TEAM | AQUAROAD

creating a roadmap towards safer groundwater in the Global South

DERICK MULOOGI;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Dean's Doctoral Scholar

2023-present

Uganda Hydrogeochemistry

Principal & Co-Investigators

Team responsible for leadership, oversight and project guidance

LAURA RICHARDS,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Principal Investigator;

Environmental Engineering/Geochemistry

ALISON BROWNE,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Water & Society

DAREN GOODDY,

UK CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY

Co-Investigator;

Groundwater Tracers

JULIEN HAROU,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Agent-Based Modelling

JONNY HUCK,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Computational Geography

STEFAN KRAUSE,

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Co-Investigator;

Ecohydrology & Biogeochemistry

JON LLOYD,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Geomicrobiology

JANNIS WENK,

THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH

Co-Investigator;

Chemical Engineering

RAHUL NAIR,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Materials Physics

JIAN-BO YANG,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Decision Science

DAVID POLYA,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Co-Investigator;

Environment & Health

Project Partners

International Research Collaborators

MEENAKSHI ARORA,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Project Partner;

Infrastructure Engineering

PROSUN BHATTACHARYA,

KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Project Partner;

Groundwater Sustainability

ASHOK GHOSH,

MAHAVIR CANCER SANSTHAN

Project Partner;

Stakeholder Engagement

ZEYNEP GUROL,

KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Project Partner;

Industrial Biotechnology

MARTIN MAIER,

UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG

Project Partner;

Water Remediation

DERICK MULOOGI,

MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Project Partner;

Uganda Hydrogeochemistry

DIPANKAR SAHA,

EX-CENTRAL GROUNDWATER BOARD (INDIA)

Project Partner;

Stakeholder Advisory Chair

ZAKI ZAINUDIN,

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT

Project Partner;

Stakeholder Engagement

Core Research Team

Team responsible for research delivery

LAURA RICHARDS,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Principal Investigator;

Environmental Engineering/Geochemistry

GEORGE WILSON,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

PDRA; Groundwater Geochemistry

KIRSTY WATKINSON,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

PDRA; Geographical Information Science

PhD

Multiple Topics

Recruitment Coming Soon!

Associated Researchers

Associated Early Career Researchers

GEORGE WILSON,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Postgraduate Researcher

(DKOF Studentship)

Organics in Groundwater

PhD; 2021-2025

MINGYU FENG,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

CSC Scholar

Biochar-based groundwater remediation

PhD; 2022-present

AJMAL ROSHAN,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Cookson Scholar

Arsenic Remediation

PhD; 2022-present

AKSHAY KASHYAP;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE; THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Cookson Scholar

Drinking water quality

PhD; 2023-present

FARAH AHMED;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Postgraduate Researcher & Teaching Associate

STFT, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Soil geochemistry, pesticide occurrence and health risks

PhD; 2022-present

DERICK MULOOGI;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Dean's Doctoral Scholar

Uganda Hydrogeochemistry

PhD; 2023-present

YIN MIN TUN,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Postgraduate Researcher & Teaching Associate; Community Science

PhD; 2023-present

RORY CRACROFT,

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Postgraduate Researcher & Teaching Associate

AMR Interventions in Groundwater

PhD; 2024-present

BRIAN BUKENYA;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Dean's Doctoral Scholar

Groundwater remediation in Uganda

PhD; 2025-present

JIAQI JIANG;

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

CSC-UoM Joint Scholar

Arsenic mobilisation in groundwater

PhD; 2025-present

Industry Collaborators

Project Collaborators