Pelletier E (2004) Tools for the bioremediation of sub-Antarctic soils exposed to petroleum hydrocarbons. In: V Argentine and I Latin-American Symposium on Antarctic Research, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1 January 2004.

Books

Li W, Spatola Rossi C, Coulon F & Yang Z (2023) Chapter 7: Smartphone-based sensors for water quality. In: Smartphones for Chemical Analysis: From Proof-of-concept to Analytical Applications, Elsevier, p. 197-221.
Whitby C, Ferguson RMW, Colbeck I, Dumbrell AJ, Nasir ZA, Marczylo E, Kinnersley R, Douglas P, Drew G, Bhui K, Lemon M, Jackson S, Tyrrel S & Coulon F (2022) Compendium of analytical methods for sampling, characterization, and quantification of bioaerosols. In: Functional Microbiomes, Academic Press, p. 101-229.
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: Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering: Development of a common language, IOP, p. 13-1-13-20.
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: Challenges in Risk Analysis for Science and Engineering: Development of a common language, IOP, p. 6-1-6-15.
Bortone I, Coulon F, Fawcett-Hirst W, Ladyman M & Temple T (2019) Scientific principles of environmental management. In: Global Approaches to Environmental Management on Military Training Ranges, IOP Publishing, p. 1-1-1-25.
Garcia-Alcega S & Coulon F (2018) Chapter 6: Characterizing outdoor air using microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs). In: Volatiles organic compounds analysis in biomedical diagnosis applications, Waretown, New Jersey, USA: Apple Academic Press, p. 123-158.
Prpich G, Sam K & Coulon F (2018) Stakeholder engagement and the sustainable environmental management of oil-contaminated sites in Nigeria. In: Energy in Africa: Policy, Management and Sustainability, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, p. 75-97.
Coulon F, Campo-Moreno P, Jiang Y, Longhurst P, Bardos P, Li X, Harries N, Jones K, Li H, Li F, Cao Y, Hu Q, Gao J, Chen M, Zhu Y-G & Cai C (2017) Promoting Sino-UK collaboration on developing low carbon and sustainable methodologies for Brownfields and marginal land re-use in China. SPF report 16AG15.
Coulon F, Bardos P, Harries N, Canning K, Chen M, Hu Q, Jones KC, Li F, Li H, Gomes D, Liu M, Liu R & Yang X (2016) Land contamination and brownfield management policy development in China: learning from the UK experience. SPF Report 15SU32. UK Science & Innovation Network.
Delille D, Pelletier E & Coulon F (2010) Do Fertilizers Help in Effective Bioremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Polar Soils?. In: Polar Microbiology. Bej, Aislabie, Atlas (ed.), CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group.
Delille D, Pelletier E, Coulon F, Feller G & Shivagi S (2005) Effectiveness of biostimulation techniques for cleaning of diesel polluted sub-Antarctic soils (Crozet Archipelago). In: In situ bioremediation and on site bioremediation, B.C. Alleman and M.E. Kelley.
Delille D, Pelletier E, Coulon F & Gerday C (2003) Effectiveness of bioremediation process in hydrocarbons contaminated subantarctic soils. In: In situ bioremediation and on site bioremediation, Magar, V.S.and Kelley,M.E..
Brassington K, Pollard SJT & Coulon F Weathered hydrocarbon biotransformation: implications for bioremediation, analysis and risk assessment. Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

Contact Professor Frederic Coulon

Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754981
Email: f.coulon@cranfield.ac.uk
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ORCID

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