Slater, Frances, Dr

Dr Frances Slater

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate

f.slater@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5732

Room D106, Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)

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Dr Frances Slater
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room D106
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
91̽��
S1 3JD

Profile

Fran became a Research Associate in drinking water quality and biofilm management in 2019, following the completion of her PhD researching the impact of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) within operational drinking water distribution systems.

Fran has worked on a number of research and industry funded projects which have focused on how to monitor and manage the microbial quality of water from the water treatment works to reaching the customers tap. Fran has continued to explore the relationship between AOC, microbial growth and drinking water quality within drinking water distribution systems.

More recently, Frances led the operation of the full-scale drinking water pipeline test facility at the University of 91̽��, to explore the impact of intermittent water supply on drinking water quality.

Fran is currently working on the research project ‘’ which will, for the first time, study and model the impact of disinfectant residual strategies on biofilms including pathogen sheltering, proliferation and subsequent release.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences, 2013: Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster.

MSc Sustainable Water Management, 2014: Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster.

EngD, 2019: 91̽��, 91̽��, UK. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering. Thesis entitled: ‘Understanding the Impact of Assimilable Organic Carbon on Biological Stability and Biofilm Development within Drinking Water’.

Research interests

Biofilm monitoring and management
Drinking water quality -
Nutrients in drinking water -
Drinking water distribution systems

Publications

Journal articles

Pick F & Fish K (2024) . Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
Pick FC, Fish KE, Husband S & Boxall JB (2021) . Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.
Pick FC, Fish KE & Boxall JB (2021) . Water Research, 117147.
Pick FC, Fish KE, Biggs CA, Moses JP, Moore G & Boxall JB (2019) . PLOS ONE, 14(12).
Webb M, Barker PA, Wynn PM, Heiri O, van Hardenbroek M, Pick F, Russell JM, Stott AW & Leng MJ (2016) . Journal of Quaternary Science, 31(4), 300-309.
Pointl M, Marques J, Pick FC, Salcedo C, Vertommen I, Zeidan M, Boxall J, Cunha MC, Fuchs-Hanusch D, Jung D , Ostfeld A et al () . Water, 16(13), 1862-1862.

Conference proceedings papers

Pick F, Fish K, Husband S & Boxall J (2020)
Pick FC, Fish KE, Mosses J & Boxall JB (2018) Development of Assimable Organic Carbon Assey and Field Application within Drinking Water Treatment. WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference 2018, 23 July 2018 - 25 July 2018.
Bhandari DS, Quinn D, Tsagkari E, Fish K, Pick F, Boxall J, Smith C, You S & Sloan W () . The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 261 (pp 141-141)
Park J, Pick F, Fish K, Quinn D, Smith C, Speight V & Boxall J () . The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), Vol. 214 (pp 115-115)

Research group

Water Engineering

Water Distribution Research Group

91̽�� Water Centre