Profiles
Miss Florence Parker-Jurd
Research Assistant - Preventing Plastic Pollution
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Role
Research Assistant
I work as a research assistant in the International Marine Litter Research Unit. I previously worked on Defra funded research, 'Investigating the sources and pathways of synthetic fibres and vehicle tyre wear pollution to the marine environment'.
I currently split my time between the European Regional Development Funded project 'Preventing Plastic Pollution' (2020 - 2023) working alongside 17 english and french partners across the english channel to remove and prevent plastic pollution in the region, and working with businesses and industry on commercially driven plastics related research projects.
Qualifications
2017 MSc (Distinction) Applied Marine Science, the University of Plymouth
2016 BSc (1st class Hons) Environmental Science, the University of Plymouth
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsKnight, L. J., Parker-Jurd, F. N. F., Al-Sid-Cheikh, M., & Thompson, R. C. (2020). Tyre wear particles: an abundant yet widely unreported microplastic? Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi:10.1007/s11356-020-08187-4
Additional information
Twitter @ParkerJurd