Rebecca Lunn

Rebecca Jane Lunn MBE FRSE FREng FICE is a Professor and Head of the Centre for Ground Engineering and Energy Geosciences at the University of Strathclyde.[1][2][3][4] I

Becky Lunn

MBE FRSE FREng FICE
Born
Rebecca Jane Lunn
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA)
Newcastle University (PhD)
AwardsAberconway Medal (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsGeosciences
InstitutionsNewcastle University
University of Edinburgh
Heriot Watt University
University of Strathclyde
ThesisA nitrogen modelling system for large river basins (1995)
Websitewww.strath.ac.uk/staff/lunnrebeccaprof

Lunn studies flow and transport systems in the shallow crust in an effort to characterise uncertainty in nuclear waste disposal,.[5]

Lunn developed techniques to monitor microseismic activity at depths of several kilometres.[5] She has also investigated self-healing grouts,[6] She researches bacterials and microbial populations in prosthetic liners;[7] research has also considered the development of cheap, safe and comfortable prosthetic limbs.[8]

Lunn leads two Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Nuclear Waste consortia: Biogeochemical Applications in Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Disposal (BANDD) and Systems Approach For Engineered (SAFE) Barriers.[9][10] The BANDD consortia includes the investigation of biomineralisation to seal radionuclides and to seal rock fractures.[9] SAFE (a £1.3 M EPSRC programme) developed technology that can monitor thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical reaction (THMC) variables, including pH, temperature, pressure and swelling.[11][12]

Early life and education

Lunn studied the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge.[13] She moved to Newcastle University for her postgraduate studies, earning a master's degree and a PhD for research on modelling large drainage basins in 1995.[14]

Career and research

Lunn remained at Newcastle University as a postdoctoral research associate, modelling systems for groundwater and mineral transport, until 1997[13] and .[15][16]

Lunn joined the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer in 1997.[13] She moved to Heriot-Watt University in October 2000.[15] In 2005 Lunn joined the University of Strathclyde. She was made Professor in 2010 and Head of Department in 2011.[13]

In 2011 she was the first woman to be made the Head of an Engineering Department in Scotland.[17]

She was the first woman to win the Aberconway Medal in 2011.[18]

She is a member of the Decommissioning, Immobilisation and Storage soluTIons for NuClear wasTe InVEntories (DISTINCTIVE) collaboration.[19]


Policy and academic service

In 2009 Lunn was appointed to the Government of the United Kingdom Committee on Radioactive Waste Management.[20] She delivered a public lecture about challenges of disposing of radioactive waste.[21][22] Lunn served as a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh inquiry into the future of energy in Scotland.[23] The inquiry looks to assess energy demand in Scotland and investigate how the energy demand may be met.[24] Lunn also serves on the EPSRC engineering Research Council’s Strategic Advisory Team.[25]

Lunn is engaged in activities to improve gender balance in science. She was invited onto the Royal Society of Edinburgh Working Group on Women in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), who produced a report to Scottish Ministers in 2012.[13] The report, Tapping All Out Talents, made a series of recommendations, including ensuring that universities obtained an Athena SWAN Silver Award and encourage shared parental leave.[26] The report was revised in 2018, encouraging behavioural change across the sector.[27] Lunn is Programme Director on the EPSRC Inclusion Matters project STEM Equals.[28] The proposal looks to build initiatives for LGBT scientists and engineers at the University of Strathclyde.[29]

Awards and honours

Her awards and honours include:

References
  1. Rebecca Lunn publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  2. Shipton, Zoe K.; Soden, Aisling M.; Kirkpatrick, James D.; Bright, Aileen M.; Lunn, Rebecca J. (2006). "How thick is a fault? Fault displacement-thickness scaling revisited" (PDF). 170: 193–198. doi:10.1029/170GM19. ISSN 0065-8448. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Boulton, G.S.; Lunn, R.; Vidstrand, P.; Zatsepin, S. (2007). "Subglacial drainage by groundwater–channel coupling, and the origin of esker systems: part II—theory and simulation of a modern system". Quaternary Science Reviews. 26 (7–8): 1091–1105. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.006. ISSN 0277-3791.
  4. Faulkner, D.R.; Jackson, C.A.L.; Lunn, R.J.; Schlische, R.W.; Shipton, Z.K.; Wibberley, C.A.J.; Withjack, M.O. (2010). "A review of recent developments concerning the structure, mechanics and fluid flow properties of fault zones". Journal of Structural Geology. 32 (11): 1557–1575. doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2010.06.009. ISSN 0191-8141.
  5. "The Geological Society of London - Award Citations and Replies 2011". geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  6. "A new generation of self-healing detectable grouts". UKRI. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  7. Ford, Jason (2010-05-27). "Prosthetic-liner project". The Engineer. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  8. "Bug-free prostheses: Reducing infection risk and improving reliability". EPSRC. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  9. "Industrial Challenges | University of Strathclyde". strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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  11. Anon. "Grants on the web". gow.epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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  13. "Rebecca Lunn". saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  14. Lunn, Rebecca Jane (1995). A Nitrogen Modelling System for Large River Basins. copac.jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Newcastle. OCLC 556487882. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.294852.
  15. "RAE 2001 : Submissions". rae.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  16. Lunn, R.J.; Adams, R.; Mackay, R.; Dunn, S.M. (1996). "Development and application of a nitrogen modelling system for large catchments". Journal of Hydrology. 174 (3–4): 285–304. doi:10.1016/0022-1694(95)02758-0. ISSN 0022-1694.
  17. Rebecca Lunn ORCID 0000-0002-4258-9349
  18. "Professor Rebecca Lunn MBE, FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-05-19. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  19. "People". DISTINCTIVE University Consortium. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  20. "Committee on Radioactive Waste Management (CoRWM) - Tenth Annual Report". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  21. "CoRWM member, Professor Rebecca Lunn lectures at the Geological Society". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  22. "The Geological Society of London - Meeting the challenge: Geological disposal of UK higher activity radioactive waste". geolsoc.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  23. "RSE Launches Major Inquiry into Scotland's Energy Future". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  24. "Energy Inquiry". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2017-06-14. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  25. "Strategic Advisory Team - EPSRC website". epsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  26. Tapping all our talents : women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics : a strategy for Scotland. Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2012. ISBN 9780902198661. OCLC 809077782.
  27. "Tapping All Our Talents Review 2018: Women in STEM". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  28. "STEM Equals (EPSRC Inclusion Matters) — University of Strathclyde". pureportal.strath.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  29. Bush, Steve (2018-08-09). "£5.5m for equality, diversity and inclusion in UK engineering and physical science". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  30. "New Fellows 2018: Rebecca Lunn". RAEng. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  31. "ADS Advance - 50 engineering leaders become RAEng Fellows". adsadvance.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  32. Shirlaw, Derek. "Strathclyde Engineering Professor appointed MBE". Glasgow City of Science and Innovation - News. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
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