Professor Rakesh Kanda
Professor - Exposome Science
- Environmental Sciences
Membership and affiliation
- 2001: Membership of the British Standards Institute sub-committee (EH/3/2) on Physical chemical and biochemical methods for water, period 2001 to 2002
- 2004: Member of the Editorial board of Current Pharmaceutical Analysis, period 2004 to 2013
- 2005: Membership of the Technical Working Group of the National Endocrine Disrupter Programme (NEDP), period from 2005 to 2009
- 2006: Member of the Standing Committee of Analysts (Steroid oestrogens)
- 2007: Member of Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) Innovation and Research working Group, period from 2007 to 2012
- 2007: Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Chemistry, Food & Pharmacy, The University of Reading, period 2007 to 2015
- 2009: Membership of the Technical Working Group of the Chemicals Investigation Programme (CPP) period from 2009 to 2012
- 2013: Member of the London Toxicology Group, period 2013 to present
- 2021: Member of the Editorial board (Environmental Chemistry Section) of Toxics, period 2021 to present
Media interests
12th June 2015
Tiny catalysts could wipe billions off the cost of cleaning wastewater
Catalysts effectively remove ethynylestradiol (EE2), a contraceptive pill hormone, from treated wastewater
15th June 2015
Water Processing: Sustainable wastewater treatment
Novel Catalysts could revolutionse wastewater treatment
20th June 2015
Pill Endocrine Disrupter cleaned up using catalysts
Cheap iron catalysts could cut cost of tackling synthetic oestrogen in wastewater in half
20th August 2016
Researchers help women yacht crew highlight plastic pollution