About Me
Dr Paul N. Williams, is a fellow of the Institute for Global Food Security, Director of QUB’s Agricultural Technology Degree, and Senior Lecturer in Soil & Environmental Biogeochemistry. Paul’s research interests centre on environmental/elemental metrology, understanding plant-soil interactions and improved soil management. With over twenty years of experience investigating plant mineral nutrition, trace-element fate & behaviour in global agricultural systems. His expertise includes the complementary methods of multi-element chromatography (IC-ICP-MS), DGT, laser-based analytical measurement (LA-ICP-MS), optical sensors (planar optodes), in-situ UV/vis spectrometry and XRF analysis. In addition to a holding a senior editorial role in the Springer-Nature journal Exposure & Health, Paul sits on the editorial advisory board for the ACS journal ES&T and has held an editorial board position with Environmental Pollution for >15 years