Dr Rebecca Brownlow MSci, CSci
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
Summary
I am a lecturer in environmental science interested in greenhouse gases and air quality with experience in both research and environmental consulting.
About
I joined Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in 2022, where I teach across BSc Geography, BSc Climate Sustainability and Environmental Management, and MSc Environmental Management courses. My current research interests include landfill gas, using low cost sensors to measure air quality, and emissions from burning.
I have an MSci (Hons) in Environmental Geoscience and PhD in Earth Science on ‘Tropical methane emissions: using isotopes to characterise source signatures’ from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Following my PhD, I worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, Netherlands, on vertical greenhouse gas profiles using AirCores, a type of atmospheric sampling system. I then moved into environmental consulting focusing on aspects of waste and air quality topics, including Landfill gas risk and resource assessments, and waste life cycle assessments before joining SHU.
Publications
Journal articles
Nisbet, E.G., Manning, M.R., Dlugokencky, E.J., Fisher, R.E., Lowry, D., Michel, S.E., ... White, J.W.C. (2019). Very Strong Atmospheric Methane Growth in the 4 Years 2014–2017: Implications for the Paris Agreement. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 33 (3), 318-342.
Brownlow, R., Lowry, D., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L., Lanoisellé, M., White, B., ... Nisbet, E.G. (2017). Isotopic Ratios of Tropical Methane Emissions by Atmospheric Measurement. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31 (9), 1408-1419.
Fisher, R.E., France, J.L., Lowry, D., Lanoisellé, M., Brownlow, R., Pyle, J.A., ... Nisbet, E.G. (2017). Measurement of the 13C isotopic signature of methane emissions from northern European wetlands. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31 (3), 605-623.
Brownlow, R., Lowry, D., Thomas, R.M., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L., Cain, M., ... Nisbet, E.G. (2016). Methane mole fraction and δ13C above and below the trade wind inversion at Ascension Island in air sampled by aerial robotics. Geophysical Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Letters, 43 (22).
Nisbet, E.G., Dlugokencky, E.J., Manning, M.R., Lowry, D., Fisher, R.E., France, J.L., ... Ganesan, A.L. (2016). Rising atmospheric methane: 2007–2014 growth and isotopic shift. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30 (9), 1356-1370.
Greatwood, C., Richardson, T., Freer, J., Thomas, R., MacKenzie, A., Brownlow, R., ... Nisbet, E. (n.d.). Atmospheric Sampling on Ascension Island Using Multirotor UAVs. Sensors, 17 (6), 1189.