Dr Michael Watts

Dr Michael Watts Facility Leader \- Inorganic Geochemistry

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3042

E-mail Dr Michael Watts

Biography

  •  2012 :  Facility Leader Inorganic Geochemistry laboratories
  •  2001 :  Environmental Chemist - BGS
  •  2001 :  PhD University of Surrey
  •  1998 :  MSc University of Surrey
  •  1997 :  BSc (Hons) Sheffield Hallam University and University of Lille

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Environmental risk of As and other metals in Groundwater and other exposure routes: Health Protection Agency, University of Manchester.
  •  Micronutrient deficiencies / crop biofortification strategies: University of Nottingham, Government of Malawi, Bunda College
  •  Micronutrient deficiencies- Fauji Fertiliser Company-Pakistan
  •  Pollution biomonitoring on the Sundarban wetlands - University of Calcutta.

Research interests

  •  Ecosystem and human health - methods for assessing risk & routes of exposure to metals, in particular arsenic.
  •  Elemental speciation / Specialist ICP-MS applications.
  •  Micronutrient deficiencies - linked to Food Security and human health

Professional association

  •  International Board Member for the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health - webmaster for www.segh.net
  •  Royal Society of Chemistry Member

Published outputs