Karen Hudson-Edwards

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Short curriculum vitae

At present, Lecturer in environmental geology, School of Earth Science, since 1998, Birkbeck, University of London, UK

1998 NSERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, UK

1997 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Geography, University of Leeds, UK

1993-96 Doctoral Research (Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy), University of Manchester, UK.

1990-92 Exploration Geologist, Falconbridge Limited, Canada

1989 Exploration Geologist, Sirius Energy Corp, Canada

1981-1988 Economic Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada

Qualifications:
B.Sc.(Honours, Geological Sciences) Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (1985) with First Class Hons.; 3 undergraduate prizes
M.Sc.(Economic Geology) Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1988)
Ph.D Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy, University of Manchester (1996)
Fellow of the Mineralogical Society, the Geochemical Society and the Royal Geographic Society

Hudson-Edwards, K.A. “Sources, mineralogy, chemistry and fate of heavy metal-bearing particles in mining-affected river systems” Mineralogical Magazine, Vol. 67, pp. 205-217, 2003.

Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Macklin, M.G., Jamieson, H.E., Brewer, P.A., Coulthard, T.J., Howard, A.J. and Turner, J. “The impact of tailings dam spills and clean-up operations on sediment and water quality in river systems: The Ríos Agrio-Guadiamar, Aznalcóllar, Spain” Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 18, pp. 221-239, 2003.

Miller, J.R., Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Lechler, P.J., Preston, D.A. and Macklin, M.G. “Heavy metal contamination of water, soil and produce within riverine communities of the Río Pilcomayo Basin, Bolivia.” The Science of the Total Environment, in press, 2003.

McArthur, J.M., Hudson-Edwards, K.A., et al. “Arsenic pollution of anoxic groundwater by reduction of FeOOH: lessons from the Bengal Basin, West Bengal” Applied Geochemistry, in review, 2003.

Smolders, A.J.P., Hudson-Edwards, K.A., Guerrero Hiza, M.A., Van der Velde, G. and Roelofs, J.G.M. “Controls on water chemistry of the Pilcomayo river (Bolivia, South America): possible consequences for the reproductive cycle of fish” Applied Geochemistry, in review, 2003.