Rate My Professor Charlotte Lloyd

Dr. Charlotte Lloyd is an Associate Professor in Environmental Chemistry at the School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol. She graduated with an MSci in Geography from the University of Bristol in 2007 and was awarded her PhD in 2012 from the same institution, through a joint program between the Schools of Chemistry and Geographical Sciences. Her doctoral research investigated the cycling of carbon and nutrients from soil to river. Following her PhD, Lloyd pursued postdoctoral research in catchment hydrochemistry and molecular organic geochemistry. In 2019, she received the Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship for her project defining degradative pathways and transport processes in plasticulture, the use of plastics in agriculture. This fellowship supported her transition to a proleptic lectureship and her current associate professorship. Lloyd was also runner-up for the British Hydrological Society Student Award for her PhD work on erosion-carbon modeling under future land-use and climate scenarios.

Lloyd's research employs cutting-edge laboratory analytical techniques and data interrogation methods to examine the fate of chemicals in the terrestrial environment, with a focus on plastics, bioplastics, agricultural wastes, nutrient cycling, water quality, microplastics, and their effects on soil and ecosystems. Her contributions include high-impact studies on nutrient pollution sources and transport, recognized in the University of Bristol's REF 2021 impact case study 'Identifying and tackling nutrient pollution.' Notable publications encompass 'Using hysteresis analysis of high-resolution water quality monitoring data for an improved understanding of storm hysteresis dynamics in a small agricultural catchment' (2016, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences); 'Determining the sources of nutrient flux to water in agricultural catchments' (2019, Science of the Total Environment); 'Soil property controls on plasticiser, antioxidant and UV absorber additive degradation across a global soil gradient' (2025); and 'The agricultural plastic paradox: Feeding more, harming more?' (2025, Environmental International). With over 1,700 citations, her work influences environmental policy and interdisciplinary efforts at the Cabot Institute for the Environment, including projects on plastic contamination in foraminifera and aerial sampling for forest diagnostics. Lloyd serves as a guest editor for special issues on biogeochemistry and hydrochemistry and has presented at symposia on climate change and health.