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Stephen M. Mudge, Ph.D.

Managing Scientist

Environmental Sciences

011-44-1423-853200 tel
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Harrogate (UK)

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Dr. Mudge has been a practicing environmental scientist for 27 years, gaining his Ph.D. on the development of novel chemicals for use as non-toxic antifouling paint additives. He spent almost 6 years at Lancaster University as a post-doctoral research associate investigating the geochemistry of radionuclides in the environment, especially plutonium in estuaries and polonium-210 discharged from a metal smelter. These studies were funded by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Pollution, the forerunner to the Environment Agency in the UK. Since 1991, Dr. Mudge has been an academic at Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, UK, where he developed the world’s first undergraduate programme in Environmental Forensics.

Dr. Mudge’s research has focused on identifying the sources of contaminants in the environment and apportioning responsibility among potential polluters. He has tracked sewage-derived materials in marine and estuarine environments and has published several papers and book chapters on the subject (22 directly or indirectly related to sewage contamination, as of July 2008). He has expanded the use of multivariate statistical methods such as PCA and PLS in quantitative source apportionment and has contributed three papers concerning the initial hydrocarbon source in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Dr. Mudge has acted an expert witness for a water company in the UK in cases involving the blocking of sewers with fats, oils, and greases. Other UK water companies have used his services in similar cases and for determining the source of odours around wastewater treatment plants. He has expanded the use of SPME in the detection of VOCs such as chloroform, dichloromethane, and other aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons at very low concentrations both in water and from sediment or soil gases.

  • Ph.D., University College of North Wales, 1985
  • B.Sc., Marine Biology and Oceanography, University College of North Wales (Joint Honours Bangor (II.i)), 1981
  • Winner of the 1997 Enterprise Oil Heriot-Watt University Environmental Award for methods to clean spilled oil on beaches

    • Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

    • Visiting Professor and Invited Expert, North China Sea Environment and Monitoring Center, Qingdao, China, 2007–present
    • Senior Lecturer, Bangor University, UK, School of Ocean Sciences, 1998–present
    • Visiting Professor, Universidad Catolica de la Santissima Concepcion, Chile, Faculty of Sciences, 1997–present