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Dr Kate Nicholson

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

Key Publications

Pyreno-1,2,4-triazines as multifunctional luminogenic click reagents, Alshaikh, H., Parsons, J., Askwith, G., Deary, M., Nicholson, C., Sims, M., Kozhevnikov, V. 28 Nov 2025, In: Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry
Use of environmental forensics to assess land sustainability: A case study on a former coal mining site, Salaudeen, I., Randall, K., Basu, N., Cheung, W., Nicholson, C., Perry, J., Dean, J. 1 Nov 2025, In: Environmental Science: Advances
Use of machine learning for monitoring the growth stages of an agricultural crop, Ahmed, S., Basu, N., Nicholson, C., Rutter, S., Marshall, J., Perry, J., Dean, J. 1 Jan 2024, In: Sustainable Food Technology
Use of remote sensing and image processing for identification of wild orchids, Ahmed, S., Lightbown, J., Rutter, S., Basu, N., Nicholson, C., Perry, J., Dean, J. 26 Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Use of remote sensing to assess vegetative stress as a proxy for soil contamination, Dean, J., Ahmed, S., Cheung, W., Salaudeen, I., Reynolds, M., Bowerbank, S., Nicholson, C., Perry, J. 1 Jan 2024, In: Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts
The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators: A Scientific and Cultural ��TV, Gameson, R., Beeby, A., Fioreillo, F., Nicholson, C., Ricciardi, P., Reynolds, S. 4 Aug 2023
Use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for monitoring and prediction of oilseed rape crop performance, Ahmed, S., Nicholson, C., Rutter, S., Marshall, J., Perry, J., Dean, J. 10 Nov 2023, In: PLoS One
Winter beans: the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle for monitoring and prediction of crop performance, Ahmed, S., Nicholson, C., Rutter, S., Marshall, J., Perry, J., Dean, J. 25 May 2023, In: Open Science Journal (OSJ)
Applied aerial spectroscopy: A case study on remote sensing of an ancient and semi-natural woodland, Ahmed, S., Nicholson, C., Muto, P., Perry, J., Dean, J. 15 Nov 2021, In: PLoS One
The Use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Tree Phenotyping Studies, Ahmed, S., Nicholson, C., Muto, P., Perry, J., Dean, J. 18 Sep 2021, In: Separations

Current and Recent Projects

Development of a laundry stain identification and removal process, Nicholson, K. (Principal Investigator), Innovate UK, 01/09/18 - 31/08/21, £259,645.00

Professional Activity

Invited talk: Look but don't touch 2022

Qualifications

Education PGCE January 11 2013
Chemistry PhD July 01 2007
Chemistry MSc July 01 2003
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2017
Member Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 2015

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