Articles by DWT Team

Dr. Justin Sperling and Dr. Baptiste Poursat awarded SPIE Global Early Career Reseachers Award and take part in researcher exchange with Phutung Research Institute (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Dr. Justin Sperling and Dr. Baptiste Poursat were awarded an SPIE Global Early Career Researchers Award in partnership with Dr. Rijan Maharjan and Dr. Ashim Dhakal from the Phutung Research Institute (PRI) in Kathmandu, Nepal. The purpose of this collaboration was to promote a knowledge exchange regarding decentralised water monitoring between Scotland and Nepal and

‘Taps Aff!’: The Unexpected Challenges of Water Scarcity in Scotland. Article by Dr Laura Major, Dr Elizabeth Lawson, and Dr Jen Roberts

This short article, co-authored by Dr Laura Major, Dr Elizabeth Lawson, and Dr Jen Roberts, was published in The Geographer magazine (Royal Scottish Geographical Society). It explores how climate change is creating new water stress challenges for Scotland, a country often considered water-rich. It highlights unexpected impacts, from rural supply issues to water quality risks,

Dr. Justin Sperling was an invited speaker, program committee member, and session chair for Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment and Environmental Applications at the 2025 SPIE Photonics West Conference in San Francisco (US)

As part of the 2025 program committee, Dr. Justin Sperling worked with the conference chairs and other committee members to build the speaker + poster program schedule for the Optical Fibers and Sensors for Medical Diagnostics, Treatment, and Environmental Applications conference during SPIE BiOS 2025.       Dr. Sperling was also an invited speaker

EPSRC Off-grid Water Technologies Plenary Meeting -Dec 2024

The EPSRC Programme Grant on Off-grid Water Technologies Plenary Meeting was held on the 9th December 2024. The event was held at the University of Glasgow with others joining online via Zoom. The agenda included a welcome from our Principal Investigator, Professor Bill Sloan. From the Research Team presentations were received from Dr Tania Gomez-Borraz