Kathleen Lewis (chemist)

This article is about the chemist. For the artist, see Kathy Lewis. For the lawyer, see Kathleen McCree Lewis.

Kathleen "Kathy" Lewis is an environmental chemist and professor of agricultural chemistry at University of Hertfordshire known for her work on environmental management, especially in the realm of pollution from chemicals.

Education and career

Lewis earned a Ph.D. from the University of Hertfordshire in 1999. ^[1] She was awarded the title of Professor in 2014 ^[2] and, as of 2022, she is a professor at the University of Hertfordshire. ^{[3] [4]}

Academic work

Lewis is known for her research in agriculture, especially on the evaluation and management of the environmental impact of agriculture. Her early work developed metrics to quantify the impact of agriculture and pesticides on the environment, ^{[5] [6]} and applied these tools to agricultural activities in the United Kingdom. ^[7] She developed a tool to track agricultural issues known as Environmental Management for Agriculture (EMA), ^[8] which was distributed on CDs and has been retired. ^[9] Her subsequent work is as the scientific lead ^[10] for the on-line Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB). ^[11] The PPDB provides chemical and environmental information on pesticides ^[11] and, as of 2011, holds data on over 1800 chemical compounds. ^[12] In a 2017 expansion of the database, Lewis provided a means to track how pesticides dissipate in the environment. ^[13]

Selected publications

• Skinner, J. A.; Lewis, K. A.; Bardon, K. S.; Tucker, P.; Catt, J. A.; Chambers, B. J. (1 June 1997). "An Overview of the Environmental Impact of Agriculture in the U.K." . Journal of Environmental Management. 50 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1006/jema.1996.0103. ISSN   0301-4797.
• Lewis, K. A.; Bardon, K. S. (1 April 1998). "A computer-based informal environmental management system for agriculture" . Environmental Modelling & Software. 13 (2): 123–137. doi:10.1016/S1364-8152(98)00010-3. hdl: 2299/9179 . ISSN   1364-8152.
• Tzilivakis, J.; Warner, D. J.; May, M.; Lewis, K. A.; Jaggard, K. (1 August 2005). "An assessment of the energy inputs and greenhouse gas emissions in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) production in the UK" . Agricultural Systems. 85 (2): 101–119. Bibcode:2005AgSys..85..101T. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2004.07.015. ISSN   0308-521X.
• Tzilivakis, John; Green, Andrew; Warner, Doug; McGeevor, Kate; Lewis, Kathy (2012-01-01). "A framework for practical and effective eco-labelling of food products" . Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal. 3 (1): 50–73. Bibcode:2012SAMP....3...50T. doi:10.1108/20408021211223552. hdl: 2299/10466 . ISSN   2040-8021.
  • won the 2013 Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence. ^[14]
• Lewis, Kathleen A.; Tzilivakis, John; Warner, Douglas J.; Green, Andrew (18 May 2016). "An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management". Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 22 (4): 1050–1064. Bibcode:2016HERA...22.1050L. doi:10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242. hdl: 2299/17565 . ISSN   1080-7039. S2CID   87599872.
• Lewis, Kathy (2018). Agri-environmental Management in Europe : Sustainable Challenges and Solutions - From Policy Interventions to Practical Farm Management. John Tzilivakis, Doug Warner, Andy Green. Portland: 5m Publishing. ISBN   978-1-912178-46-9. OCLC   1032713790.

Awards and honors

She is a Fellow of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. ^{[2] [ better source needed ]}

References

1. "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
2. "Dr Kathy Lewis". sitem.herts.ac.uk.
3. "Professor Kathleen Lewis - Research Database - University of Hertfordshire". researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk.
4. "Kathleen Lewis | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.co.uk.
5. Lewis, K. A.; Skinner, J. A.; Finch, J.; Kähö, T. M.; Newbold, M. J.; Bardon, K. S. (1997). "Scoring and ranking farmland conservation activities to evaluate environmental performance and encourage sustainable farming" . Sustainable Development. 5 (2): 71–77. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1719(199708)5:2<71::AID-SD61>3.0.CO;2-F. hdl: 2299/10959 . ISSN   1099-1719.
6. Reus, J; Leendertse, P; Bockstaller, C; Fomsgaard, I; Gutsche, V; Lewis, K; Nilsson, C; Pussemier, L; Trevisan, M; van der Werf, H; Alfarroba, F (2002-07-01). "Comparison and evaluation of eight pesticide environmental risk indicators developed in Europe and recommendations for future use" . Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 90 (2): 177–187. Bibcode:2002AgEE...90..177R. doi:10.1016/S0167-8809(01)00197-9. ISSN   0167-8809.
7. Skinner, J. A.; Lewis, K. A.; Bardon, K. S.; Tucker, P.; Catt, J. A.; Chambers, B. J. (1997-06-01). "An Overview of the Environmental Impact of Agriculture in the U.K." . Journal of Environmental Management. 50 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1006/jema.1996.0103. ISSN   0301-4797.
8. Lewis, Kathy A.; Brown, Colin D.; Hart, Andy; Tzilivakis, John (2003). "p-EMA (III): overview and application of a software system designed to assess the environmental risk of agricultural pesticides" . Agronomie. 23 (1): 85–96. Bibcode:2003AgSD...23...85L. doi:10.1051/agro:2002076. ISSN   0249-5627. S2CID   57818596.
9. "Making a difference to agricultural environmental management". impact.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
10. "Maintaining and Ensuring the Pesticides Properties Database". Chemistry International. 34 (4). July–August 2012.
11. Lewis, Kathleen A.; Tzilivakis, John; Warner, Douglas J.; Green, Andrew (2016-05-18). "An international database for pesticide risk assessments and management". Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 22 (4): 1050–1064. Bibcode:2016HERA...22.1050L. doi:10.1080/10807039.2015.1133242. hdl: 2299/17565 . ISSN   1080-7039. S2CID   87599872.
12. Lewis, Kathy; Green, Andy (2011-05-01). "The Pesticide Properties DataBase". Chemistry International. 33 (3): 30–31. doi: 10.1515/ci.2011.33.3.30 . hdl: 2299/8021 . ISSN   1365-2192.
13. Lewis, Kathleen; Tzilivakis, John (2017). "Development of a Data Set of Pesticide Dissipation Rates in/on Various Plant Matrices for the Pesticide Properties Database (PPDB)". Data. 2 (3): 28. doi: 10.3390/data2030028 . hdl: 2299/19562 .
14. "Outstanding Paper Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2013 - Research Database - University of Hertfordshire". researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-26.

External links

• Kathleen Lewis publications indexed by Google Scholar
• PPDB: Pesticide Properties DataBase