Keiron Roberts

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Keiron Roberts is an Associate Professor in sustainability and built environment within the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the University of Portsmouth.

He works within the Research England funded GreenTech South Innovation hub. He is researching disruptive markets and policies to enable the uptake of new renewables, energy storage and market pricing to improve the islands energy autonomy as part of the Innovate UK funded Isle of Wight Energy Autonomous Community project. He is currently coordinating the UNEP IRP marine plastic litter think piece for delivery at the upcoming G20 events.

Keiron is a visiting research fellow at the University of Southampton where he previously held the position of research fellow. He is contributing to two research projects investigating the potential application of the circular economy model within the operations of a large water and wastewater company (Southern Water, ZeroWIN), and part of the continued development of the solid waste infrastructure model of GB within the MISTRAL project (EPSRC funded), with outputs influencing the UK's waste management infrastructure. Prior to his postdoctoral work he completed a PhD funded by EPSRC and the EU FP7 All Gas project, investigating the use of marine micro algae for biogas production.

Keiron is a researcher with expertise in wastewater, solid waste and energy systems and resource management and technologies, with a particular focus on sustainability and the circular economy.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Lecturer, University of Portsmouth
  • 2022–present
    Senior lecturer, University of Portsmouth
  • 2018–2021
    Research fellow, University of Portsmouth
  • 2016–2018
    Research fellow, University of Southampton
  • 2016–2016
    Research fellow, Open University

Education

  • 2016 
    University of Southampton, PGCE Secondary and Tertiary Physics
  • 2015 
    University of Southampton, PhD Civil Engineering
  • 2011 
    University of Southampton, MSci Oceanography

Publications

  • 2023
    From shops to bins: a case study of consumer attitudes and behaviours towards plastics in a UK coastal city,
  • 2023
    Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy,
  • 2022
    A new treaty process offers hope to end plastic pollution,
  • 2022
    Struvite precipitation within wastewater treatment: a problem or a circular economy opportunity?,
  • 2021
    Policy Options to Eliminate Additional Marine Plastic Litter by 2050 under the G20 Osaka Blue Ocean Vision: An International Resource Panel Think Piece,
  • 2021
    Increased personal protective equipment litter as a result of COVID-19 measures,
  • 2020
    Demand Response Model Development for Smart Households Using Time of Use Tariffs and Optimal Control—The Isle of Wight Energy Autonomous Community Case Study,
  • 2019
    Semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of the marine micro-algal species I. galbana and D. salina grown under low and high sulphate conditions,
  • 2018
    Applying circular economy thinking to industry by integrating education & research activities,
  • 2018
    SWIMS: A dynamic life cycle-based optimisation and decision support tool for solid waste management,
  • 2016
    Quantification of methane losses from the acclimatisation of anaerobic digestion to marine salt concentrations,
  • 2016
    Comparative testing of energy yields from micro-algal biomass cultures processed via anaerobic digestion,
  • 2015
    Anaerobic Digestion of Marine Microalgae, Thesis
  • 2013
    Dissolved trace metals (Ni, Zn, Co, Cd, Pb, Al, and Mn) around the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean,

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    SHAPE UK
    Role:
    Primary researcher and WP lead
    Funding Source:
    Innovate UK
  • 2019
    Eliminating marine plastic litter
    Role:
    Primary researcher to inform the G20 on policies to reduce MPL
    Funding Source:
    Government of Japan
  • 2019
    Newton Fund/ CEFAS travel grant
    Role:
    Travel grant to engage with researchers in Brazil
    Funding Source:
    Newton Fund
  • 2019
    Smart Energy Systems - Isle of Wight Energy Autonomous Community
    Role:
    Primary researcher , determining the economic feasibility of novel energy systems and distribution methods.
    Funding Source:
    Innovate UK
  • 2016
    MISTRAL
    Role:
    Researcher developing the Solid Waste Infrastructure Model (SWIMS) for the ITRC MISTRAL project
    Funding Source:
    Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  • 2015
    Institute of physics scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Institute of Physics
  • 2014
    FP7 All gas project
    Role:
    Knowledge exchange
    Funding Source:
    European Commission

Honours

MSci, PGCE, PhD

Contact Keiron for

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