School of Biological Sciences,
Universtiy of Reading
Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme, Universtiy of Reading
The Royal Society
(project funder)
This project was funded by the Royal Society as a way to explore models for interdisciplinary and early career researcher lead research projects.
Team
For this project, we had a team of early career researchers from the university of reading, the team included:
Research
Our research focused on developing a model to describe the flow of microplastics through a system of lakes, and exploring the impact of that flow.
I was responsible for the data collection element of the project, coordinating the fieldwork, including work in/around water, and the sample preparation and sample analysis (raman spectroscopy)