Staff Profile
Dr Martin Cooke
Director Postgraduate Studies
- Email: martin.cooke@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 5313
- Fax: +44 (0) 191 208 5322
- Address: School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Drummond Building (Room 3.02)
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Background
After a successful career in industry I returned to University to study the role of bacteria in environmental systems. I undertook my PhD in "Bacteriohopanepolyols as indicators of bacterial communities."
I am the Associate Dean for UG Education in the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, and a Senior Lecturer in Geology
Area of expertise
Environmental pollution
Qualifications
BSc Geology
BSc Biochemistry
PhD Organic Geochemistry "Bacteriohopanepolyols as indicators of bacterial communities".
Fellow of the Geological Society of London
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Gm1c4soAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests
I am interested in the contamination of the environment by human activity and the impact of that contamination on human health and the environment.
Calculation of contaminant background threshold levels
In response to changes in the environmental protection act I have worked with North East England Local Authorities to set background threshold levels for contaminants using existing site investigation data.
Environmental Causes of Disease
I am currently working on identifying potential environmental triggers for disease. Specifically focusing on 2 main areas. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis in NE England
Pesticide Usage and Parkinson's Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
Undergraduate Teaching
Module Leader for CEG1602 Earth Surface Materials
Module Leader for CEG2606 Geological Resources
Lecturer on CEG3607 Engineering Geology
Postgraduate Teaching
Module Leader for CEG86008 Contaminated Land
Student Projects
I undertake projects with students that investigate environmental pollution, its sources, fate in the environment and its impact on human health in conjunction with the Faculty of Medical Sciences
- Cooke MP, Talbot HM, Wagner T. Tracking soil organic carbon transport to continental margin sediments using soil-specific hopanoid biomarkers: A case study from the Congo fan (ODP site 1075). Organic Geochemistry 2008, 39(8), 965-971.
- Cooke MP, Talbot HM, Farrimond P. Bacterial populations recorded in bacteriohopanepolyol distributions in soils from Northern England. Organic Geochemistry 2008, 39(9), 1347-1358.
- Redshaw C, Cooke MP, Talbot HM, McGrath S, Rowland S. Low biodegradability of fluoxetine HCl, diazepam and their human metabolites in sewage sludge-amended soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments 2008, 8(4), 217-230.
- Xu Y, Cooke MP, Talbot HM, Simpson MJ. Bacteriohopanepolyol Signatures of Bacterial Populations in Western Canadian Soils. Organic Geochemistry 2009, 40(1), 79-86.
- Cooke MP, van Dongen BE, Talbot HM, Semiletov I, Shakhova N, Guo L, Gustafsson O. Bacteriohopanepolyol biomarker composition of organic matter exported to the Arctic Ocean by seven of the major Arctic rivers. Organic Geochemistry 2009, 40(11), 1151-1159.
- Handley L, Talbot HM, Cooke MP, Anderson KE, Wagner T. Bacteriohopanepolyols as tracers for continental and marine organic matter supply and phases of enhanced nitrogen cycling on the late Quaternary Congo deep sea fan. Organic Geochemistry 2010, 41(9), 910-914.
- Rethemeyer J, Schubotz F, Talbot HM, Cooke MP, Hinrichs KU, Mollenhauer G. Distribution of polar membrane lipids in permafrost soils and sediments of a small high Arctic catchment. Organic Geochemistry 2010, 41(10), 1130-1145.
- Spatar C, Penna N, Mills H, Kutija V, Cooke M. A robust approach for mapping group marks to individual marks using peer assessment. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education 2015, 40(3), 371-389.
- Rothwell KA, Cooke MP. A comparison of methods used to calculate normal background concentrations of potentially toxic elements for urban soil. Science of the Total Environment 2015, 532, 625-634.
- Meyer SK, Probert PME, Lakey AK, Leitch A, Blake LI, Jowsey PA, Cooke MP, Blain PG, Wright MC. Environmental xenoestrogens super-activate a variant murine ER beta in cholangiocytes. Toxicological Sciences 2017, 156(1), 54-71.
- Gerrard J, Cooke M. Contaminated Green Waste. Digging Deep 2016, 21, 6.
- Gerrard J, Cooke M, Strano M. Proving a problem: help us to map the spread of contaminated green waste [and green waste app: a field guide]. The Searcher 2016, 374, 40-43.
- Gilbert PJ, Taylor S, Cooke D, Cooke MP, Jeffries M. Variations in sediment organic carbon between different types of small natural ponds along Druridge Bay, Northumberland, UK. Inland Waters 2014, 4(1), 57-64.
- Probert PM, Leitch AC, Dunn MP, Meyer SK, Palmer JM, Abdelghany TM, Lakey AF, Cooke MP, Talbot H, Wills C, McFarlane W, Blake LI, Rosenmai AK, Oskarsson A, Figueiredo R, Wilson C, Kass GE, Jones DE, Blain PG, Wright MC. Identification of a xenobiotic as a potential environmental trigger in primary biliary cholangitis. Journal of Hepatology 2018, 69(5), 1123-1135.
- Leitch AC, Abdelghany TM, Probert PM, Dunn MP, Meyer SK, Palmer JM, Cooke MP, Blake LI, Morse K, Rosenmai AK, Oskarsson A, Bates L, Figueiredo RS, Ibrahim I, Wilson C, Abdelkader NF, Jones DE, Blain PG, Wright MC. The toxicity of the methylimidazolium ionic liquids, with a focus on M8OI and hepatic effects. Food and Chemical Toxicology 2020, 136, 111069.