Dr Henriette S. Jensen
MEng, PhD
Tel: +44 (0)114 222 8254
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 7501
Email: h.s.jensen@sheffield.ac.uk
Chemical and Biological Engineering
The University of Sheffield
Sir Robert Hadfield Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Research Interests
- Sewer process modelling
- Hydrogen sulphide induced corrosion
- Microbial ecology in urban water systems
- Synthetic biology
- Odour problems
Biography
I completed my PhD in environmental engineering at Aalborg University in Denmark in 2008 where I also studied for a five year MEng in environmental engineering, graduating in 2005. My PhD was entitled “Hydrogen sulphide induced concrete corrosion of sewer networks” and was carried out within the Sewer Processes and Networks research group.
After completing my PhD, I took a position as Postdoctoral researcher here at the University of Sheffield first to work on a project entitled “Microbiology in Urban Water Systems”. And later on the project “Deploying synthetic biology in the water industry”
In 2011 I was awarded a lectureship here in Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Throughout my employment at University of Sheffield I have been a member of the Pennine Water Group.
Key Papers
Jensen, H. S., A. H. Nielsen, T. Hvitved-Jacobsen and J. Vollertsen (2009) Modelling of hydrogen sulphide oxidation in concrete corrosion products from sewer pipes. Water Environment Research 81 (4) 365-373.
Jensen, H. S., P. Lens, J. L. Nielsen, K. Bester, A. H. Nielsen, T. Hvitved-Jacobsen and J. Vollertsen (2011). Growth kinetics of hydrogen sulfide oxidizing bacteria in corroded concrete from sewers. Accepted for publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials, G16 special issue.
Jensen, H. S., A. H. Nielsen, P.N.L Lens, T. Hvitved-Jacobsen and J. Vollertsen (2009) Hydrogen sulfide removal by corroding concrete - a comparison between surface removal rates and biomass activity. Environmental Technology 30 (12) 1291-1296.
Jensen, H. S., A. H. Nielsen, T. Hvitved-Jacobsen and J. Vollertsen (2008) Survival of hydrogen sulfide oxidizing bacteria on corroded concrete surfaces of sewer systems. Water Science and Technology 57(11) 1721-1726.
Vollertsen, J., A. H. Nielsen, H. S. Jensen, T. Wium-Andersen, T. Hvitved-Jacobsen (2008) Corrosion of concrete sewers: The kinetics of hydrogen sulfide oxidation. Science of the Total Environment 394 (1) 162-170
Teaching
To be confirmed for Autumn semester 2011-12.