Mortimer, Professor Robert

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Mortimer, Professor Robert

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r.mortimer@yorksj.ac.uk

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Vice Chancellor's Office

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Job title:

PVC: Research & Knowledge Transfer

Biography:

Professor Rob Mortimer joined York St John University in December 2020 and leads the University’s Research, Enterprise and Knowledge Transfer strategy. Professor Mortimer is an Environmental Geochemist who works on the cycling of nutrients and trace metals in the environment, and their impact on ecology and biodiversity. He has received research funding from a range of government and industry sources, including: AERC; BNFL; British Council; Environment Agency; EPSRC; EU Marie Curie; Irish EPA; Komex; Leverhulme Trust; NERC; Royal Society; Tarmac; Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust.

Qualifications:

Professor Mortimer is a member of the Natural Environment Research Council Peer Review College and a Grant Assessor for the Australian Research Council. He is fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Geological Society.

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Shi, Haiyi, Chen, Ying, Zhao, Hui, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861 and Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018 (2025) Impact of Tropical Cyclone on Coastal Phytoplankton Blooms and Underlying Mechanisms. Journal of Hydrology, 59 (10238).
Pietkiewicz, Helen, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Hirst, Andrew, Lewis, Jonathan P., Clarke, Lucy and Little, Sally (2025) Artificial barriers and estuarine squeeze: A novel assessment of estuarine vulnerability to climate change and sea level rise. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. (In Press)
Sun, Chuanzhe, Gong, Wanqing, Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Yao, Enqin, Wen, Shuailong, Chen, Musong and Zhong, Jicheng (2024) Comprehensive effects of sediment dredging on environmental risk and bioavailability of heavy metals from the sediment of Lake Taihu, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 484.
King, David, Watts, Michael, Hamilton, Elliott, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Coffey, Michael, Osano, Odipo and Di Bonito, Marcello (2024) Mercury speciation in environmental samples associated with artisanal small-scale gold mines using a novel solid-phase extraction approach to sample collection and preservation. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 46 (11).
King, David C. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8881-9154, Watts, Michael J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0379-8401, Hamilton, Elliott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9437-5238, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Coffey, Mike, Osano, Odipo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9542-9798, Ondayo, Maureene Auma and Di Bonito, Marcello (2024) Field method for preservation of total mercury in waters, including those associated with artisanal scale gold mining †. Analytical Methods, 16 (17). pp. 2669-2677.
Lyu, Tao, Wu, Yuncheng, Zhang, Yang, Fan, Wei, Wu, Shubiao, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861 and Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018 (2023) Nanobubble aeration enhanced wastewater treatment and bioenergy generation in constructed wetlands coupled with microbial fuel cells. The Science of the total environment, 895. p. 165131.
Sun, Chuanzhe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-6391, Zhong, Jicheng, Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Yu, Juhua, Wen, Shuailong, Zhang, Lei, Yin, Hongbin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7290-2500 and Fan, Chengxin (2023) Controlling internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading using Ca-poor soil capping in shallow eutrophic lakes: Long-term effects and mechanisms. Water Research, 233. p. 119797.
King, David C. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8881-9154, Watts, Michael J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0379-8401, Hamilton, Elliott M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9437-5238, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Kilgour, David P. A. and Di Bonito, Marcello (2023) The present and potential future of aqueous mercury preservation: a review. Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts, 25 (3). pp. 351-363.
Chen, Ying, Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861 and Zhao, Hui (2022) Possible Mechanism of Phytoplankton Blooms at the Sea Surface after Tropical Cyclones. Remote Sensing, 14 (24). p. 6207.
Su, Jing, Lyu, Tao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-8103, Cooper, Mick, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861 and Pan, Gang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0920-3018 (2021) Efficient arsenic removal by a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst through simultaneous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) catalytic oxidation and adsorption. Journal of Cleaner Production, 325. p. 129329.

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1	Effects of elevated sulfate in eutrophic waters on the internal phosphate release under oxic conditions across the sediment-water interface	62	40
2	Hydrothermal carbonization of microalgae for phosphorus recycling from wastewater to crop-soil systems as slow-release fertilizers	61
3	Enhanced chitosan flocculation for microalgae harvesting using electrolysis	60	103
4	Efficient arsenic removal by a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst through simultaneous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) catalytic oxidation and adsorption	57	29
5	Utilization of coal fly ash waste for effective recapture of phosphorus from waters	57	23
6	Reoxidation of estuarine sediments during simulated resuspension events: Effects on nutrient and trace metal mobilisation	54	35
7	Evaluating water quality and ecotoxicology assessment techniques using data from a lead and zinc effected upland limestone catchment	54	29
8	Cryogenic circulation for indoor air pollution control	52	12
9	Sediment-water exchange of nutrients in the intertidal zone of the Humber estuary, UK	52
10	Mycoremediation of petroleum contaminated soils: Progress, prospects and perspectives	49	233