Professor Lorraine Maltby, OBE
School of Biosciences
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School of Biosciences
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- Profile
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Career
- Deputy Vice-President Research, University of 91Ö±²¥ (2017–2022)
- Professor of Environmental Biology, School of Biosciences, University of 91Ö±²¥ (2004-present)
- NERC/Scottish Government High Level Policy Placement Fellow (2015-2017)
- NERC/Defra High Level Policy Placement Fellow (2013-2014)
- High-End Expert, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012-2013)
- Head of Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of 91Ö±²¥ (2008-2012)
- Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Zoology, University of 91Ö±²¥ (1988-2004)
- NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Associate, University of 91Ö±²¥ (1984-1988)
- PhD (1984) University of Glasgow
- BSc (1981) University of Newcastle
- Research interests
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The human global population is predicted to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 and managing landscapes to provide the food, water, fuel, housing and other resources required by this growing population, whilst protecting the ecosystems that provide them, is a major challenge. My research addresses this challenge and is concerned with understanding the impact of anthropogenic activities (including pollution and climate change) on freshwater ecosystems and their catchments. A major research aim is to gain a mechanistic understanding of key ecosystem services and the ecological processes that underpin them, and to investigate how they are affected by anthropogenic inputs and activities. The output from this research is used to inform environmental decision making and to influence policy development and implementation.
Current research projects:- EESE: EU Environmental scenarios for ERA of non-target organisms (EFSA, 2023-2027)
- ECOMIX: Assessing and managing the impact of mixtures of chemicals on freshwater biodiversity in a changing world Ecosystem services and environmental stressors (NERC, 2022-2026)
- AENEAS: Advancing the environmental risk assessment of non-target arthropods in agroecosystems (EFSA, 2022-2026)
- ECORISC CDT (NERC, 2020-2027)
- PRORISK ITN (EU, 2020-2024)
- Publications
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Books
Journal articles
- A new era for SETAC: the challenges of globalization. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.. Environ Toxicol Chem, 21(2), 227-228.
- TOWARD A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF CONTAMINANT-INDUCED CHANGES IN DETRITUS PROCESSING IN STREAMS: DIRECT AND INDIRECT EFFECTS ON DETRITIVORE FEEDING. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19(8), 2100-2100.
- USING SINGLE-SPECIES TOXICITY TESTS, COMMUNITY-LEVEL RESPONSES, AND TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATIONS TO INVESTIGATE EFFLUENT IMPACTS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 19(1), 151-151.
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
Preprints
- Research group
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PhD students:
- Niamh O'Connor: Linking individual and community level effects (jointly supervised with Prof Philip Warren). Funding: EU PRORISK ITN
- Susanna Mölkänen: Ecosystem services and risk assessment (jointly supervised with Prof Philip Warren). Funding: EU PRORISK ITN
- Thomas Malpas: Ecological risk assessment and food webs: identifying ecosystem tipping points under multistress (jointly supervised with Prof Dylan Childs and Prof Andrew Beckerman (91Ö±²¥) and Dr Claudia Rivetti (Unilever)). Funding: NERC ACCE DTP and Unilever
- Hana Mayall: Ecological risk assessment and food webs: mathematical modelling of multiple stressor effects on biodiversity and ecosystem function (jointly supervised with Prof Andrew Beckerman and Prof Dylan Childs (91Ö±²¥) and Dr Claudia Rivetti (Unilever)). Funding: NERC ACCE DTP and Unilever
- Lowenna Jones: Environmental risk assessment of chemicals post-Brexit: Science, policy and regulation (jointly supervised with Prof Charlotte Burns (91Ö±²¥) and Kate Arnold (York)). Funding: NERC ECORISC CDT
- Judith Mugambi: Understanding the impact of chemical pollutants on freshwater ecosystem services (jointly supervised with Dr Ross Brown (Exeter)). Funding: NERC ECORISC CDT
- Dylan Asbury: Impacts of mixtures of chemicals on mixtures of freshwater species in a changing world (jointly supervised with Profs Andrew Beckerman (91Ö±²¥) and Alistair Boxall (York) and Dr Claudia Rivetti and Regiane Sanches-Natumi (Unilever)). Funding: University of 91Ö±²¥ and Unilever
- Marianne Lotter-Jones: Towards design of chemical-resilient agricultural landscapes (jointly supervised with Prof Colin Brown (York), Dr Roman Ashauer (Syngenta) and Mike Fryer (Health & Safety Executive, Chemicals Regulation Division)). Funding: NERC ECORISC CDT
- Katie Plaisted: Predicting the effects of chemical contaminants on biodiversity loss in a changing environment: the role of toxicokinetics (jointly supervised with Prof Alistair Boxall (York) and Claudia Rivetti (Unilever)). Funding: NERC ACCE DTP and Unilever
- Lalita Chomphen: Primary producers, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (jointly supervised with Alistair Boxall (York))
Research technicians:
- Anthony Turner (ECOMIX)
- Nicola White (ECOMIX)
Research Assistants/Associates:
- Rana Al-Jaibachi (ECOMIX)
- Amy Ockenden (ECOMIX)
- Grzegorz Sowa (AENEAS)
- Teaching activities
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I teach applied ecology, in particular freshwater ecology and ecotoxicology. My teaching is informed by my own research and my passion for understanding how ecosystems function and how we can best manage them to balance environmental protection with our use of ecosystems and the services they provide.
I was awarded the Environmental Education Award by the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.
- Professional activities and memberships
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Chair of:
- UK-SCAPE Programme Advisory Board
- Irish Research Council COALESCE International Review Panel
- NERC peer review panels
Member of:
- European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals Scientific Committee (2010- )
- European Food Safety Authority Stakeholder Bureau (2023-)
- SETAC Panel on Chemicals Management (2023 - )
Peer review panels for:
- Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN)
- Czech Science Foundation (GACR)
- Belgian Research Council (FWO)
- New Zealand Government, Endeavour Fund
- Portuguese Research Council (FCT)
- Irish Research Council
- Awards
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to Environmental Biology and Animal and Plant Sciences (2020)
- Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (2021)
- Elected Fellow of the Freshwater Biological Association (2019)
- Portrait of a Woman Exhibition (2017)
- Elected Fellow of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2016)
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Environmental Education Award (2009)
- Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Exceptional Service Award (2005)