Lecturer in Earth & Env. Chemistry
Biological and Environmental Sciences 麻豆传媒AV
I am a Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Chemistry with a research focus on the biogeochemical cycling of iron and its environmental implications. My research is interdisciplinary and covers a range of topics. This ranges from investigating the role of iron cycling in salt marsh ecosystems and its influence on nutrient fluxes and contaminant mobility, to the long-term corrosion of historic iron-hulled ships in marine environments.
Currently, I am on full secondment as a Research & Development Fellow at the UK Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). My work supports evidence-based policymaking in the Soils & Peatland Evidence Team.
Before joining 麻豆传媒AV, I acted as a lecturer in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. I earned my PhD in Environmental Engineering from Newcastle University and later worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Soil Chemistry Group at ETH Zurich (Institute for Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics).
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Kubeneck LJ, Fantappiè G, Notini L, Rothwell KA, ThomasArrigo LK & Kretzschmar R (2025) Interplay of Fe and S biogeochemistry shapes in situ iron mineral transformations in contrasting intertidal sediments. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5em00213c
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Current Practices for Analyzing Soils and Sediments via M?ssbauer Spectroscopy
Thompson A, Byrne JM, Dreher CL, Grigg ARC, Joshi P, Latta DE, Neumann A, Notini L, O'Neill KEB & Rothwell KA (2025) Current Practices for Analyzing Soils and Sediments via M?ssbauer Spectroscopy. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.12024
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Kubeneck LJ, Rothwell KA, Notini L, ThomasArrigo LK, Schulz K, Fantappiè G, Joshi P, Huthwelker T & Kretzschmar R (2025) In Situ Vivianite Formation in Intertidal Sediments: Ferrihydrite-Adsorbed P Triggers Vivianite Formation. Environmental Science & Technology, 59 (1), pp. 523-532. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c10710
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Rothwell KA, ThomasArrigo LK, Kaegi R & Kretzschmar R (2024) Low molecular weight organic acids stabilise siderite against oxidation and influence the composition of iron (oxyhydr)oxide oxidation products. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 27 (1), pp. 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4em00363b
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Transformation of vivianite in intertidal sediments with contrasting sulfide conditions
Kubeneck LJ, Notini L, Rothwell KA, Fantappiè G, Huthwelker T, ThomasArrigo LK & Kretzschmar R (2024) Transformation of vivianite in intertidal sediments with contrasting sulfide conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 370, pp. 173-187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.01.020
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Reduction Pathway-Dependent Formation of Reactive Fe(II) Sites in Clay Minerals
Rothwell KA, Pentrak MP, Pentrak LA, Stucki JW & Neumann A (2023) Reduction Pathway-Dependent Formation of Reactive Fe(II) Sites in Clay Minerals. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (28), pp. 10231-10241. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01655
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Notini L, Schulz K, Kubeneck LJ, Grigg ARC, Rothwell KA, Fantappiè G, ThomasArrigo LK & Kretzschmar R (2023) A New Approach for Investigating Iron Mineral Transformations in Soils and Sediments Using 57Fe-Labeled Minerals and 57Fe M?ssbauer Spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (27), pp. 10008-10018. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00434
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Jo?lle Kubeneck L, ThomasArrigo LK, Rothwell KA, Kaegi R & Kretzschmar R (2023) Competitive incorporation of Mn and Mg in vivianite at varying salinity and effects on crystal structure and morphology. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 346, pp. 231-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.01.029
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Grigg ARC, ThomasArrigo LK, Schulz K, Rothwell KA, Kaegi R & Kretzschmar R (2022) Ferrihydrite transformations in flooded paddy soils: rates, pathways, and product spatial distributions. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 24 (10), pp. 1867-1882. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2em00290f
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Rothwell KA & Cooke MP (2015) A comparison of methods used to calculate normal background concentrations of potentially toxic elements for urban soil. Science of The Total Environment, 532, pp. 625-634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.06.083