Dr Andrea Humphries BSc MSc PhD

Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Technologies

Dr Andrea Humphries Email: ahumphries@harper-adams.ac.uk
Telephone: 01952 815387
Academic Department: Crops

Professional Memberships

Institute of Chemical Engineers Associate Member

Teaching Duties

  • Module Leader Alternative Crops
  • Module Leader Sustainable Energy and the Rural Estate
  • Module Tutor Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Module Tutor Renewable Energy Technologies
  • HND, BSc and MSc Dissertation Supervisor

Research Interests

  • Durability of agri-waste pellets in storage and handling
  • Optimisation of bioethanol yield from oilseed rape straw
  • Carbon footprinting
  • Remote sensing networks for the analysis of soil chemistry
  • Anaerobic Digestion
  • Biomass Combined Heat and Power generation

Publications

  • Humphries AC, Keeble S. (2008) Recent planning complications for Combined Heat and Power generators RICS Roots Conference
  • Humphries AC, Penfold DW, Macaskie LE. (2007) Cr(VI) reduction by bio and bioinorganic catalysis via use of bio-H2: a sustainable approach for remediation of wastes. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 82
  • Humphries AC, Nott KP, Hall LD. Macaskie LE (2005) Reduction of Cr(VI) by immobilised cells of Desulfovibrio vulgaris NCIMB 8303 and Microbacterium sp. NCIMB 13776 Biotechnology and Bioengineering 90
  • Humphries AC, Macsakie LE (2005) Reduction of Cr(VI) by palladised biomass of Desulfovibrio vulgaris NCIMB 8303. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 80
  • Humphries AC, Nott KP, Hall LD, Macaskie LE (2004) Continuous removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution catalysed by palladised biomass of Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Biotechnology Letters 26

Other Roles

  • Member of the Harper Adams University College Environmental Sustainability Committee.
  • Member of the Staffordshire and Shropshire ReThink Project.
  • Manager of the BioenergyWM initiative.