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Lancaster Environment Centre
Profile
Research Degrees MA in Environmental Management and Consultancy Postgraduate Enquiries
MPhil/PhD MSc/PgDip in Environmental Informatics Andy Harrod
MSc in Plant Sciences (by Research)
MSc in Environmental Pollution and Protection
tel: +44 (0)1524 593478 or 593190
MSc in Ecology (by Research)
MSc in Environmental Science and Technology
e-mail:
lec.pg@lancaster.ac.uk
MSc in Environmental Science (by
MSc in Radioactivity and Environmental Protection
Research)
MSc/PgDip in Resource and Environmental
Website
Management
www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/postgraduate/
Taught Courses
MSc in Sustainable Water Management
MRes/PgDip in Environment and Location
MSc in Volcanology and Geological Hazards
Development (Overseas Placement) Lancaster Environment Centre
MRes in Science of the Environment
Number of Postgraduate Students
MSc in Biophotonics
MSc in Conservation Science
190
MSc in Contaminated Land and
Remediation
Director of Lancaster Environment Centre
MSc in Ecology and the Environment
Professor Graham Harris
MSc in Energy and the Environment
MSc in Environmental and Biochemical
Associate Director of LEC (Postgraduate Study)
Toxicology Dr Kirk T Semple
The Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) comprises academic staff
and professional researchers, covering all the biological, physical,
chemical and geographical aspects of environmental science. It
offers an unrivalled centre of excellence for the teaching and
research of the environmental sciences. Co-located with University
staff is NERC’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, CABI Bioscience
and a growing number of commercial organisations. The result is a
powerful UK and European centre, recognised internationally for its
excellence in environmental research, which has the ability to inform
policy and impact positively on the regional and national economy.
Dr Hao Zhang
Reader in Environmental Chemistry
Researchers are supported by unrivalled facilities for chemical,
biochemical and biological analysis and data management software,
enabling scientific research from the molecular to global scales. LEC
Dr Zhang’s research focuses on the dynamics of exchange
offers excellent facilities for postgraduates, with a dedicated masters
between simple solution species, complexes and the solid
phase, and their controls on bioavailability. Her work is relevant
study room and office space for PhD students.
to risk assessment and the development of new regulations for
both metal deficiencies and contamination.
LEC provides a strong research-based environment for the provision
of training and education programmes at postgraduate level. The
“Through my research in the Department, I have developed
research themes and centres provide a vibrant environment for
new environmental analytical techniques and advanced
postgraduate research students who contribute directly to the research
understanding of biogeochemical processes affecting trace
achievements and provide a distinctive flavour to our extensive
metals and other inorganic components in natural waters,
postgraduate programme. Students on the taught postgraduate
sediments and soils. Recently my masters and PhD students
degrees (masters degrees) undertake a substantial research project
have studied topics that include developing new methods for
with staff working within LEC or with an external organisation.
measuring metals, nutrients and radionuclides in natural
waters, studying the geochemistry of sediments on a microbial
Industry linked projects
scale and modeling their dynamics in soils and their effect on
Enterprise and Business Partnerships within LEC is one of the
uptake by plants.” University’s major foci for collaborative work with the commercial
sector. The Graduate Consultancy programme gives students
“In the Department we work together with students to working towards a postgraduate degree within LEC the opportunity
carefully design projects at the cutting edge of research. There to gain real-world experience by working on a collaborative project
is a real opportunity for academic growth and development. with business. Students apply their University-gained expertise to
Also, due to the progressive nature of the research that our environmental projects, proposed by our commercial partners, via
students are encouraged to carry out, both our PhD and
both the industrial placement module and/or a long 3-4 month
masters students often publish their work in leading journals.”
dissertation project. LEC students have worked with over 30
businesses a year via the graduate consultancy programme.
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