Biography

Prior to joining the Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health in 1996 Dr Katherine Pond worked for four years as co-ordinator of a national coastal pollution project.

She spent a 2-year secondment at the WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Rome where she worked in the Water and Sanitation Unit.

Since returning to the University she has acted as a WHO Temporary Advisory on a number of contracts providing technical and administrative support and training in the field of water quality monitoring and human health and in the development of environmental health indicators.

Research Interests

My current research interests include the optimization of swimming pool design to reduce operational costs and develop energy efficient systems. Building-related energy use is an increasing concern for the aquatic leisure industry, with the national carbon reduction targets almost certain to affect the leisure industry.  This research programme is tackling these design challenges from the perspective of an integrated building, chemical and pathogen control perspective.

I am also interested in the impact of climate change on water and sanitation systems.

Research Collaborations

Currently collaborating with Defra and Surrey Sports Park Ltd to look at design challenges of swimming pools from a health and energy conservation perspective.

Collaborating with Dr Sotoris Moschoyiannis (Department of Computing and Mathematics) and Dr Katrina Charles to investigate whether probabilistic modelling can be used in drinking water standards (funded through MILES).

Publications