Professor Martin Tillotson
- Position: Chair in Water Management
- Areas of expertise: water management; virtual water; water & wastewater treatment; water & wastewater sludge processing; resource recovery; water industry regulation; water industry innovation
- Email: M.R.Tillotson@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2295
- Location: 406 School of Civil Engineering
- Website: water@leeds | Twitter | LinkedIn | Researchgate | ORCID
Profile
I spent the first 16 years of my career working in research and innovation in the UK water sector. In 2011 I moved into academia to take up the position of Director of water@leeds, a large interdisciplinary water research and training centre at the University of Leeds. In 2014 I was appointed Chair in Water Management and was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. I have also held Visiting Professor positions in the School of Geography, University of Leeds and School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University. As well as research and teaching interests I have held a number of external advisory/peer review positions, including:
- EPSRC Peer Review College, and membership of the Process Engineering & Sustainability Strategic Advisoty Teams (SATs, 2005-2014)
- Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) Panel Member, UoA14 Civil & Construction Engineering (2011-2014)
- External Examiner, Water Science Institute, Cranfield University (2011-2014)
- Teachnology Advisory Group member for a water technology start-up (2017-2019)
- Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) Institutional Level Environment Pilot Panel (ILEPP) Panel Member (2018-2022).
I have also held a number of internal advisory/peer review and leadership positions:
- Deputy Director of Research & Innovation, School of Civil Engineering (2015-2022)
- Member of University Impact Group (2018-2022)
- Member of Impact & Knowledge Exchange Group, School of Earth & Environment (2022-ongoing).
Responsibilities
- Director of water@leeds
- Co-Director WaterWISER CDT
Research interests
I am interested in water research and innovation, mainly in the areas of water and wastewater treatment, sludge processing and water resource management. I currently supervise PhD research students with interests in water resource management in the sub-tropics, retrofit SuDS, mitigation of invasive species in raw water transfer, advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment and 2D filtration of industrial (textile) wastewaters. I am happy to discuss PhD/MPhil/MSc research supervision with prospective students.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- PhD Inorganic Chemistry, University of Liverpool (1997)
- MSc Surface Science & Catalysis, University of Liverpool (1992)
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry, University of Liverpool (1991)
Professional memberships
- Chartered Chemist & Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC)
Student education
I am an Academic Personal Tutor in the School of Civil Engineering. I also supervise BEng/MEng and MSc project students in the Schools of Civil Engineering and Earth & Environment.
Research groups and institutes
- Water, Public Health and Environmental Engineering
- Cities, Infrastructure and Energy