Dr Manoj Menon
School of Geography and Planning
Lecturer in Soil/Environmental Science
+44 114 222 7993
Full contact details
School of Geography and Planning
Room E8
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
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S3 7ND
- Profile
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I started my lectureship at the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering in 2011 and moved to the Department of Geography in 2015.
Before ºù«Ӱҵ, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nevada (2007-08) and University of Leeds (2009-11).
I completed my doctoral degree in environmental sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich in 2006.
- Research interests
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Dr Menon is interested in soil physics, soil-plant-water regime, soil-biotic interactions, nutrient cycling, non-invasive imaging (X-ray and neutrons,) and modelling.
He is the international coordinator of Arsenic in Rice Research Network (); Associate Editor of European Journal of Soil Science and the Northern Soil Chair of the British Soil Science Society.
- Publications
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Books
- Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography—New Means to Quantify Root Induced Changes of Rhizosphere Physical Properties. The Soil Science Society of America, Inc..
- Applications of Neutron Imaging in Soil-Water-Root Systems. Soil Science Society of America.
Journal articles
- . Food and Humanity, 3, 100410-100410.
- . Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 132, 106372-106372.
- . Science of The Total Environment, 914, 169653-169653.
- . Plant and Soil.
- . British Journal of Nutrition.
- . Environment International, 153.
- . Soil and Tillage Research, 212.
- . Microorganisms, 9(4).
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- . Science of The Total Environment, 143341-143341.
- . European Journal of Soil Science.
- . Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 197.
- . Geoderma, 366.
- . Health Promotion International.
- . Geoderma, 359.
- . Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 170, 156-165.
- . Chemosphere.
- . Soil Use and Management.
- . Applied Soil Ecology, 125, 1-11.
- . Journal of Hydrology, 558, 564-578.
- . European Journal of Soil Science, 69(1), 5-9.
- . Advances in Agronomy, 148, 33-84.
- . Journal of Hydrology, 547, 332-344.
- . Advances in Agronomy, 142, 29-72.
- . Advances in Agronomy, 142, 119-142.
- . Advances in Agronomy, 142, 119-142.
- . Advances in Agronomy, 142, 241-276.
- . Soil and Tillage Research, 150, 147-157.
- . Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(4), 3191-3195.
- Laboratory analysis of the effects of elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide on respiration in biological soil crusts. Journal of Arid Environments, 98, 52-59.
- . Comptes Rendus Geoscience, 344(11-12), 758-772.
- . Environmental Science and Technology, 45(24), 10538-10543.
- Boron accumulation and toxicity in hybrid poplar (Populus nigra× euramericana). Environmental science & technology, 45(24), 10538-10543.
- . Journal of Hydrology, 397(1-2), 47-54.
- . Journal of Arid Environments, 74(9), 1033-1040.
- . Vadose Zone Journal, 7(3), 1035-1047.
- . Environmental Science and Technology, 42(3), 671-676.
- Quantitative imaging of infiltration, root growth, and root water uptake via neutron radiography. Vadose Zone Journal, 7(3), 1035-1047.
- Processes controlling the thermal regime of saltmarsh channel beds. Environmental science & technology, 42(3), 671-676.
- . Water Air & Soil Pollution: Focus, 8(2), 163-176.
- . Plant and Soil, 297(1-2), 171-183.
- . European Journal of Soil Science, 58(3), 802-810.
- MEASUREMENTS OF THERMAL TRENDS AND ANOMALIES IN THE BED OF AN INTERTIDAL SALT MARSH CHANNEL USING FIBER-OPTIC DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING. 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting.
- Effects of heavy metal soil pollution and acid rain on growth and water use efficiency of a young model forest ecosystem. Plant and Soil, 297(1-2), 171-183.
- Visualization of root growth in heterogeneously contaminated soil using neutron radiography. European journal of soil science, 58(3), 802-810.
- Phytoremediation for the management of metal flux in contaminated sites. Forest, Snow Landscape Resesearch, 80(2), 221-234.
- Influence of metal contamination on soil parameters in a lysimeter experiment designed to evaluate phytostabilization by afforestation. For. Snow Landsc. Res, 80(2), 201-211.
- Phytoremediation for the management of metal flux in contaminated sites. Forest Snow and Landscape Research, 80(2), 221-224.
- Influence of heavy metal contamination on soil parameters in a lysimeter experiment designed to evaluate phytostabilization by afforestation. Forest, Snow Landscape Research, 80(2), 201-211.
- . Plant and Soil, 271(1-2), 227-241.
- . Diversity, 16(6), 327-327.
- . Microorganisms, 11(8), 2124-2124.
- . Water, 10(6), 784-784.
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
- Hydrological performance evolution of extensive green roof systems. Proceedings of the 14th Int. Conf on Urban Drainage (ICUD), 10 September 2017 - 15 September 2017.
- Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Enhances Carbon Sequestration of Dryland Soil Microbial Communities. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol. 15 (pp 10933)
- Simulating rhizosphere structure alterations using finite element calculations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna
- A Step Towards Unraveling Rhizosphere Physics. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 1 (pp 05)
- Visualizing the impact of living roots on rhizosphere soil structure using X-ray microtomography. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol. 11 (pp 11102)
- Modeling Rhizosphere Soil Mechanics and Hydraulics-An Overview.. The 2008 Joint Annual Meeting
- Mitigating Vadose Zone Nitrogen Transport Under Land Use Change and Urbanization. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 1 (pp 0908)
- Impact of Vegetation on Nitrate Accumulation In Desert Vadose Zone. 2008 Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies with the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
- Visualizing Rhizosphere Soil Structure Around Living Roots. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 1 (pp 0897)
- The Role of Vegetation on Elevated Soil Nitrate Concentrations in Northern Nevada. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 1 (pp 0652)
- Modelling the Fate of Heavy Metals in the Vadose Zone: Preferential Flow Effects and the Role of Vegetation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 1 (pp 1419)
- Lysimeter Study of Plant Water Uptake in a Model Forest Ecosystem on Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil. EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Vol. 1 (pp 13484)
- Influence of Heavy Metal Stress On Water Regime of A Model Forest Ecosystem. EGS General Assembly Conference Abstracts, Vol. 27 (pp 3542)
- . Sustainability, Vol. 11(11) (pp 3190-3190)
- . Proceedings of EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online. Vienna, Austria, 4 May 2020 - 8 May 2020.
- Root induced changes in physical properties of desert soils
Presentations
Other
Preprints
- Research group
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If you are interested in doing a PhD in our group, please have a look our current and previous research topics please do get in touch.
Current PhD Projects
- Bioavailability of heavy metals to urban agricultural food and biofuel crops and their remediation potential (Ms M. Crispo)
- Impact of climate variability on maize (Zea mays L) production in agro-climatic zones of Cross River State, Nigeria (Mr S. Achua)
- Assessing the Potential of No-Till Farming across European Soils (J. Veenstra)
- Plant-Soil Interactions: The impact of plant water use on root architecture and soil structure (T.Mawodza)
- Molecular biology approaches for teh characterization and the enhancement of PAH biodegradation in coke oven effluents (J. Barry).
- Reducing environmental impacts through sustainable food choice (F.Graham)
Completed PhD Projects
- Substrate ageing & root growth: quantifying the impacts upon hydrological performance in an extensive green roof ()
- Applying Optimal Foraging Theory to Understand Plant Root Proliferation in Heterogeneous Soils ()
- Teaching activities
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Undergraduate courses
- GEO113: Earth, Wind, Fire and Ice
- GEO119: Our Environment (convener)
- GEO277: Environmental Pollution and Quality (convener)
- GEO390 - Professional Skills for Environmental Science
- GEO248: Research Design for Geography and Environmental Science
- GEO356: Dissertation for Geography & Environmental Science
- GEO389: Geo-Environmental Project
Postgraduate Courses
- GEO413: Research Project
- GEO6807: Science of Environmental Change (convener)
- GEO6804: International Development Field class Nepal
- GEO6805 - Dissertation with Placement
- HAR6024 Dissertation
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