Sylvia Cowdry

Research Assistant, Environmental and Human Sciences Division

Email: sylvia.cowdry@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526270
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23563

Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK

Sylvia joined Forest Research in 1990 working with the chemical analysis laboratory. In 1996 she moved to the Soils Laboratory then subsequently the Land Reclamation and Urban Greening research group as a research assistant.

Current role

Research Assistant, Environmental and Human Sciences Division

Supporting Project Leaders in contaminated land research projects and advisory services.
Assisting in the analysis of forestry research samples from Forestry Commission and the forestry industry.

Current programmes

Contamination and integrated remediation

Research areas

Use of soil amendments to reduce metal uptake and toxicity
Improving knowledge of pollutant movement and receptor interactions

Main recent publications

Hutchings, T.R., Bochereau, F. and Cowdry, S. (In press). The Development of an Ecotoxicological Method for Determining the Suitability of Contaminated Land for Supporting Trees. Chemosphere.

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