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Lee Bryant is a Lecturer in the Water, Environment and Infrastructure Research (WEIR) group within the Architecture and Civil Engineering Dept. Her research interests include biogeochemistry and cross-media mass transfer with a link to sustainable geoenvironmental engineering. Her key focus is characterising how sediment-water fluxes influence water quality in lakes, drinking-water supply reservoirs and oceans.
Research
Lee’s research is based on how turbulence and oxygen levels, both natural (e.g., via wind) and engineered (e.g., via hypolimnetic oxygenation systems), affect the 1) biogeochemical cycling of nutrients and metals and 2) corresponding water quality and ecosystem health.
Lee’s expertise and research focuses on biogeochemical cycling in aquatic systems with specialization in the mass transport of oxygen, metals and nutrients within the water column and at the sediment-water interface within both marine and freshwater systems. She typically uses a largely field-based approach to her research and has a solid background in using in water-quality-based in situ sampling and the use of microsensor and voltammetric technology to monitor and model these processes. Her research group is currently focusing on:
- The influence of aeration on the biogeochemistry of drinking-water-supply reservoirs
- Effects of seasonal algal blooms on marine benthic oxygen dynamics
- The geochemical, microbial and hydrologic characteristics of storm runoff loads within an informal settlement
- The influence of bioturbation and respiration on oxygen and trace metal cycling
Willing to supervise doctoral students
Interested in supervising students studying:
- Biogeochemical cycling
- Lake and reservoir management
- Using oxygenation and other engineered methods to improve and/or maintain water quality
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Sowing the seeds of the 'good city': urban agriculture, sustainable livelihoods and wellbeing in Freetown, Sierra Leone
30/04/22 → 29/04/24
Project: Research council
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Diatom sensing and communication
1/01/21 → 31/12/22
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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Modelling for Natural Flood Risk Management
Zang, J., Bryant, L., Kjeldsen, T. & Meijer, G.
1/09/20 → 31/08/22
Project: UK charity
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Green rooted agriculture associations (GRASS): community-led pairing of urban agriculture and phytoremediation in Sierra Leone
Bryant, L., Kjeldsen, T. & Maconachie, R.
18/11/19 → 8/12/22
Project: Research council
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Linking Pollution Dynamics in Lake Sediments to Overlying Water Chemistry
Bryant, L. & Wain, D.
1/03/16 → 31/10/18
Project: Research council
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The Human Factor: Weather Bias in Manual Lake Water Quality Monitoring
Rand, J., Bryant, L., Nanko, MO., Lykkegaard, M., Wain, D., King, W. & Hunter, A. J., 31 May 2022, In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 20, 5, p. 288-303 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificially generated turbulence: A review of phycological nanocosm, microcosm, and mesocosm experiments
Arnott, R., Cherif, M., Bryant, L. & Wain, D., 31 Mar 2021, In: Hydrobiologia. 848, p. 961-991Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stratification in a reservoir mixed by bubble plumes under future climate scenarios
Birt, D., Wain, D., Slavin, E., Zang, J., Luckwell, R. & Bryant, L. D., 8 Sep 2021, In: Water (Switzerland). 13, 18, 2467.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The physical effects of a surface mixer and cyanobacteria response in a shallow eutrophic reservoir
Slavin, E., Bryant, L., Amani Geshnigani, M., Simoncelli, S., Blenkinsopp, C., Perkins, R., Wain, D. & Hurley, S., 5 Jul 2021, (Acceptance date) In: Water Resources Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improved modeling of sediment oxygen kinetics and fluxes in lakes and reservoirs
Man, X., Bierlein, K., Lei, C., Bryant, L., Wuest, A. & Little, J. C., 3 Mar 2020, In: Environmental Science & Technology. 54, 5, p. 2658-2666 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dataset for "Stratification in a Reservoir Mixed by Bubble Plumes under Future Climate Scenarios"
Birt, D. (Creator), Zang, J. (Supervisor), Bryant, L. (Supervisor) & Slavin, E. (Data Collector), University of Bath, 8 Sep 2021
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01036
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