Dr Frances Slater

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Research Associate

Staff profile of Frances Slater
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f.slater@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5732

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Dr Frances Slater
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Room D106
Sir Frederick Mappin Building (Broad Lane Building)
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
Profile

Fran became a Research Associate in drinking water quality and biofilm management in 2019, following the completion of her PhD researching the impact of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) within operational drinking water distribution systems.

Fran has worked on a number of research and industry funded projects which have focused on how to monitor and manage the microbial quality of water from the water treatment works to reaching the customers tap. Fran has continued to explore the relationship between AOC, microbial growth and drinking water quality within drinking water distribution systems.

More recently, Frances led the operation of the full-scale drinking water pipeline test facility at the University of Sheffield, to explore the impact of intermittent water supply on drinking water quality.

Fran is currently working on the research project ‘To Chlorinate, or Not to Chlorinate’ which will, for the first time, study and model the impact of disinfectant residual strategies on biofilms including pathogen sheltering, proliferation and subsequent release.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Natural Sciences, 2013: Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster.

MSc Sustainable Water Management, 2014: Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster.

EngD, 2019: The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering. Thesis entitled: ‘Understanding the Impact of Assimilable Organic Carbon on Biological Stability and Biofilm Development within Drinking Water’.

Research interests
  • Biofilm monitoring and management
  • Drinking water quality -
  • Nutrients in drinking water -
  • Drinking water distribution systems
Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Research group

Water Engineering

Water Distribution Research Group

Sheffield Water Centre