Dr Dave Polya
Professor of Environmental Geochemistry
BSc (Hons) Tasmania 1982, PhD Manchester 1987
Room Number: G27 [Williamson Building]
Email: david.polya@manchester.ac.uk
Professional biography
RESEARCH
AquaTRAIN Marie Curie Research Training Network
Research Front Success for AquaTRAIN Scientists
CRASHH Seminar (Cambridge) on Geogenic Arsenic Risk
Recent Research Grants (as PI)
TEACHING
Course-Units Taught/Coordinated
Outreach [A-level]: Groundwater Arsenic Catastrophe in the East
ADMINISTRATION
DEFRA PHL
Organiser, AquaTRAIN Open Meeting on Geogenic Chemicals in European Groundwaters and Soils, 25 October 2007
Joint Organiser (with Michael Berg, EAWAG) of Workshop on Arsenic in Groundwaters of SE Asia with emphasis on Cambodia and Vietnam, 29-30 October 2007
Session Co-Organiser, Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface 8, 18-22 August 2008
Environmental Mineralogy Group / Mineralogical Society of GB & Ireland
Applied Mineralogy Group / Mineralogical Society of GB & Ireland
Organising Committee Arsenic 2010 Taiwan
Associate Editor, Mineralogical Magazine
Associate Editor, Journal of Water Quality, Exposure and Health
Associate Editor, Applied Geochemistry
Research Interests and Opportunities
My research interests are primarily in the (bio)geochemistry of water, both within the Earth's crust and on the surface, and how this impacts: (a) sustainable utilisation of groundwater as a resource, (b) ore formation processes, (c) geothermal or petroleum reservoir engineering ; and (d) behaviour and risk associated with geogenic and anthropogenic contaminants in groundwaters.
See our School (SEAES) and SCI webpages for competitively funded PhD opportunities, or for the AquaTRAIN MRTN website for short-term (typically 3 to 6 months) ESR positions as they arise during 2010.
2010
Polya, D.A., Polizzotto, M.L., Fendorf, S., Rodriguez-Lado, L., Hegan, A., Lawson, M., Rowland, H.A.L., Giri, A.K., Mondal, D., Sovann, C., Al Lawati, W.M.M., van Dongen, B.E., Gilbert, P. and Shantz, A. (2010) Arsenic in Groundaters of Cambodia in Irvine, K., Murphy, T., Vanchan, V. and Vermette, S. (Eds.) Water Resources and Development in Southeast Asia. Pearson Learning Solutions, SE Asia Centre, New York. pp. 31-56
Hery, M., van Dongen, B.E., Gill, F., Mondal, D., Vaughan, D.J., Pancost, R.D., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R. (2010) Arsenic release and attenuation in low organic carbon aquifer sediments from West Bengal. Geobiology, 8, 155-168.
2009
Polya, D.A., Mondal, D. And Giri, A.K. (2009) Quantification of deaths and DALYs arising from chronic exposure to arsenic in groundwaters utilized for drinking, cooking and irrigation of food crops in Preedy and Watson (Eds) Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 978-0-387-78665-0, pp. 702-728.
Polya, D.A. and Charlet, L. (2009) Rising arsenic risk ? Nature Geoscience, 2, 383-384.
H. A. L. Rowland, C. Boothman, R. Pancost, A. G. Gault, D. A. Polya, and J. R. Lloyd (2009) The Role of Indigenous Microorganisms in the Biodegradation of Naturally Occurring Petroleum, the Reduction of Iron, and the Mobilization of Arsenite from West Bengal Aquifer Sediments. J. Environ. Qual. 2009 38: 1598-1607.
2008
Polya, D.A., Berg, M., Gault, A.G. and Takahashi, Y. (2008) Arsenic in Groundwaters in South-East Asia with emphasis on Cambodia and Vietnam. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 2968-2976.Thinnappan, V., Merrifield, C.M., Islam, F.S., Polya, D.A., Wincott, P. and Wogelius, R.A. (2008) A combined experimental study of vivianite and As(V) reactivity in the pH range 2 to 11. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3187-3204.
Rodriguez-Lado, L., Polya, D.A., Winkel, L., Berg, M. and Hegan, A. (2008) Modelling arsenic hazard in groundwater in Cambodia: a geostatistical approach using ancillary data. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3010-3018.
Van Dongen, B.E., Rowland, H.A.L., Gault, A.G., Polya, D.A., Bryant, C.L. and Pancost, R.D. (2008) Organic matter sources in shallow reducing arsenic-bearing aquifer sediments from Cambodia and West Bengal. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3047-2058.
Hery, M., Gault, A.G., Rowland, H.A.L., Lear, G., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R. Molecular and cultivation-dependent analysis of metal-reducing bacteria implicated in arsenic mobilization in South East Asian aquifers (2008) . Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3215-3223
Mondal, D., Adamson, G.C.D., Nickson, R. and Polya, D.A. (2008) A comparison of two techniques for calculating groundwater arsenic-related lung, bladder and liver cancer disease burden using data from Chakdha Block, West Bengal. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 2998-3008
Mondal, D. and Polya, D.A. (2008) Rice is a major exposure route for arsenic in Chakdha Block, West Bengal: a Probabilistic Risk Assessment. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 2986-2997
Rowland, H.A.L., Gault, A.G., Lythgoe, P.R. and Polya, D.A. (2008) Geochemistry of aquifer sediments and arsenic-rich groundwaters in Cambodia. Applied Geochemistry, 23, 3029-3046
Mukherjee-Goswami, A., Nath, B., Jana, J., Sahu, S.J., Sarkar, M.J., Jacks, G., Bhattacharya, P., Mukherjee, A., Polya, D.A., Jean, J.-S. and Chatterjee, D. (2008) Hydrogeochemical behaviour of arsenic-enriched groundwater in the deltaic environment: comparison between two study sites in West Bengal, India. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 99, 22-30.
Cancès , B., Juillot, F., Morin, G., Laperche, V., Polya, D., Vaughan, D.J., Hazemann, J-L., Proux, O., Brown, G.E. Jr., and Calas, G. (2008) Changes in arsenic speciation through a contaminated soil profile: a XAS based study. Science of the Total Environment, 397, 178-189
Gault, A.G., Rowland, H.A.L., Charnock, J.M., Wogelius, R.A., Gomez-Morilla, I., Vong, S., Samreth, S., Sampson, M.L. and Polya, D.A. (2008) Arsenic in hair and nails of individuals exposed to arsenic-rich groundwaters in Kandal Province, Cambodia. Science of the Total Environment; 168-176.
2007
Charnock, J.M., Polya, D.A., Gault, A.G. and Wogelius, R.A. (2007) Coordination environment of arsenic in silicate minerals. American Mineralogist; 92, 1856-1861.Adamson, G.C.D. and Polya, D.A. (2007) Critical pathway analysis to determine key uncertainties in net impacts on disease burden in Bangladesh of arsenic mitigation involving the substitution of arsenic bearing groundwater drinking water supplies. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 42,1909-1917.
Pederick, R.L., Gault, A.G., Charnock, J.M., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R. (2007) Probing the Biogeochemistry of Arsenic: Response of Two Contrasting Aquifer Seidments from Cambodia to Stimulation by Arsenate and Ferric Iron. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 42, 1753-1774.
Rowland, H.A.L., Pederick, R.L., Polya, D.A., Pancost, R.A., van Dongen, B.E., Gault, A.G., Bryant, C., Anderson, B. Charnock, J.M., Vaughan, D.J. and Lloyd, J.R. (2007) Control of organic matter type of microbially mediated release of arsenic from contrasting shallow aquifer sediments from Cambodia Geobiology, 5, 281-292. [Link to Article]Brima, E.I., Jenkins, R.O., Gault, A.G., Polya, D.A., Lythgoe, P.R. and Haris, P.I. (2007) Does Ramadan Fasting Alter the Pattern of Urinary Arsenic Excretion. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9, 98-104.
Lear, G., Polya, D.A., Song, B., Gault, A.G. and Lloyd, J.R. (2007) Molecular Analysis of Arsenate-Reducing Bacteria within Cambodian Sediments Following Amendment with Acetate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, 1041-1048.
Cai, Y., Xue, J and Polya, D.A. (2007) A Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic study of Mg-rich, Mg-poor and acid leached palygorskites. Spectrochim. Acta, 66, 282-288
2006
Coker, V.S., Gault, A.G., Pearce, C.I., van der Laan, G., Telling, N.D., Charnock, J.M., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R.(2006) Incorporation of As(V) within biogenic nano-magnetite: A study using x-ray circular dichroism and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology; 40, 7745-7750.
Rowland, H.A.L., Polya, D.A., Lloyd, J.R. and Pancost, R.D. (2006) Characterisation of organic matter in a shallow, reducing, arsenic-rich aquifer, West Bengal. Organic Geochemistry, 37, 1101-1114
Brima, E., Haris, P.I., Jenkins, R.O., Polya, D.A., Gault, A.G. and Harrington, C.F. (2006) Understanding arsenic metabolism through a comparative study of arsenic levels in the urine, hair and fingernails of health volunteers from three unexposed ethnic groups in the United Kingdom, Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 216, 122-130
Charlet, L. and Polya, D.A. (2006) Arsenic hazard in shallow reducing groundwaters in southern Asia. Elements, 2, 91-96
2005
Islam, F.S., Pederick, R.L., Gault, A.G., Adams, L.K., Polya, D.A., Charnock, J.M. and Lloyd, J.R. (2005) Interactions between the Fe(III) reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens and arsenate, and capture of the metalloid by biogenic Fe(II). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 8642-8648.
Fraser, S., Polya, D., Lythgoe, P. and Insoll, T. (2005) Preminary work for the LA-ICP-MS Analysis of Carnelian Archaeological Artefacts. Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publication, 301, 213-224
Polya, D.A., Gault, A.G., Diebe, N., Feldmann, P., Rosenboom, J.W., Gilligan, E., Fredericks, D., Milton, A.H., Sampson, M., Rowland, H.A.L., Lythgoe, P.R., Jones, J.C., Middleton, C. and Cooke, D.A. (2005) Arsenic hazard in shallow Cambodian groundwaters Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 807-823.
Islam, F.S., Boothman, C., Gault, A.G., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R. (2005) Potential role of the Fe(III)-reducing bacteria Geobacter and Geothrix in controlling arsenic solubility in Bengal delta sediments. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 865-875
Rowland, H.A.L., Gault,A.G., Charnock, J.M. and Polya, D.A. (2005) Preservation and XANES determination of the oxidation state of solid phase arsenic species in shallow sedimentary aquifers in Bengal and Cambodia. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 825-839.
Gault, A.G., Islam, F.S., Polya, D.A., Charnock, J.M., Boothman, C. and Lloyd, J.R. (2005) Microcosm depth profiles of arsenic release in an arsenic contaminated aquifer, West Bengal. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 855-863.
Pascua, C., Charnock, J., Polya, D.A., Sato, T., Yokoyama, S. and Minato, M. (2005) As-bearing smectite from the geothermal environment. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 899-908.
Valsami-Jones, E., Polya, D.A. and Hudson-Edwards, K. (2005) Environmental geochemistry, mineralogy and health. Mineralogical Magazine, 69, 615-619.
Gault, A.G., Cooke, D.R., Townsend, A.T., Charnock, J.M. and Polya, D.A. (2005) Mechanisms of arsenic attenuation in acid mine drainage from Mount Bischoff, western Tasmanania. Science of the Total Environment, 345, 219-228.
Gault, A.G., Jana, J., Chakraborty, S., Mukherjee, P., Sarkar, M., Nath, B., Polya, D.A. and Chatterjee, D. (2005) Preservation strategies for inorganic arsenic species in high iron, low Eh groundwater from West Bengal, India. Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry, 381, 347-353.
2004
Islam, F.S., Gault, A.G., Boothman, C., Polya, D.A., Charnock, J.M., Chatterjee, D. and Lloyd, J.R. (2004) Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments. Nature, 430, 68-71.
Polya, D.A., Gault, A.G. and Charnock, J.M. (2004) Arsenic Crisis in Asia: Insights from Ultra-Dilute XAS. Synchrotron Radiation Department Annual Report 2003/2004. CCLRC Daresbury Laboratory, 62-63.
Insoll, T., Polya, D.A., Bhan, K., Irving, D. and Jarvis, K. (2004) Towards an understanding of the carnelian bead trade from Western India to sub-Saharan Africa: the application of UV-LA-ICP-MS to carnelian from Gujarat, India, and West Africa. Journal Archaeological Science, 31, 1161-1173.
Burnard, P.G. and Polya, D.A. (2004) Importance of mantle derived fluids during granite associated hydrothermal circulation: He and Ar isotopes of ore minerals from Panasqueira. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, 68, 1607-1615.
2003
Gault, A.G., Polya, D.A., Charnock, J.M., Islam, F.S., Lloyd, J.R. and Chatterjee, D. (2003) Preliminary EXAFS studies of solid phase speciation of arsenic in a West Bengali sediment. Mineralogical Magazine. 67, 1183-1191.
Polya D. A., Lythgoe P. R., Abou-Shakra F., Gault A. G., Brydie J. R., Webster J. G., Brown K. L., Nimfopoulos M. K., and Michailidis K. M. (2003) IC-ICP-MS and IC-ICP-HEX-MS determination of arsenic speciation in surface and groundwaters: preservation and analytical issues. Mineralogical Magazine 67(2), 247-261.
Gault A. J., Polya D. A., Lythgoe P. R., Farquhar M. L., Charnock J. M., and Wogelius R. A. (2003) Arsenic speciation in surface waters and sediments in a contaminated waterway: an IC-ICP-MS and XAS based study. Applied Geochemistry 18(9), 1387-1397.
Gault A. G., Polya D. A., and Lythgoe P. R. (2003) Seasonal variation of total dissolved arsenic and arsenic speciation in a polluted surface waterway. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 25(1), 77-85.
Brydie J. R. and Polya D. A. (2003) Metal dispersion in sediments and waters of the River Conwy draining the Llanrwst Mining Field, North Wales. Mineralogical Magazine 67(2), 289-304.
Polya, D.A., Gault, A.G., Bourne, N.J., Lythgoe, P.R. and Cooke, D.A. (2003) Coupled HPLC-ICP-MS analysis indicates highly hazardous concentrations of dissolved arsenic species are present in Cambodian wellwaters. IN Holland, G. and Tanner, S.D. (Eds) Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry: Applications and Emerging Technologies, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 127-140. Access to PDF. - reproduced with permision of the Royal Society of Chemistry. To purchase whole volume see: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/9781847551689
Gault, A.G., Davidson, L.E., Lythgoe, P.R., Polya, D.A., Abou-Shakra, F.R., Walker, H.J. and Chatterjee, D.(2003) Iron and arsenic speciation in groundwaters from West Bengal, India by coupled IC-ICP-MS utilising a hexapole collision cell. IN Holland, G. and Tanner, S.D. (Eds) Plasma Source Mass Spectrometry: Applications and Emerging Technologies, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, 112-126.
2002
Nimfopoulos, M.K., Hadjispyrou, S.A., Polya, D.A., Michailidis, K. and Trontsios, G. (2002) Geochemical conditions and environmental pollution from hydrothermal waters of the Anthemous Basin, Thessaloniki District, N. Greece. Proceedings 6th Congress Geographical Society of Greece, 428-436.
2001
Polya D. A., Woolley, E.M., Simonson, J.M. and Mesmer, R.E. (2001) Enthalpies of dilution of Na2CO3 (aq) and NaHCO3 (aq) to 523 K and 400 MPa. Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 33, 205-243.
Polya D. A. and Lythgoe P. R. (2001) Prediction of inorganic aqueous speciation: A useful tool for ICP-MS and IC-ICP-MS analysts. Royal Society Chemistry Special Publication, 267, 347-360.
Gault A. G., Polya D. A., and Lythgoe P. R. (2001) Arsenic speciation in contaminated urban waters, Accrington (UK) using IC-ICP-MS. Water-Rock Interaction, Vols 1 and 2, 1083-1086.
Gault A. G., Polya D. A., and Lythgoe P. R. (2001) Hyphenated IC-ICP-MS for the determination of arsenic speciation in acid mine drainage. Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publication, 267, 387-400.
Bewsher A. D., Polya D. A., Lythgoe P. R., Bruckshaw I. M., and Manning D. A. C. (2001) Analysis of fountain solutions for anionic components, including alkylbenzenesulfonates, carboxylates and polyphosphates, by a combination of ion-exchange and ion- exclusion chromatography and inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A 920(1-2), 247-253.
2000
Polya D. A., Foxford K. A., Stuart F., Boyce A., and Fallick A. E. (2000) Evolution and paragenetic context of low delta D hydrothermal fluids from the Panasqueira W-Sn deposit, Portugal: New evidence from microthermometric, stable isotope, noble gas and halogen analyses of primary fluid inclusions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64(19), 3357-3371.
Foxford K. A., Nicholson R., Polya D. A., and Hebblethwaite R. P. B. (2000) Extensional failure and hydraulic valving at Minas da Panasqueira, Portugal: evidence from vein spatial distributions, displacements and geometries. Journal of Structural Geology 22(8), 1065-1086.
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Recent Research Grants (as PI)
DIAMOND. 6 days beamtime I18. Contrasting mobilisation of arsenic in Holocene and Pleistocene Cambodian sediments amended by different organic matter sources . Awarded to Polya (PI) , Van Dongen, Lloyd, Hery (University of Manchester), Pancost (Bristol) June 2009. AP6/1801.
NERC £ 20,800 C-14 dating in relation to “Isotopic tracing of organic carbon and its role in arsenic release in a Cambodian Aquifer. Awarded to Polya (PI), Lawson, Ballentine, Van Dongen, Lloyd, Hery, Al Lawati (University of Manchester), Bryant (RCL), Boyce (SUERC, Fendorf, Polizzoto, Kocar (Stanford University, USA), Benner (Boise State University, USA), Pancost (Bristol) May 2009. Radiocarbon Analysis Allocation Number 1411.0409
DIAMOND. 6 days beamtime I18. Contrasting mobilisation of arsenic in Holocene and Pleistocene Cambodian sediments amended by different organic matter sources . Awarded to Polya (PI) , Van Dongen, Lloyd, Hery (University of Manchester), Pancost (Bristol) November 2008. AP5/1110.British Council /UKIERI £ 113 K PRAMA: Probabilisitic risk assessment modelling for mitigation of arsenic in groundwaters in West Bengal. Awarded to Polya (PI; UK Team Leader); Giri (IICB, Kolkata, India, India Team Leader). Standard Research Grant. March 2008
European Community Asia-Link EUR 619,867.00 CALIBRE: Cambodia and Laos Initiative for Building human Resources for the Environment. FP6 ASIALINK. Awarded to Polya (PI / Coordinator), Charlet (Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France), Dany (RUPP, Cambodia) & Phiphakkhavong (NUOL, Lao PDR). December 2007.
CCLRC 3 days beamtime Daresbury SRS"Molecular ecology of arsenic" Awarded to Polya (PI), Lloyd, Hery, Hegan & Omoregie, March 2008 (50/194)
NERC Isotope Geosciences Facilities Access (equiv. £ 9,000) Isotopic tracers (δD, δ180, δ13C) of surface derived components of arsenic rich shallow aquifers of SE Asia Awarded to Polya (PI) et al. Jan. 2008 (IP/1013/1107)
European Community FP6 Marie Curie RTN. Max. EUR 3,150,000.00 "AquaTRAIN: Geogenic Contaminants in Groundwaters and Soils: A Research Training Network", Sept 2006 (MRTN-CT-2006-035420). In partnership with Universite Joseph Fourier-Grenoble-I (France), Universiteit Utrecht (The Netherlands); Universitat de Girona (Spain), Kozep Europai Egyetem Alapitvany (Hungary), Commission of the European Communities - Directorate General Joint Research Centre, EAWAG (Switzerland), Technical University of Crete (Greece), BRGM (France), CNRS (France), de Montfort University (UK), The University of Aberdeen (UK), Universitatea Babes Bolyai (Romania), ETH Zuerich (Switzerland), VITO (Belgium)
CCLRC 10 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Microbially induced changes in iron mineralogy in Bengal Delta sediments: implications for adsorption/desorption of arsenic" Awarded to Polya, Gault, Lloyd, Vaughan & Wogelius, Sep. 2005 (45/224)
CCLRC 3 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Toenail arsenic speciation in southern Cambodia: an early biomarker for arsenic exposure" Awarded to Polya, Gault & Wogelius, Mar. 2005 (44/258)
CCLRC 12 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Microbially mediated transformation of iron and arsenic speciation in Bengal Delta sediments" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gault, Lloyd, Rowland, Pederick, Vaughan & Wogelius, Sep. 2004 (43/322)
British Council(Greece)/GSRT £ 3,100 (Manchester costs only)"Application of environmental magnetic techniques in detecting nanoparticle contamination" Awarded to Kondoloupou (IGME) & Polya (PIs), Artzemoglou (IGME) and Maher (Lancaster) , April 2004
CCLRC 10 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Solid phase speciation of iron & arsenic in sediments from arsenic contaminated aquifers in SE Asia" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gault, Lloyd, Islam, Vaughan, Wogelius & Pederick , February 2004 (42/217)
NERC £ 26,100 "C-14 Dating of Carbon Implicated in the Release of Arsenic into Shallow Groundwaters in Bengal and South-East Asia" Awarded to Polya (PI), Ballentine, Boyce (SUERC), Bryant (RCL), Fredericks (UNICEF), Lloyd and Gault , December 2003 (Radiocarbon Analysis Allocation No. 1029.0403)
EPSRC £ 259,653 "Nanoscale Biogeochemistry of Arsenic & Bioremediation of High Arsenic Groundwaters in Southern Asia" Awarded to Polya (PI), Lloyd, Vaughan & Wogelius, March 2003 (GR/S30207/01)
CCLRC 9 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Biogeochemical mechanisms of arsenic release to groundwaters in Cambodia: insights from X-ray absorption spectroscopy" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gault, Lloyd, Rowland & Islam, Sept. 2003 (41/120)
CCLRC 5 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Controls on Fe(III) reducing bacteria in releasing arsenic from Bengali sediments: EXAFS determination of changes in solid phase arsenic speciation",Awarded to Polya (PI), Lloyd, Islam, Rowland, Gault & Wogelius Mar 2003 (40/172)
CCLRC 2 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Microbially mediated release of arsenic from Bengali sediments: EXAFS determination of solid phase arsenic speciation" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gault, Lloyd, Islam & Wogelius, Sep 2002 (AP39)
CCLRC 2 days beamtime Daresbury SRS "Arsenic speciation in contaminated sediments of West Bengal: an XAS study" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gault & Wogelius, Mar 2002 (38/286)
NERC CONNECT A £ 5,102 "Hyphenated IC-ICP-HEX-MS: a new analytical method for investigating arsenic and iron speciation in low concentrations in natural waters" Awarded to Polya (PI), Gize, Vaughan, Lythgoe, Abou-Shakra (Micromass UK) & Speakman (Micromass UK), July 2001. (NER/E/S/2000/01363)
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Course-Units Taught/Coordinated
EART60451 Water Chemistry [co-ordinator]
EART60461 Water Movement [co-ordinator]
EART30181 Hydrogeology [co-ordinator]
EART30341 Hydrogeochemistry [with Ray Burgess (co-ordinator), Roy Wogelius & Chris Ballentine]
EART20151 Introductory Geochemistry [with Ray Burgess (co-ordinator), Roy Wogelius & Chris Ballentine]
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Outreach [A-level]
Groundwater Arsenic Catastrophe in the East
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Useful Links
Report on Joint CCLRC Daresbury/Manchester Meeting on Developments in the Understanding of the Biogeochemistry of Arsenic held at CCLRC Daresbury 21 September 2004
Links to Arsenic Research Groups & Information
Miscellaneous Links
Directories
Societies & Specialist Groups
Employment & Volunteer Opportunities
Teaching Resources & Support Services
Report on Joint CCLRC Daresbury/Manchester Meeting on Developments in the Understanding of the Biogeochemistry of Arsenic held at CCLRC Daresbury 21 September 2004
Links to Arsenic Research Groups & Information
Miscellaneous Links
Directories
Societies & Specialist Groups
Employment & Volunteer Opportunities
Teaching Resources & Support Services
Manual of Academic Procedures (University of Manchester) (Ver 0)
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Research groups
Specific research interests
Hydrogeochemistry, Mineral Deposits, Environmental & Analytical Geochemistry
Teaching
Recent and forthcoming publications
Polya, D.A., Mondal, D. And Giri, A.K. (2010) Quantification of deaths and DALYs arising from chronic exposure to arsenic in groundwaters utilized for drinking, cooking and irrigation of food crops in Preedy and Watson (Eds) Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures, Springer-Verlag, in press. [INVITED CONTRIBUTION] ISBN: 978-0-387-78665-0
Polya, D.A., Polizzotto, M.L., Fendorf, S., Rodriguez-Lado, L., Hegan, A., Lawson, M., Rowland, H.A.L., Giri, A.K., Mondal, D., Sovann, C., Al Lawati, W.M.M., van Dongen, B.E., Gilbert, P. and Shantz, A. (2010) Arsenic in Groundaters of Cambodia in Irvine, K., Murphy, T., Vanchan, V. and Vermette, S. (Eds.) Water Resources and Development in Southeast Asia. SE Asia Centre, New York. 14pp. in press. [INVITED CONTRIBUTION]
Hery, M., van Dongen, B.E., Gill, F., Mondal, D., Vaughan, D.J., Pancost, R.D., Polya, D.A. and Lloyd, J.R. (2010) Arsenic release and attenuation in low organic carbon aquifer sediments from West Bengal. Geobiology, in press.