People
Dr Susan Cumberland
Lecturer in Environmental Geoscience
School/Department: Geography, Geology and the Environment, School of
Email: sac85@leicester.ac.uk
Research
Publications
Recent
Cumberland, S. A., A. Hamilton, J. C. Renshaw, K. M. Tierney and R. J. Lunn (2023). "Hydroxyapatite coatings on cement paste as barriers against radiological contamination." Scientific Reports 13(1): 11136.
2021
Turner, R. J., P. Bots, A. Richardson, P. Bingham, A. Scrimshire, A. P. Brown, M. S'Ari, J. Harrington, S. Cumberland and J. Renshaw (2021). "(Hydroxy) apatite on cement: insights into a new surface treatment." Materials Advances.
Cumberland, S. A., K. Evans, G. Douglas, M. de Jonge, L. Fisher, D. Howard and J. W. Moreau (2021). "Characterisation of uranium-pyrite associations within organic-rich Eocene sediments using EM, XFM-µXANES and µXRD." Ore Geology Reviews 133: 104051.
Cook, M., B. Etschmann, R. Ram, K. Ignatyev, G. Gervinskas, S. D. Conradson, S. Cumberland, V. N. L. Wong and J. Brugger (2021). "The nature of Pu-bearing particles from the Maralinga nuclear testing site, Australia." Scientific Reports 11(1): 10698.
2018
Cumberland, S. A., S. A. Wilson, B. Etschmann, P. Kappen, D. Howard, D. Paterson and J. Brugger (2018). "Rapid immobilisation of U(VI) by Eucalyptus bark: Adsorption without reduction." Applied Geochemistry 96: 1-10.
Cumberland, S. A., B. Etschmann, J. Brugger, G. Douglas, K. Evans, L. Fisher, P. Kappen and J. W. Moreau (2018). "Characterization of uranium redox state in organic-rich Eocene sediments." Chemosphere 194: 602-613.
Hens, T., J. Brugger, S. Cumberland, B. Etschmann and A. J. Frierdich (2018). "Recrystallization of Manganite (γ-MnOOH) and Implications for Trace Element Cycling." Environmental Science & Technology.
Sorensen, J. P. R., A. Baker, S. A. Cumberland, D. J. Lapworth, A. M. MacDonald, S. Pedley, R. G. Taylor and J. S. T. Ward (2018). "Real-time detection of faecally contaminated drinking water with tryptophan-like fluorescence: defining threshold values." Science of The Total Environment 622–623: 1250-1257.
2017
Gräfe, M., K. G. Bunney, S. Cumberland and G. Douglas (2017). "Mechanisms of Uranyl Sequestration by Hydrotalcite." ACS Omega 2(10): 7112-7119.
2016
Cumberland, S. A., G. Douglas, K. Grice and J. W. Moreau (2016). "Uranium mobility in organic matter-rich sediments: A review of geological and geochemical processes." Earth-Science Reviews 159: 160-185.
Hu, S.-Y., K. Evans, L. Fisher, K. Rempel, D. Craw, N. J. Evans, S. Cumberland, A. Robert and K. Grice (2016). "Associations between sulfides, carbonaceous material, gold and other trace elements in polyframboids: Implications for the source of orogenic gold deposits, Otago Schist, New Zealand." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 180: 197-213.
2015
Baker, A., S. A. Cumberland, C. Bradley, C. Buckley and J. Bridgeman (2015). "To what extent can portable fluorescence spectroscopy be used in the real-time assessment of microbial water quality?" Science of The Total Environment 532(0): 14-19.
2014
Yin, J., S. A. Cumberland, R. M. Harrison, J. Allan, D. E. Young, P. I. Williams and H. Coe (2014). "Receptor modelling of fine particles in Southern England using CMB including comparison with AMS-PMF factors." Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss. 14(17): 24523-24572.
2013
Cumberland, S. A. and J. R. Lead (2013). "Synthesis of NOM-Capped Silver Nanoparticles: Size, Morphology, Stability, and NOM Binding Characteristics." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 1(7): 817-825.
2011
Cumberland, S., J. Bridgeman, A. Baker, M. Sterling and D. Ward (2011). "Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determining microbial quality in potable water applications." Environmental Technology 33(6): 1-7.
2010
Johnston, B. D., T. M. Scown, J. Moger, S. A. Cumberland, M. Baalousha, K. Linge, R. van Aerle, K. Jarvis, J. R. Lead and C. R. Tyler (2010). "Bioavailability of nanoscale metal oxides, TiO2, CeO2, and ZnO to fish." Environmental Science and Technology 44(3): 1144–1151.
2009
Cumberland, S. A. and J. R. Lead (2009). "Particle size distributions of silver nanoparticles at environmentally relevant conditions." Chromatography A 1216: 9099-9105.
Scown, T. M., R. van Aerle, B. D. Johnston, S. Cumberland, J. R. Lead, R. Owen and C. R. Tyler (2009). "High doses of intravenously administered titanium dioxide nanoparticles accumulate in the kidneys of rainbow trout but with no observable impairment of renal function." Toxicological Sciences 109(2): 372-380.
2008
Baalousha, M., A. Maniculea, S. Cumberland, J. Lead and K. Kendall (2008). "Aggregation and Surface Properties of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Influence of pH and Natural Organic Matter." Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 9(29): 1875-1882.
Baker, A., S. Cumberland and N. Hudson (2008). "Dissolved and total organic and inorganic carbon in some British rivers." Area 40(1): 117-127.
2007
Bradley, C., A. Baker, S. Cumberland, I. Boomer and I. Morrissey (2007). "Dynamics of water movement and trends in dissolved carbon in a headwater wetland in a permeable catchment." Wetlands 27(4): 1066-1080.
Cumberland, S. A. and A. Baker (2007). "The freshwater dissolved organic matter fluorescence-total organic carbon relationship." Hydrological Processes 21(16): 2093-2099.
Teaching
Qualifications
PhD 2011 Environmental Health - Nanoparticles (University of Birmingham)
MSc 2003 Water Systems Science and Management (University of Reading)
BSc(Hons) 1996 Agriculture and Countryside Management (University of Plymouth)