Dr. Richard Lord

Dr Richard Alastair Lord is currently Senior Lecturer in Engineering Geoscience at the Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow where he leads the Circular Land And Water research group. After graduating in Geology with geochemistry from Bristol University in 1985 he was awarded a PhD in geochemistry for research on the ophiolite complex on Unst, Shetland, from the Open University in 1992. He has 37 years postgraduate experience of research, teaching and business support activities in exploration geochemistry, applied, environmental & engineering geology, bioremediation, soil remediation, waste recycling and geo-environmental engineering. His current research interests include the sustainable reuse of brownfield sites and contaminated land through nature-based approaches, including phyto-remediation and the reuse of wastes. He is currently PI for the Interreg NWE SURICATES project investigating the beneficial reuse of dredged sediment, and the CERESIS H2020 project growing bioenergy crops on contaminated land.