Professor Robert Mortimer

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Professor Robert Mortimer

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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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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.
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.
Xu, Rui, Lyu, Tao ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-8103, Wang, Lijing ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8470-9372, Yuan, Yuting ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1887-1790, Zhang, Meiyi, Cooper, Mick, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Yang, Queping and Pan, Gang (2022) Utilization of coal fly ash waste for effective recapture of phosphorus from waters. Chemosphere, 287. p. 132431.
Chen, Jun, Zhang, Honggang, Liu, Lixuan, Zhang, Jing, Cooper, Mick, Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861 and Pan, Gang (2021) Effects of elevated sulfate in eutrophic waters on the internal phosphate release under oxic conditions across the sediment-water interface. Science of the Total Environment, 790. p. 148010.
Haddaway, N.R., Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Christmas, M. and Dunn, A.M. (2013) Effect of pH on growth and survival in the freshwater crayfish austropotamobius pallipes. Freshwater Crayfish, 19 (1). pp. 53-62.
Imhoff, E.M., Mortimer, Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1292-8861, Christmas, M. and Dunn, A.M. (2011) Invasion progress of the signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus (dana)) and displacement of the native white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes (lereboullet)) in the River Wharfe, UK. Freshwater Crayfish, 18 (1). pp. 45-53.

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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	42	18
2	The effect of macrofauna on porewater profiles and nutrient fluxes in the intertidal zone of the Humber Estuary	38
3	Enhanced chitosan flocculation for microalgae harvesting using electrolysis	37	25
4	Utilization of coal fly ash waste for effective recapture of phosphorus from waters	37	2
5	Mycoremediation of petroleum contaminated soils: Progress, prospects and perspectives	35	161
6	Nanobubble Technology in Environmental Engineering: Revolutionization Potential and Challenges	34	32
7	Determination of nitrate in small water samples (100 μL) by the cadmium-copper reduction method: A manual technique with application to the interstitial waters of marine sediments	34
8	Efficient arsenic removal by a bifunctional heterogeneous catalyst through simultaneous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) catalytic oxidation and adsorption	33	3
9	Diversity patterns of benthic bacterial communities along the salinity continuum of the Humber estuary (UK)	32	29
10	Microbial influence on the oxygen isotopic composition of diagenetic siderite	30