Contact Dr Kristell Le Corre Pidou
Areas of expertise
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
Dr Le Corre Pidou completed her PhD on the understanding of struvite crystallisation at Cranfield University in 2006. She then worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Water Recycling at Cranfield University, where she was responsible for co-ordinating the Centre’s research on water reclamation and reuse, and in particular led the contribution to the RECLAIM WATER EC-funded research project on wastewater reclamation for aquifer recharge.
In 2009, she joined the Gironde Council in Bordeaux, France, as Project Coordinator of the EU project Water and Territories (SUDOE – INTERREG IVB), which aimed to open new perspectives for water governance by promoting co-operation between stakeholders involved in all sectors influenced by water usage.
In 2010, she took up the position of Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Advanced Water Management Centre at the University of Queensland (Australia), where she led a research project on hospital wastewater. Conducted in the context of the Western Corridor Recycling Scheme, this project examined the contribution of hospitals to the load of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater.
Dr Le Corre Pidou returned to Cranfield University in 2014 as a Research Fellow in Water Reuse. She worked on the collaborative project DEMOWARE – Innovation Demonstration for a Competitive and Innovative European Water Reuse Sector, supported by the European Commission under its Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). She contributed specifically to the “Exploitation and Growth” component of the project, which led to the creation of Water Reuse Europe, the industry association for water reuse in Europe.
In recent years, she has been involved in research projects on indirect potable reuse, greywater recycling and reuse, phosphorus removal using reactive-media-based constructed wetlands, managed aquifer recharge, and, more specifically, the impact of rainwater harvesting on groundwater quality in India with particular reference to fluoride. Her research has also addressed the crystallisation of phosphorus for removal and recovery.
She continues to be involved in projects focusing on resource recovery, with a specific emphasis on water recycling and reuse, as well as in a range of other research initiatives related to sustainable water management.
Since 2024, she is involved in the centre's research on engineering biology for environmental applications through her role as manager of the UKRI funded Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC), an interdisciplinary engineering biology research hub for the development of innovative environmental solutions.
Current activities
- Manager of the Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre (EBIC).
- Manager of the UK Water and Wastewater Networks hosted at Cranfield University.
- Deputy-Course Director - Par-time study - Water and Wastewater Processes MSc.
- Secretary of Water Reuse Europe, the industry-association for the water reuse sector in Europe.
Clients
DEFRA
European Commission
EPSRC
NERC
Thames Water
Severn Trent Water
Southern Water
United Utilities
Anglian Water
Wessex Water
Scottish Water
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