Associate Fellows

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The global cancer burden is growing and patient outlook remains poor for many types of cancer, particularly in low-middle income countries. Despite advances in curative treatments in recent decades, these alone are not enough to solve the World's cancer problem. My research aims to investigate how environment and lifestyle factors affect our risk of getting cancer using novel aetiologial approaches to identify new risk factors, contributing knowledge to primary prevention and early detection strategies.  

Kiri is an environmental geochemist, with an analytical chemistry background. She is currently researching “anti-microbial resistance in the real world”, which explores the influence of historical industrial significance and its pollution-related effects on multiple-antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, and how it currently impacts public-, agricultural, and environmental health. This project includes using microbiological and geochemical analysis techniques. 

Previous research includes the use of analytical chemistry and speciation methods to aid waste management, water quality and environmental issues, particularly regarding the steel industry. She has been at the forefront of interdisciplinary research with my current role involving a combination of geochemical analysis with prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbiology to understand contaminated estuarine ecosystems. This has also enabled me to develop my communication skills cross disciplinary and become proficient in microbiology and molecular biology techniques, not only with academics but also with industry and Environmental Agencies.

Olivier is the Quality Manager at the British Geological Survey's ISO 17025-accredited Inorganic Geochemistry facility, supporting research on the interactions between environmental pollution, food security, and human health. His research interests include: developing environmental forensic tracer tools and GIS-based risk modelling; linking food security and human health; assessing rapid nutrient dynamics using specialist ICP-MS/MS applications and laboratory QA/QC training and capacity strengthening 

Carlos E. Monteiro is an integrated researcher in the Sustainable Analytical Chemistry Laboratory at Centro de Química Estrutural (CQE), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST)-University of Lisbon (UL). His work is focused on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Geochemistry and Oceanography. His research is mainly focused on trace element geochemistry in aquatic systems and urban surroundings: sources, distribution and fate, speciation and reactivity, elemental fluxes, bioaccumulation and biotransformation, with a special emphasis on priority pollutants and emerging metallic contaminants mainly from the group of Technology-Critical Elements (TCEs). In addition, his research interests are also focused on the development and/or optimization of proper analytical methods for their determination in complex environmental matrices, including the search for green innovative strategies to tackle environmental sample pre-treatment and element analysis. He has been involved in several competitive national/international projects (e.g., from the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT), Interreg Atlantic Area, EU COST Actions), published in reputable international peer-reviewed journals, actively participated in the organization of several scientific events, and has disseminated his research work in several international/national events. He has been providing tutorial support and co-supervising students at all levels.