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    Dr Lucy Crockford

    BSc (Hons), PGC SL&T, MSc, PhD

    Senior Lecturer in Soil and Water Management

    Photograph of Lucy

    As a Senior Lecturer in Soil and Water Managementand a Chartered Water Environmental Manager, I have a wide range of research interests ranging across environmental chemistry, physics and engineering. My primary degree was in Environmental Science at NUI, Galway (2006), with my MSc in Environmental Engineering at Queen's University Belfast (2010) a couple of years after some experience in industry. My PhD research in Geography at the University of Dublin, Trinity College (2015), determined the application of high temporal resolution data in the management of eutrophic water bodies in agricultural catchments. I studied the flow and concentration data of two river catchments with varying drainage capacity and identified the drivers for the eutrophication observed both in-stream and in a lake as an end receptor. Therefore I have great experience in the management and maintenance of high frequency sensors such as HACH datasondes and HACH-Lange Phosphax machines as well as modelling in R and other software packages.

    My research at Harper Adams University is primarily in the application of organic amendments to soils and the impact on soil structure and water movement dynamics - as well as the resulting water quality. I'm also very interested in catchments with high sediment movement and I'm looking to expand my knowledge in this area.

    Recently I became the Course Manager for the Environment, Sustainability, Wildlife course area. My role covers the complete management of three new courses: BSc Hons Environmental Management and Sustainability, BSc Hons Wildife Conservation and Ecology and FdSc Countryside Management, as well as the outgoing courses: BSc Environmental Land Management and BSc Hons Wildlife Conservation and Environmental Management

     My teaching responsibilities range across all levels where I introduce students to general environmental science concepts and at higher levels thoroughly discuss the impact of nutrient cycling systems on soil and water quality. At postgraduate level, I have experience in PhD supervision and lead the research area of reducing nutrient losses to the environment from agriculture, contained within the Soil and Water Science Group.

    Module Leader:

    R4020HF Communicating Science in a Digital World

    C5021HF Environmental Quality and Development

    C5024HF Professional Development of the Natural Scientist

    Module Tutor:

    Various Harper Forward modules and existing curriculum17 modules

    C6006C17 Ecosystems and Environmental Resource Management

    C7058 Soil and Water Nutrient Cycling

    C7060 Sustainable Farming Systems

    Publications:

    Crockford, L., 2022. Achieving cleaner water for UN sustainable development goal 6 with natural processes: Challenges and the future. Frontiers in Environmental Science, Research Topic: Eurosoil 2021: Sustainable Management of Soil Functions as a Basis to Avoid, Halt, and Reverse Land Degradation, 10:976687  https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.976687

    Stevenson, J.L., O’Riordain, S., Harris, W.E. and Crockford, L., 2021. An investigation into the impact of nine catchment characteristics on the accuracy of two phosphorus load apportionment models. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment193(3), pp.1-14. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10661-021-08875-9 or TBC

    Shore, M., Murphy, S., Mellander, P.E., Shortle, G., Melland, A.R., Crockford, L., O'Flaherty, V., Williams, L., Morgan, G. and Jordan, P., 2017. Influence of stormflow and baseflow phosphorus pressures on stream ecology in agricultural catchments. Science of the Total Environment590, pp.469-483. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969717303480

    Crockford, L., O’Riordain, S., Taylor, D., Melland, A.R., Shortle, G. and Jordan, P., 2017. The application of high temporal resolution data in river catchment modelling and management strategies. Environmental monitoring and assessment189(9), pp.1-20. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10661-017-6174-1 or free download

    Crockford, L., Jordan, P., Melland, A.R. and Taylor, D., 2015. Storm-triggered, increased supply of sediment-derived phosphorus to the epilimnion in a small freshwater lake. Inland Waters5(1), pp.15-26.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.5268/IW-5.1.738 or free download

     O'Dwyer, B., Crockford, L., Jordan, P., Hislop, L. and Taylor, D., 2013. A palaeolimnological investigation into nutrient impact and recovery in an agricultural catchment. Journal of Environmental Management124, pp.147-155. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479713000765 or free download

     

    Professional Memberships

    Chartered Water and Environmental Manager with the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management, CIWEM

    Soil and Water Management Centre at HAU

    Constructed Wetlands Association

     

    Academic Department: Agriculture and Environment

    Research: Harper Institute of Technology

    Research: Soil and Water Science Group

    Research: Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems

    Tel: +44 (0)1952 815476

    X/Twitter: @SWLecLC

    Office: AY04 Ancellor Yard

    Research profile: ORCID

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