DrHannah Rigby
Honorary Research Associate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Honorary Research AssociateDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 6018 (Work)
- 411, Skempton Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Dr Hannah Rigby is an Honorary Research Associate in the Environmental and Water Resources Engineering section of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include the treatment and beneficial use of organic or organic-derived waste materials; a key interest is use of waste materials in agriculture for efficient nutrient/resource recycling whilst minimising the transfer of contaminants to the environment and the food chain.
Hannah was responsible for the management and delivery of a research project for the Food Standards Agency to investigate the potential transfer of organic contaminants from waste-derived products to the food chain.
Hannah’s PhD research was conducted at Imperial College London, and included field and laboratory studies to investigate the nutrient availability and properties of industrial biowastes to help optimise their agronomic benefit and recycling to farmland; the findings are published on the Defra website (http://randd.defra.gov.uk/). This was followed by a Research Fellowship at Curtin University, Western Australia (2008-2010) to investigate environmental and agronomic aspects of land application of biosolids During this time she conducted a three-month sabbatical at the Water Corporation of Western Australia, Perth, to lead a project on sludge stabilisation processes in regional Wastewater Treatment Plants. In 2010, Dr Rigby returned to Imperial College London to take up a Research Associate position in the Environment and Water Resource Engineering section of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Highlights include an investigation of novel markets for digestate from anaerobic digestion for the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), which focussed primarily on digestate physical and nutrient properties. The findings were presented at the 2012 SORP conference and are published on the WRAP website (http://www.wrap.org.uk). Other work has also included researching the beneficial use of Clean Water By-Product for Yorkshire Water.
Hannah was responsible for the management and delivery of a research project for the Food Standards Agency to investigate the potential transfer of organic contaminants from waste-derived products to the food chain.
Hannah’s PhD research was conducted at Imperial College London, and included field and laboratory studies to investigate the nutrient availability and properties of industrial biowastes to help optimise their agronomic benefit and recycling to farmland; the findings are published on the Defra website (http://randd.defra.gov.uk/). This was followed by a Research Fellowship at Curtin University, Western Australia (2008-2010) to investigate environmental and agronomic aspects of land application of biosolids During this time she conducted a three-month sabbatical at the Water Corporation of Western Australia, Perth, to lead a project on sludge stabilisation processes in regional Wastewater Treatment Plants. In 2010, Dr Rigby returned to Imperial College London to take up a Research Associate position in the Environment and Water Resource Engineering section of the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Highlights include an investigation of novel markets for digestate from anaerobic digestion for the Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP), which focussed primarily on digestate physical and nutrient properties. The findings were presented at the 2012 SORP conference and are published on the WRAP website (http://www.wrap.org.uk). Other work has also included researching the beneficial use of Clean Water By-Product for Yorkshire Water.
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Honorary Research Associate