We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the NERC consortium project LiFT: Lithium for Future Technology (https://twitter.com/Li4FutureTech). This NERC funded post is available […]
Research news
New member: Eliana Molina
I’m originally from the department of Cauca, Colombia, a renowned mining district in the country. Then I moved to Manizales to do my undergraduate degree […]
Lithium for Future Technology
We have just been awarded a NERC highlight topic grant for ‘Lithium for Future Technology’. This is a consortium led by the British Geological Survey […]
Lisa Heinz
I grew up in Southwest Germany, where I worked as a cave guide long before I started my undergraduate studies in Geosciences. During my Master’s […]
PhD available – The influence of subsurface microbiology on geoenergy systems
A geoenergy renaissance is required for a low carbon economy and energy security of supply. Geoenergy systems that have been proposed include disused coal workings […]
PhD available – Natural biogeochemistry of lithium: resource formation, biorecovery and environmental impacts
Lithium will power our low-carbon future. It is essential for lightweight batteries used to store renewable energy and power electric cars. There are three main […]
NEMO video release
The NEMO video describing what we are doing in the project has been launched. There is a short version and a long version. Watch it […]
Elin Jennings
I am from a small town in Wales called Llandovery. After doing my undergraduate I found this amazing PhD opportunity at Cornwall. I have visited […]
Fungi and bacteria naturally cleaning up pollution from former mining activities
In a secluded corner of the Mendip Hills can be found a nature reserve with a surprising history of ancient Roman mining, an 1863 lawsuit […]
First NEMO project paper from our group published
Carmen Falagan, David Dew and Karen Hudson-Edwards are co-authors on the newly published paper ‘Bioleaching to reprocess sulfidic polymetallic primary mining residues: Determination of metal […]