Liz Bailey

Contact

• workRoom C21 Gateway Building
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 6255
• fax0115 951 6261
• liz.bailey@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Expertise Summary

My research focuses on the speciation and fractionation of radioisotopes and trace elements in the environment and the geochemistry of trace element deficiency/toxicity. Specific projects include (i) an investigation of the kinetics of radioisotope fixation in soils (¹²⁹I, ⁹⁹Tc, ²³⁵U, ⁸⁴Se), (ii) iodine and selenium dynamics in soils, including projects in the UK, northern Pakistan, Somalia, Iraqi Kurdistan and Malawi (iii) the kinetics of uranium(VI) fixation on biochar, (iv) trace element behaviour in calcareous soils in Iraqi Kurdistan, (v) the lability, fractionation and origin of Pb in Egyptian soils, (vi) exposure of households to trace elements from the Kilembe copper mine and tailing sites in Western Uganda (vii) stabilization-solidification of Libyan drilling muds (viii) fate of zinc sulphide nanoparticles in soil. I co-run the departmental ICP-MS facility.

Teaching Summary

I teach several courses including:

• Building a Habitable Planet (convenor)
• Soil Science
• Environmental Geochemistry (convenor)
• Environmental Pollution: Fate, Impact and Remediation (convenor)
• Environmental Science Research Project
• MSci Research Project

Research Summary

My research focuses on the speciation and fractionation of radioisotopes and trace elements in the environment and the geochemistry of trace element deficiency/toxicity. Recent projects have included… read more

Selected Publications

• MATHERS A.W., YOUNG S.D., MCGRATH S.P., ZHAO F.J., CROUT N.M.J. and BAILEY E.H., 2017. Determining the fate of Se in wheat biofortification: an isotopically labelled field trial study. Plant and Soil. (In Press.)
• ALMAHAYNI T., BAILEY E.H., CROUT N.M.J. and SHAW G., 2017. Effects of incubation time and filtration method on Kd of indigenous selenium and iodine in temperate soils Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 177, 84-90
• BOWLEY H.E., MATHERS A.W., YOUNG S.D., MACDONALD A, ANDER E.L., WATTS M.J., ZHAO F.J., MCGRATH S.P., CROUT N.M.J. and BAILEY E.H., 2017. Historical trends in iodine and selenium in soil and herbage at the Park Grass field trial, Rothamsted Research Soil Use and Management.
• BOWLEY, H E, YOUNG, S D, ANDER, E L, CROUT, N M J, WATTS, M J and BAILEY, E H, 2016. Iodine binding to humic acid. Chemosphere. 157, 208-14

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Current Research

My research focuses on the speciation and fractionation of radioisotopes and trace elements in the environment and the geochemistry of trace element deficiency/toxicity. Recent projects have included (i) an investigation of the kinetics of radioisotope fixation in soils (¹²⁹I, ⁹⁹Tc, ²³⁵U, ⁸⁴Se), (ii) iodine and selenium dynamics in soils, including projects in the UK, northern Pakistan, Somalia, Iraqi Kurdistan and Malawi, (iii) the kinetics of uranium(VI) fixation on biochar, (iv) trace element behaviour in calcareous soils in Iraqi Kurdistan, (v) the lability, fractionation and origin of Pb in Egyptian soils, (vi) exposure of households to trace elements from the Kilembe copper mine and tailing sites in Western Uganda (vii) stabilization-solidification of Libyan drilling muds, and (viii) fate of zinc sulphide nanoparticles in soil.

• BOWLEY H.E., MATHERS A.W., YOUNG S.D., MACDONALD A, ANDER E.L., WATTS M.J., ZHAO F.J., MCGRATH S.P., CROUT N.M.J. and BAILEY E.H., 2017. Historical trends in iodine and selenium in soil and herbage at the Park Grass field trial, Rothamsted Research Soil Use and Management.
• ALMAHAYNI T., BAILEY E.H., CROUT N.M.J. and SHAW G., 2017. Effects of incubation time and filtration method on Kd of indigenous selenium and iodine in temperate soils Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 177, 84-90
• MATHERS A.W., YOUNG S.D., MCGRATH S.P., ZHAO F.J., CROUT N.M.J. and BAILEY E.H., 2017. Determining the fate of Se in wheat biofortification: an isotopically labelled field trial study. Plant and Soil. (In Press.)
• MAO L, YOUNG S.D., TYE A. and BAILEY E.H., 2017. Predicting trace metal solubility and fractionation in Urban soils from isotopic exchangeability Environmental Pollution. (In Press.)
• GARFORTH J., BAILEY E.H., TYE A., YOUNG and LOFTS S, 2016. A novel use of isotopic dilution to assess chemical extraction of labile Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb in soils. Chemosphere. 155, 534-551
• BOWLEY, H E, YOUNG, S D, ANDER, E L, CROUT, N M J, WATTS, M J and BAILEY, E H, 2016. Iodine binding to humic acid. Chemosphere. 157, 208-14
• ASHRY, A., BAILEY, E.H., CHENERY, S.R.N. and YOUNG, S.D., 2016. Kinetic study of time-dependent fixation of U(VI) on biochar Journal of Hazardous Materials. 320, 55 - 66
• MWESIGYE A.R., YOUNG S.D., BAILEY E.H. and BALABA T.S., 2016. Population exposure to trace elements from the Kilembe copper mine and tailing sites in Western Uganda; A pilot study Science of the Total Environment. 573, 366-375
• RODRIGO S, YOUNG SD, COOK D, WILKINSON S, CLEGG S, BAILEY EH, MATHERS AW and BROADLEY MR, 2015. Selenium in commercial beer and losses in the brewing process from wheat to beer Food Chemistry. 182, 9-13
• MAO, LINGCHEN, YOUNG, SCOTT D. and BAILEY, ELIZABETH H., 2015. Lability of copper bound to humic acid CHEMOSPHERE. 131, 201-208
• MAO, LINGCHEN, BAILEY, ELIZABETH H., CHESTER, JONATHAN, DEAN, JOSEPH, ANDER, E. LOUISE, CHENERY, SIMON R. and YOUNG, SCOTT D., 2014. Lability of Pb in soil: effects of soil properties and contaminant source ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. 11(6), 690-701
• LUO, PING, BAILEY, ELIZABETH H. and MOONEY, SACHA J., 2013. Quantification of changes in zero valent iron morphology using X-ray computed tomography JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES. 25(11), 2344-2351
• GARFORTH, J, BAILEY, EH, TYE, AM, YOUNG, SD and LOFTS, S, 2013. Measurement of labile metal in soils. Chemical extraction and isotopic dilution data Environmental Information Data Centre.
• SHETAYA, W.H., YOUNG, S.D., WATTS, M.J., ANDER, E.L. and BAILEY, EH, 2012. Iodine dynamics in soils Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 77, 457-473
• ATKINSON, N.R., YOUNG, S.D., TYE, A.M., BREWARD, N. and BAILEY, E.H., 2012. Does returning sites of historic peri-urban waste disposal to vegetable production pose a risk to human health? - A case study near Manchester, UK Soil Use and Management. 28(4), 559-570
• ATKINSON, N.R., BAILEY, E.H., TYE, A.M., BREWARD, N. and YOUNG, S.D., 2011. Fractionation of lead in soil by isotopic dilution and sequential extraction. Environmental Chemistry. 8(5), 493-500
• AHMED, I.A.M., YOUNG, S.D., MOSSELMANS, J.F.W., CROUT, N.M.J. and BAILEY, E.H., 2009. Coordination of Cd²⁺ ions in the internal pore system of zeolite-X: a combined EXAFS and isotopic exchange study Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73(6), 1577-1587
• WANTANAPHONG, J., MOONEY, S.J. and BAILEY, E.H., 2006. Quantification of pore clogging characteristics in potential permeable reactive barrier (PRB) substrates using image analysis Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 86(3-4), 299-320
• BAILEY, E.H., MOSSELMANS, J.F.W. and YOUNG, S.D., 2005. Time-dependent surface reactivity of Cd sorbed on calcite, hydroxylapatite and humic acid Mineralogical Magazine. 69(5), 563-575
• BAILEY, E.H., MOSSELMANS, J.F. and SCHOFIELD, P.F., 2005. Uranyl citrate speciation in acidic aqueous solutions - an XAS study between 25 and 200 degrees C Chemical Geology. 216(1-2), 1-16
• WANTANAPHONG, J., MOONEY, S.J. and BAILEY, E.H., 2005. Quantification of the effects of pore clogging in potential PRB substrates using image analysis. In: Permeable Reactive Barriers. 154-160
• WANTANAPHONG, J., BAILEY, E.H. and MOONEY, S., 2005. Suitability of natural materials and wastes as Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs). Environmental Chemistry Letters. 3, 19-23
• WANTANAPHONG, J., BAILEY, E.H. and MOONEY, S.J., 2005. Suitability testing of selected wastes and natural substrates for Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBÃs). In: Permeable Reactive Barriers. 110-116
• VALSAMI-JONES, E., BALTATZIS, E., BAILEY, E. H., BOYCE, A. J., ALEXANDER, J. L., MAGGANAS, A., ANDERSON, L., WALDRON, S. and RAGNARSDOTTIR, K. V., 2005. The geochemistry of fluids from an active shallow submarine hydrothermal system: Milos island, Hellenic Volcanic Arc Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. VOL 148(NUMBER 1-2), 130-151
• BAILEY, E.H., MOSSELMANS, J.F. and SCHOFIELD, P.F., 2004. Uranyl acetate speciation in aqueous solutions - an XAS study between 25° C and 250° C Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 68(8), 1711-1722
• PURVIS,O.W., BAILEY,E.H., MCLEAN,J., KASAMA,T. and WILLIAMSON,B.J, 2004. Uranium biosoprtion by the licen Trapelia involuta at a Uranium mine Geomicrobiology Journal. 21(3), 159-167
• TYE, A. M., YOUNG, S. D., CROUT, N. M. J., ZHANG, H., PRESTON, S., BAILEY, E. H., DAVISON, W., MCGRATH, S. P., PATON, C. I. and KILHAM, K., 2002. Predicting Arsenic Solubility in Contaminated Soils Using Isotopic Dilution Techniques Environmental Science and Technology. VOL 36(PART 5), 982-988
• MOSSELMANS, F., BAILEY, E. and SCHOFIELD, U., 2001. A study of uranium speciation in acetate solutions at temperatures from 25 to 250Cõ Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 8, 660-662
• BAILEY, E., 1999. Structure and stability of the solvated (UO2)2+\ uranyl ion: an in situ XAS study. In: Geochemistry of the Earth's Surface Balkema Uitgevers B.V, A.A., Rotterdam. 465-468
• PURVIS, O.W., BAILEY, E.H. and HASS, J.R., 1998. Bioaccumulation of metals by litchens: Uptake of aqueous uranium by Peltigera membranacea as a function of time and pH American Minerologist. 83, 1494-1502
• MCLEAN, J., PURVIS, O. W., WILLIAMSON, B. J. and BAILEY, E. H., 1998. Role for lichen melanins in uranium remediation Nature. ISSUE 6668, 649
• ALEXANDER, J.L., PICKERING, K.T. and BAILEY, E.H., 1998. Hydrothermal sediments associated with a relict back-arc spreading center in the Shikoku Basin, recovered from the Nankai accretionary prism, Japan Island Arc. 8, 281-292
• BAILEY, E. H. and RAGNARSDOTTIR, K. V., 1994. Uranium and thorium solubilities in subduction zone fluids Earth and Planetary Science Letters. VOL 124(NUMBER 1/4), 119
• BAILEY, E. H., KEMP, A. J. and RAGNARSDOTTIR, K. V., 1993. Determination of Uranium and Thorium in Basalts and Uranium in Aqueous Solution by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry. VOL 8(NUMBER 4), 551