{"id":20829,"date":"2020-03-05T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/sorensen-james\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:10:56","slug":"sorensen-james","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/people\/sorensen-james\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr James Sorensen"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"content-section\" id=\"tabs\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-menu\"><li class=\"active\"><h5><a href=\"#tabs-1\">Biography<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-2\">Research<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-3\">Publications<\/a><\/h5><\/li><li ><h5><a href=\"#tabs-4\">Awards &amp; associations<\/a><\/h5><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container tabs-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-1\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>James Sorensen&#8217;s Biography<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>2008 \u2013 ongoing : Hydrogeologist, British Geological Survey<\/li>\n<li>2022 : PhD, Geography, University College London<\/li>\n<li>2008 : MSc (distinction), Hydrogeology, University of Leeds<\/li>\n<li>2007 : Hydrogeologist\/Environment Scientist, Mouchel<\/li>\n<li>2007 : Hydrogeologist\/Environmental Scientist, Atkins<\/li>\n<li>2006 : BSc (Hons) 1st class, Environmental Science, Lancaster University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-2\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Agrochemicals in groundwater<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater and development<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater monitoring<\/li>\n<li>Groundwater recharge<\/li>\n<li>Novel field techniques<\/li>\n<li>Potential impacts of carbon dioxide storage schemes on freshwater aquifers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Current projects and collaborations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>TerraFIRMA \u2013 Future Impacts, Risks and Mitigation Actions in a changing Earth system<\/li>\n<li>Malta \u2013 Designing a nationwide groundwater monitoring network<\/li>\n<li>Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) &#8211; Designing groundwater infrastructure to facilitate the hydrological science and innovation to make the UK more adaptable and resilient to floods and droughts<\/li>\n<li>Fluorescence spectroscopy for the real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water<\/li>\n<li>Real-time groundwater flooding alert system<\/li>\n<li>Viruses in UK Groundwater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-3\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Publications<\/strong><br \/>\n<a class=\"bodyLink\" href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/view\/author\/4700.date.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NERC Open Research Archive \u2014 James Sorensen<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"clearLeft\"><strong>Key papers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Nayebare, J, Carr, A F, and Lyness, R., et al. \u00a02021. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy is a more rapid and resilient indicator of faecal contamination risk in drinking water than faecal indicator organisms. <em>Water Research<\/em>, 206, 117734.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Aldous, P, Bunting, S Y, and McNally, S, et al. 2021. Seasonality of enteric viruses in groundwater-derived public water sources. <em>Water Research<\/em>, 207, 117813.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Davies, J, Ebrahim, G Y, et al. 2021. The influence of groundwater abstraction on interpreting climate controls and extreme recharge events from well hydrographs in semi-arid South Africa. <em>Hydrogeology Journal<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Diaw, M T, Pouye, A, and Roffo, R, et al. 2020. In-situ fluorescence spectroscopy indicates total bacterial abundance and dissolved organic carbon. <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, 738, 139419.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Carr, A F, Nayebare, J, and Diongue, D M, et al. 2020. Tryptophan-like and humic-like fluorophores are extracellular in groundwater: implications as real-time faecal indicators. <em>Scientific reports<\/em>, 10(1), 15379.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Vivanco, A, Ascott, M J, Gooddy, D C, Lapworth, D J, Read, D S. et al. 2018. Online fluorescence spectroscopy for the real-time evaluation of the microbial quality of drinking water. <em>Water research<\/em>, 137, 301-309.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P, Baker, A, Cumberland, S A, Lapworth, D J, MacDonald, A M, Pedley, S. et al. 2018. Real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water with tryptophan-like fluorescence: defining threshold values. <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, 622, 1250-1257.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Sadhu, A, Sampath, G, Sugden, S, Dutta Gupta, S, Lapworth, D J, Marchant, B P, and Pedley, S. 2016. Are sanitation interventions a threat to drinking water supplies in rural India? An application of tryptophan-like fluorescence. <em>Water Research<\/em>, 88. 923-932.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Lapworth, D J, Nkhuwa, D C W, Stuart, M E, Gooddy, D C, Bell, R A. et al. 2015. Emerging contaminants in urban groundwater sources in Africa. <em>Water research<\/em>, 72, 51-63.<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Lapworth, D J, Marchant, B P, Nkhuwa, D C W, Pedley, S. et al. 2015. In-situ tryptophan-like fluorescence: a real-time indicator of faecal contamination in drinking water supplies. <em>Water Research<\/em>, 81, 38-46<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Lapworth, D J, Read, D S, Nkhuwa, D C W, Bell, R A, Chibesa, M, Chirwa, M, Kabika, J, Liemisa, M, and Pedley, S. 2015. Tracing enteric pathogen contamination in sub-Saharan African groundwater. <em>Science of the Total Environment<\/em>, 538. 888-895. 10.1016\/j.scitotenv.2015.08.119<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Butcher, A S, Stuart, M E, Townsend, B R. 2015. Nitrate fluctuations at the water table: implications for recharge processes and solute transport in the Chalk aquifer. <em>Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 29 (15). 3355-3367. 10.1002\/hyp.10447<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Finch, J W, Ireson, A M, and Jackson, C R. 2014. Comparison of varied complexity models simulating recharge at the field-scale. <em>Hydrological Processes<\/em>, 28(4), 2091-2102<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, Maurice, L, Edwards, F K, Lapworth, D J, Read, D S. et al. 2013. Using boreholes as windows into groundwater ecosystems. <em>PloS one<\/em>, 8(7), e70264<\/li>\n<li>Sorensen, J P R, and Butcher, A S. 2011. Water level monitoring pressure transducers : a need for industry-wide standards. <em>Ground Water Monitoring &amp; Remediation<\/em>, 31 (4). 56-62. 10.1111\/j.1745-6592.2011.01346.x<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"tabs-4\"><div class=\"col-12\"><p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>2007 Postgraduate full fee scholarship (Leeds University)<\/li>\n<li>2008 WYG Prize for academic achievement (Leeds University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>Member of the Internation Association of Hydrogeologists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":22206,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"37308,79934,68790,17592,21316,57790","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"tags":[],"bgs_role":[180],"level":[],"location":[162],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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