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LEC PhD Student Awarded Prestigious Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship
Blessing Obinaju, a LEC PhD Student in the Chemical Management theme, has been awarded a prestigious Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship.
Fri 23 March 2012
Catchment Conference explores managing agriculture for economic and environmental benefits
Phil Haygarth (LEC), Phil Jordan (Taegasc) and Bob Harris (Defra) co-organised a successful 3 day international Conference 'Catchment Science 2011' at the Mansion House, Dublin (14-16th September).
Thu 29 September 2011
PhD projects on chemical management, risk assessment and environmental chemistry in China
Lancaster Environment Centre, Unilever and research and collaborative partners in China are combining to recruit and supervise 3 PhD projects. We are looking for enthusiastic candidates with the following backgrounds:
Wed 4 May 2011
LEC Researcher develops pain-free uterine disease detection
A potential non-invasive method to detect endometriosis by acquiring a spectral signature of the uterus has been developed by Francis Martin and colleagues from Lancaster University.
Wed 13 April 2011
Funded PhD-Understanding pesticide photodegradation & persistence in protected-crop environments
Supervisors: Prof Nigel Paul and Dr Crispin Halsall (Lancaster Environment Centre)
Wed 30 March 2011
LEC researcher featured in Nature article
A LEC paper examining the evidence for emissions of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the West African Region was featured by Nature in its news section this week.
Mon 24 January 2011
Chemicals management in China
A high profile International workshop was held on the 14th and 15th December 2010 in Shanghai. Under the auspices of the RC-UK China Bridge program, the workshop was funded by Unilever and jointly organised by the Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (Unilever), Lancaster Environment Centre and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
Mon 10 January 2011
Two Funded PhD Studentships in the Centre for Chemicals Management
The Centre for Chemicals Management is looking for candidates for two MPhil/PhD studentships to undertake projects on the fate and behaviour of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the environment.
Fri 13 August 2010
LEC research on organic contaminants in the news
Two recent articles from Prof Kevin Jones' team in LEC's Centre for Chemicals Management have attracted media attention in recent weeks.
Thu 12 August 2010
Air pollution meeting success for LEC researcher
Frank Martin organized a very successful meeting on the effects of air pollution in London on 13th November 2009.
Tue 1 December 2009