Position: PhD Researcher

Address: Environmental Research Institute ,
Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7JD

Tel: +44 (0) 1847-889583/7

Fax: +44 (0) 1847-890014

E-mail: Ian.Rae@thurso.uhi.ac.uk

Joined the ERI: August 1999

Academic Background:

2000 - Present PhD (Chemical Engineering) UHI Millennium Institute (UHIMI)

1995 - 1999 Aberdeen University BSc (hons) Environmental Science (2.i)

Honours Project “Assessing The Importance Of The Streambed in Ion Retention in an Upland Catchment Stream”

1994 - 1995 Open University M101: Math’s foundation Course

1993 – 1994 Open University S271: Discovering Physics

1992 – 1993 Open University S102: Science Foundation Course

Research Interests:

• The use of natural biosorbent materials for the purification of potable water and the treatment of
  wastewater (Specifically the removal / recovery of toxic metals)

• Soil and stream water chemistry in particular the impact of natural and anthropogenic pollutants on
  soil and water quality

• The ecotoxicology and speciation of metals and their effects within the aquatic environment

Publications:

• Rae, I. B. and Gibb, S.W. (2002) Crab Carapace: A low cost biosorbent for the removal of
  copper from aqueous solutions. IWA Water Intelligence Online http://www.iwaponline.com/wio/2002/07/wio200207033.htm
  
• Rae, I.B., Gibb, S.W.
  Removal of metals from aqueous solutions using natural chitinous materials
  Water Science & Technology Vol 47 No 10 pp 189–196, 2003
  
• Rae, I. B. and Gibb, S.W. (2004) Is crab carapace a viable Biosorbent? An inter-comparison with
  commercial sorbents for the removal of Cu2+ from aqueous solutions. (Submitted for review to
  Water Research)

• Rae, I. B., Gibb, S. W. (2002) Crab Carapace: A low cost biosorbent for the removal of copper from aqueous solutions. IWA Water Intelligence Online http://www.iwaponline.com/wio/2002/07/wio200207033.htm
  
  
• Rae, I. B., Gibb, S. W. (2004) Removal of metals from aqueous wastes using natural chitinous materials. Water Science and Technology, Vol. 47 (10), 189-196

Publications in Prep

• Rae, I. B., Gibb, S. W., and Lu, S. Crab carapace a viable biosorbent for the removal of Hg(II) from aqueous solutions Part I (Short Communication Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  
  
• Rae, I. B., Gibb, S. W., and Lu, S. Adsorption equilibrium and sorption kinetics of Cu(II) and Hg(II) onto crab carapace Part II (Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  
  
• Rae, I. B. and Gibb, S. W., Lu, S. Sorption of Cu(II), Pb(II), Hg(II) and Zn(II) from aqueous media in single and multi- metal solutions (Separation Science and Technology)

Conferences Attended:

• The 8th World Filtration Congress, Brighton, England. U.K 4–7th April (2000).

• Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) Sewper Conference Phase I. Oulu, Northern Finland. 3-5th May
  (2001).

• Northern Periphery Programme (NPP) Sewper Conference Phase II Copenhagen, Denmark. 29th June
  to 1st July (2001).
  
• 3rd International Water Association (IWA) Enviro 2002 World Water Congress, Melbourne, Australia,
  5-12 April, 2002
  
• 3rd European Meeting of Environmental Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland, 11-14 December 2002

Conference Proceedings:

• 1. Rae, I.B. (2002). Crab Carapace: **A low cost biosorbent for the removal of copper from aqueous solutions. Conference proceedings of the 3rd (IWA) Young Researchers Conference, University of Nottingham, 17–18 April.

** Also published in (IWA) online journal: Water Intelligence Online May (2002).

• 2. Rae, I.B. & Gibb, S.W. (2002). Removal of metals from aqueous wastes using natural chitinous materials. Conference proceedings 3rd International Water Association (IWA) Enviro 2002 World Water Congress,
  Melbourne, Australia, 5–12 April
  
  
• 3. Rae, I.B. & Gibb, S.W. (2002). A comparison of natural and commercial sorbent materials for the removal
  of copper from aqueous media” Conference proceedings of the 3rd European Meeting of Environmental
  Chemistry, Geneva, Switzerland, 11–14th December.

Selected Presentations:

• UHIMI Post graduate research conference Isle of Skye, Scotland. 28–30th January 2002 (Platform presentation) Title: “Natural Materials for the purification of potable water and the treatment of wastewater”

• 3rd International Water Association (IWA) World Water Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 5–12 April 2002 (Poster Presentation) Title: Removal of Metals from Aqueous Wastes Using Natural Chitinous Materials”

• 3rd Young Researchers Conference, University of Nottingham, U.K. 17-18 April 2002 (Platform Presentation) Title: Crab carapace A Low Cost Biosorbent fro the Removal of Copper From Aqueous solutions

• 3rd European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC 3), Geneva, Switzerland. 11-15 December
  2002 (Poster Presentation) Title: “A comparison of Natural and Commercial Sorbent Materials for the Removal of Copper from Aqueous Media”
  
• 10-13 December 2003 (Platform presentation) 4th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry (EMEC 4) Plymouth, U.K. Title: Crab carapace: A low-cost biosorbent for the removal of toxic metals from aqueous solutions

Membership in Professional Societies:

• Associate member Royal Society Chemistry (AMRSC)

• Graduate member International Water Association (IWA)

• Graduate member Society of Chemistry in Industry (SCI)

Committee Memberships:

Non-academic

2001 - 2004 Chairman UHI Millennium Institutes Research Students Association

2002 - 2004 Vice President UHI Millennium Institutes Student Association(UHISA)

2002 - 2004 UHISA representative UHI Student Affairs Committee

2002 - Present: UHISA Co-opted student training consultant

Academic

January 2003 - 2005UHISA representative UHI Research Committee

January 2003 - 2005UHISA representative UHI Academic Council Committee

January 2003 - 2005 UHISA representative UHI Faculty Board of Science and Technology

Other Activities

2001–2003 Field Technician UKAEA River Torran Environmental monitoring programme, Caithness

• Calibration and maintenance of multi analysis “Sonde Probe” (Data retrieval and storage)
• Stream water analysis (pH, conductivity, temp, pressure and metal content)

2004-2006 Research Cruises

Research Assistant NERC/NOC, Madagascar Expedition (Cruise D 288), RRS Discovery
Shift Chemist NOC/SAMS, Extended Ellett Line (Cruise D 312), RRS Discovery

2004-2007 Peer Reviewer

Indian Journal of Technology, Chemical Technology and Biotechnology and Clean Water, Soil and Air

Training Courses

• National Students Learning Program  “Training the Trainers Course”

(Included group management, communication, presentation, time management)

• SEM-EDAX and Voltammetry advanced operation and maintenance procedures
• Royal Society of Chemistry student mentor