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My current interests include the development and testing of biocidal products for the medical, industrial and domestic markets which includes woking with MRSA, C. difficile, Listeria, Campylobacter etc. I also have research interests in microbial air contamination, waste degradation, pollution control and biofuels.
Suckling, P., Calder, N., Humphreys, Paul, King, F. and Leung, H. (2009) The Development and Use of the GGM and T2GGM Codes for the Postclosure Safety Assessment of OPGs Proposed L&ILW Deep Geologic Repository, Canada. In: The 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management (ICEM ‘09/DECOM ’09), 11th - 15th October 2009, Liverpool, UK.. (Unpublished)
Calder, N., Avis, J., Humphreys, Paul, King, F., Suckling, P. and Walsh, R. (2009) Postclosure safety assessment (V1): gas modelling. Technical Report. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
Walke, R., Bath, A., Bond, A., Calder, N., Humphreys, Paul, King, F., Little, R., Metcalfe, R., Penfold, J., Rees, J., Savage, D., Towler, G. and Walsh, R. (2009) Postclosure safety assessment (V1): data. Technical Report. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
Little, R., Avis, J., Calder, N., Garisto, N., Humphreys, Paul, King, F., Limer, L., Metcalfe, R., Penfold, J., Rees, J., Savage, D., Suckling, P., Towler, G., Walke, R. and Walsh, R. (2009) Postclosure safety assessment (V1): report. Technical Report. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
Little, R., Bath, A., Humphreys, Paul, King, F., Metcalfe, R., Penfold, J., Savage, D., Towler, G. and Walke, R. (2009) Postclosure Safety Assessment (V1): System and Its Evolution. Technical Report. Nuclear Waste Management Organization.
Shoukat, Kamran and Humphreys, Paul (2009) The impact of disinfectants on biofilm formation. In: University of Huddersfield Research Festival, 23rd March - 2nd April 2009, University of Huddersfield. (Unpublished)
Metcalfe, R., Watson, S. P., Rees, J. H., Humphreys, Paul and King, F. (2008) Gas generation and migration from a deep geological repository for radioactive waste. A review of Nirex/NDA’s work. Technical Report. NWAT, Environment Agency, Penrith, Cumbria.
Lockhart, Robert J., Van Dyke, Michelle L., Beadle, Ian R., Humphreys, Paul and McCarthy, Alan J. (2006) Molecular biological detection of anaerobic gut fungi (Neocallimastigales) from landfill sites. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72 (8). pp. 5659-5661. ISSN 0099-2240
Dutton, M.V. and Humphreys, Paul (2005) Assessing the potential of short rotation coppice (SRC) for cleanup of radionuclide contaminated sites. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 7 (4). pp. 279-293. ISSN 1549-7879
Beadle, I., Boult, S., Graham, J., Hand, V. L., Humphreys, Paul, Trivedi, D. P. and Warwick, P. (2004) Near-field/far-field interface of a near-surface low level radioactive waste site. Materials Research Society Proceedings (835). ISSN 0272-9172
Grundy, C., Humphreys, Paul and Strong, R. (2003) Safe management of the contaminated land inventory, Sellafield, UK. Nuclear Energy, 42 (5). pp. 279-283. ISSN 0140-4067
Beadle, I., Humphreys, Paul, Pettit, C. and Small, J. (2001) Integrating microbiology into the Drigg Post-closure radiological safety assessment. Materials Research Society Proceedings (665). ISSN 0272-9172
Small, J., Randall, M. G., Abraitis, P. K. and Humphreys, Paul (2000) Modelling the Ion exchange properties of geological materials and implications for radionuclide mobility. In: Ion Exchange at the Millennium: Proceedings of IEX 2000. World Scientific Books, London, UK, pp. 124-132. ISBN 9781860942327
Small, J., Humphreys, Paul, Johnstone, T. J., Plant, R., Randall, M. G. and Trivedi, D. P. (2000) Results of an aqueous source term model for a radiological risk assessment of the Drigg LLW site. Materials Research Society Proceedings (608). ISSN 0272-9172
The degradation of polymeric materials is an important aspect of anaerobic microbiology since it contributes to biogas generation, animal nutrition and the environmental fate of man made materials. I currently have a number of ongoing research projects investigating the anaerobic degradation of cellulose and plastic additives and expect to continue to carry out research in these areas.
The development of novel biocidal products aimed at emerging infections and spore forming bacteria such as C. difficile are of particular interest to my research group.
Many radioactive wastes are amenable to microbial degradation. This degradation is often associated with gas generation and the production of metabolites which may influence radionuclide mobility. The modelling and investigation of the degradation of organic radioactive wastes is an area of active research.
E-mail: p.n.humphreys@hud.ac.uk
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