Marta Ponti

I am a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde looking at the impact of flooding on industrial activities in terms of potential dispersion of hazardous substances. In particular, I'm interested in the relationship between flooding and the discarded materials able to degenerate and release microplastics (MPs) in flood waters such as plastic, rubber, textile, and mix and undifferentiated materials. The location of waste management facilities in flood-prone areas makes them a potential significant contributor to the total amount of microplastics in the marine environment. The primary focus of my studies lies in the UK which regularly experiences severe flooding events.

I've recently concluded the position as Research Assistant (March, April and May 2022) on the project "A roadmap for implementing the SDGs using space data" with Christopher White.

My research is supervised by Dr Christopher J. White (University of Strathclyde, UK),  Dr Douglas Bertram (University of Strathclyde, UK), Dr Deonie Allen (University of Strathclyde, UK), and Dr Christine Switzer (University of Strathclyde, UK).