The University of Sheffield
Pennine Water Group

The Pennine Water Group Team

Current Management Team

Name Technical Lead Email Phone
Professor Adrian Saul

Director of PWG/ Sustainable Integrated Systems

a.j.saul@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5068
Professor Catherine Biggs Bio-Engineering c.biggs@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 7510
Professor Joby Boxall Potable Water Research j.b.boxall@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5760
Professor Kirill Horoshenkov Adaptative Sensors k.horoshenkov@bradford.ac.uk +44 (0) 1274 233867
Dr Liz Sharp Engagement & Governance e.sharp@bradford.ac.uk +44 (0) 1274 235494
Professor Simon Tait Pollution & Sewer Systems s.tait@bradford.ac.uk +44 (0) 1274 233878
Professor Issy Caffoor Industry Liaison Manager & External Affairs i.caffoor@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5725
Miss Lindsay Hopcroft Senior Clerical Officer for Pennine Water Group l.hopcroft@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5761

Academic Staff

Name Position Email Phone
Professor Richard Ashley Professor r.ashley@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 7850 722626
Professor Stephen Beck Professor s.beck@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 7730
Dr Wernher Brevis Lecturer w.brevis@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5709
Dr Richard Collins Lecturer r.p.collins@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5715
Dr Robert Edyvean Reader r.edyvean@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 7506
Dr Henriette Jensen Lecturer h.s.jensen@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 8254
Dr Georges Kesserwani Lecturer in Catchment Science g.kesserwani@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5746
Professor David Lerner Professor d.n.lerner@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5743
Ms Linda Lewis Senior Lecturer l.a.lewis@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 3428
Dr Susan Molyneux-Hodgson Senior Lecturer s.hodgson@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 7490
Dr Alma Schellart Lecturer a.schellart@bradford.ac.uk +44 (0) 1274 234552
Dr James Shucksmith Lecturer j.shucksmith@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5706
Dr Virginia Stovin Senior Lecturer v.stovin@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5051
Prof Will Zimmerman Professor w.zimmerman@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 7517

Research Staff

Name Position Email Phone
Mr Christian Berretta Research Fellow (Marie Curie) c.berretta@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5732
Mr John Blanksby Senior Research Fellow j.blanksby@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5750
Dr Simon Doncaster Research Associate s.doncaster@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5416/ 5732
Dr Isabel Douterelo Research Associate i.douterelo@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Dr Stewart Husband Research Associate s.husband@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5416/ 5732
Dr Anton Krynkin Research Fellow a.krynkin@bradford.ac.uk TBC
Dr John Machell Research Fellow j.machell@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5750
Ms Sarah Moore Research Associate s.moore@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 6280
Dr Steve Mounce Research Fellow s.r.mounce@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5750
Ms Sonja Ostojin KTP Associate s.ostojin@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Dr Sekar Raju Research Fellow (Marie Curie) s.raju@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 0062/ 7594
Mr Paul Raven Research Assistant p.raven@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Gavin Sailor Research Assistant g.sailor@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 7770 372 179
Dr Will Shepherd Research Associate w.shepherd@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5732
Dr Louise Walker (Hurley) Research Associate louise.walker@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5750

PhD Students

Name Project Email Phone
Mr Wameath Abdul-Majeed Heavy metal detection in water. cpp08wsa@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Mahmood Al-Mashhadani Process integration of gases in wastewater treatment for algal biomass growth. cpp08mka@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Matthew Badger IDC STREAM Studentship:  Surface water management strategies. idp11mb@sheffield.ac.uk Contact Prof Adrian Saul
Mr Tim Balhatchet DTC E-Futures Studentship:  The first water-neutral steel plant. dtp10tbb@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Paul Bennett Time-dependent modelling of solute transport in urban drainage structures cip07pb@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5732
Ms Claire Cannon Retrofitting Sustainable Drainage Systems c.cannon@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5732
Mr Patrick Cooney IDC STREAM Studentship idp09pjc@sheffield.ac.uk Contact Prof Adrian Saul
Ms Kate Ellis IDC STREAM Studentship Kate.Ellis@sheffield.ac.uk Contact Prof Catherine Biggs
Ms Katherine Fish Micropipe: Environmental controls on micro-organisms in water distribution systems cip09kef@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Will Furnass Water Quality Modelling wrfurnass1@sheffield.ac.uk TBC
Mr Nan Guo Performance and operational management of CSO with whole life costing approach n.guo@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Will Hampson Understanding the effect of dynamic shock loadings in causing leakage and water quality failures in water distribution systems. cip09wjh@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5732
Mr James Hanotu Algal biomass growth: Effect of flotation on enhancement. cpp09joh@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Ramon Husein Stormwater management in Barbados. cib08rh@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Steven Kennedy Stakeholder management and sustainable development s.p.kennedy@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 3498
Ms Cathy Knamiller Public engagement with water demand management interventions c.a.knamiller@bradford.ac.uk +44 (0) 1274 234234
Mr Antony Leeder Application of Latest Field Instrumentation for Derivation of New Knowledge in Water Distribution Systems a.leeder@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Thomas Norris IDC STREAM Studentship: Sewerage management at an integrated scale. TDNorris1@sheffield.ac.uk Contact Prof Adrian Saul
Mr Simon Poe The influence of physical characteristics on green roof hydrological performance cip08srp@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mrs Bharathi Ramalingam Role of quorum sensing in environmental cell to cell interactions. cpq08br@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Matteo Rubinato Interaction of above and below ground urban floods. m.rubinato@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Miss Nuridah (Ida) Sabtu Hydraulic interaction between the above and below ground drainage systems via gully inlets cip07ns@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Miss Rebecca Sharpe Laboratory investigations into the processes which lead to discoloured potable water cip08rls@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5767
Mr Gianni Vesuviano Green roofs - performance cip09gmv@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr Kieran Williams Sewer sediment management cip06kw@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5416
Mr Kezhen Ying Algal biomass growth: Continuous CO2 dosing with microbubbles. cpp09ky@sheffield.ac.uk Tbc
Mr JingJing Zhou Flood risk management cip04jz@sheffield.ac.uk +44 (0) 114 222 5416