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Staff Profile
Dr Martin Spurr
Research Associate
- Email: martin.spurr@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 4891
- Address: School of Natural & Environmental Sciences
3rd Floor, Devonshire Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Qualifications
AoE: Ecosystems
Research & Development Projects
Nov 2020 Northern Accelerator Innovation Assessment 'Real-time water quality sensor using Bioelectrochemical Systems'
Apr 2020 BBSRC Industrial Partnership Award (BB/T008296/1) – 'PRO-BES: Pioneering Real-time Observations with BioElectrochemical Systems'
Dec 2018 RCUK Innovation Fellow on BBSRC Super Follow-on Fund (BB/R005613/1) – ‘ToOLTuBES: Toxicity & Organic Load Tracking using BioElectrochemical Systems’
July 2017 EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (EP/R511584/1) – ‘Building a Business Development Plan for ToOLTuBES: Toxicity & Organic Load Tracking using BioElectrochemical Systems’
Jun 2017 BBSRC AD Network Business Interaction Voucher (BIV2017003) – ‘Development of a Real-Time Water Quality Sensor for Estimation of BOD and Toxicity’
Apr 2016 Innovate UK & BBSRC Biofilms (BB/P000312/1) – ‘Online Microbial Fuel Cell biofilm-based BOD sensor’
Jan 2016 Newcastle University Institute for Sustainability ‘Responsive Mode’ – ‘An online Microbial Fuel Cell‐based BOD sensor for improved management of water quality’
Sep 2015 NERC Resource Recovery from Waste (NE/L01422X/1) – ‘Microbial Electrochemical Technology for Resource Recovery (MeteoRR)’
Aug 2012 PhD EPSRC Supergen (EP/H019480/1) – ‘Biological Fuel Cells Consortium’
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Articles
- Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. No re-calibration required? Stability of a bioelectrochemical sensor for biodegradable organic matter over 800 days. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2021, 190, 113392.
- Godain A, Spurr MW, Boghani HC, Premier GC, Yu EH, Head IM. Detection of 4-Nitrophenol, a Model Toxic Compound, using Multi-stage Microbial Fuel Cells. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2020, 8, 5.
- Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. A microbial fuel cell sensor for unambiguous measurement of organic loading and definitive identification of toxic influents. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2020, 6(3), 612-621.
- Spurr MWA, Yu EH, Scott K, Head IM. Extending the dynamic range of biochemical oxygen demand sensing with multi-stage microbial fuel cells. Environmental Science Water Research and Technology 2018, 4(12), 2029-2040.
- Davenport R, Spurr M, Head I, Cherry B. Engineering biology for the circular economy in water resources. Water Industry Journal 2018, 7(June), 50-51.
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Book Chapter
- Velasquez-Orta S, Utuk E, Spurr M. Microbial fuel cell sensors for water and wastewater monitoring. In: Sonia M. Tiquia-Arashiro, Deepak Pant, ed. Microbial Electrochemical Technologies. CRC Press, 2018.
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Patent
- Spurr M, Head I, Yu E, Dinsdale R, Guwy A, Feito RF, Kaur A. Water Quality Monitoring Method and Device. WO2023007183, 2023.
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Report
- Spurr MWA. Microbial fuel cell-based biosensors for estimation of biochemical oxygen demand and detection of toxicity. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2017.