| Academic degree: | Prof. |  | | Last name: | Harvey | | First name: | Patricia | | Responsible for: | | | Organization/Institute: | The University of Greenwich at Medway | | Department: | Medway School of Science | | Position: | Centre for Biosciences Research | | Street, Number, POB: | Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime | | Postal code, City: | ME4 4TB Kent | | State: | | | Country: | UNITED KINGDOM | | Phone: | +44-20 8331 9972/8423 | | Fax: | +44-20 8331 9805 | | E-mail address: | p.j.harvey@greenwich.ac.uk | | Url: | | | Curriculum vitae: | Prof. Dr Patricia J. Harvey
Centre for Biosciences Research
Medway School of Science
The University of Greenwich at Medway
Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime
Kent, ME4 4TB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44-20 8331 9972/8423
Mobile: +44-07747 846 895
Fax: +44-20 8331 9805
E-mail: P.J.Harvey@greenwich.ac.uk
Patricia Harvey, plant biochemist and Reader at the University of Greenwich, is internationally acclaimed for her research on the biodegradation of lignin by white-rot fungi, with special emphasis on peroxidases and their mechanisms of catalysis. She currently serves on the management committee of COST Action 837 ´Plant biotechnology for the removal of organic pollutants and toxic metals from wastewater and contaminated sites´ http://lbewww.epfl.ch/COST837/ as Chairman of Working Group 1: ´Organic Pollutants: Metabolic and Enzymatic Studies´, from which group her co-authors are associated. | | Areas of interest: | | bioremediation | | fungal-plant issues | | phytoremediation | | plant biochemistry | | |
| | Articles: | 9 ESPR (1) 29-47 (2002), Phytoremediation of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons, Anilines and Phenols
9 ESPR (1) 1-3 (2002), Prospects for the Phytoremediation of Organic Pollutants in Europe
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