Roger Herbert
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Hydrology at Department of Earth Sciences; Program for Air, Water and Landscape Sciences; Hydrology and Environmental Analysis
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 22 66, +46 70 325 87 24
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 325 87 24
- E-mail:
- Roger.Herbert@geo.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA
- Academic merits:
- Docent
Keywords
- hållbar utveckling
- grundvatten
- hydrologi
- hydrogeologi
- hydrokemi
- dricksvatten
- gruvor
- vatten
Biography
As senior lecturer in hydrology and associate professor in biogeochemistry, Roger Herbert’s time is divided between research, teaching, and an assignment as Director of the Civil engineering program in environmental and water engineering. His research addresses biogeochemical processes under water-saturated conditions, with specific focus on denitrification in bioreactors, transport in double porosity systems, and groundwater remediation. Arsenic uptake in plants and silica nanoparticle interactions in the soil-plant-water system are also a research interest. He is currently the project coordinator for the EIT RawMaterials project NITREM, which focuses on the upscaling of bioreactor technology for the mining and quarrying industry.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
Part of Environmental Science, p. 489-499, 2023
- DOI for Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
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Denitrifierande bioreaktorer: Rening av kväve i lakvatten
Part of Vatten, p. 173-183, 2021
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Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
Part of Journal of Environmental Quality, p. 228-240, 2021
- DOI for Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
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Part of Ecological Engineering, p. 88-95, 2019
- DOI for Identification of the temporal control on nitrate removal rate variability in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Identification of the temporal control on nitrate removal rate variability in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
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Part of Ecological Engineering, p. 54-66, 2018
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Part of Environmental technology, p. 1362-1375, 2017
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Part of Water Research, p. 350-360, 2014
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Part of Environmental Pollution, p. 540-546, 2014
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Hydration of arsenic oxyacid species
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 1364-1377, 2013
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Part of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, p. 30-39, 2011
- DOI for Implications of non-equilibrium transport in heterogeneous reactive barrier systems: evidence from laboratory denitrification experiments
- Download full text (pdf) of Implications of non-equilibrium transport in heterogeneous reactive barrier systems: evidence from laboratory denitrification experiments
Recent publications
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Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
Part of Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research (DISER), 2025
- DOI for Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
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Kommunikation av Lärarexcellens
Part of Pedagogisk meritering i och för förändring, p. 308-321, Mälardalens universitet, 2025
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Part of Environmental technology, p. 1531-1543, 2025
- DOI for Efficient removal of organic matter and nitrogen from municipal wastewater in multi-module biochar filters for onsite wastewater treatment
- Download full text (pdf) of Efficient removal of organic matter and nitrogen from municipal wastewater in multi-module biochar filters for onsite wastewater treatment
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Part of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2025
- DOI for Reactive solute transport simulation of multicomponent cation exchange and diffusion processes in column experiments with clay-rich rock
- Download full text (pdf) of Reactive solute transport simulation of multicomponent cation exchange and diffusion processes in column experiments with clay-rich rock
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Part of Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Conference & West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, p. 50-56, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
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Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
Part of Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research (DISER), 2025
- DOI for Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
- Download full text (pdf) of Teachers' conceptions of the role of mathematics in STEM higher education
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Part of Environmental technology, p. 1531-1543, 2025
- DOI for Efficient removal of organic matter and nitrogen from municipal wastewater in multi-module biochar filters for onsite wastewater treatment
- Download full text (pdf) of Efficient removal of organic matter and nitrogen from municipal wastewater in multi-module biochar filters for onsite wastewater treatment
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Part of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2025
- DOI for Reactive solute transport simulation of multicomponent cation exchange and diffusion processes in column experiments with clay-rich rock
- Download full text (pdf) of Reactive solute transport simulation of multicomponent cation exchange and diffusion processes in column experiments with clay-rich rock
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Microbial succession and denitrifying woodchip bioreactor performance at low water temperatures
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2024
- DOI for Microbial succession and denitrifying woodchip bioreactor performance at low water temperatures
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How effective is the retention of microplastics in horizontal flow sand filters treating stormwater?
Part of Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
- DOI for How effective is the retention of microplastics in horizontal flow sand filters treating stormwater?
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Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
Part of Environmental Science, p. 489-499, 2023
- DOI for Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Sequential removal of nitrate and sulfate in woodchip and hematite: coated biochar bioreactor
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Multirate mass transfer simulation of denitrification in a woodchip bioreactor
Part of Journal of Hydrology, 2023
- DOI for Multirate mass transfer simulation of denitrification in a woodchip bioreactor
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Denitrifierande bioreaktorer: Rening av kväve i lakvatten
Part of Vatten, p. 173-183, 2021
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Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
Part of Journal of Environmental Quality, p. 228-240, 2021
- DOI for Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Microbial controls on net production of nitrous oxide in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
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Part of Ecological Engineering, p. 88-95, 2019
- DOI for Identification of the temporal control on nitrate removal rate variability in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
- Download full text (pdf) of Identification of the temporal control on nitrate removal rate variability in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor
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Part of Ecological Engineering, p. 54-66, 2018
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Part of Environmental technology, p. 1362-1375, 2017
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Part of Aquatic geochemistry, p. 225-251, 2016
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Part of Aquatic geochemistry, p. 211-224, 2016
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Part of Journal of Hydrology, p. 154-171, 2015
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Part of Water Research, p. 350-360, 2014
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Part of Environmental Pollution, p. 540-546, 2014
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Hydration of arsenic oxyacid species
Part of Dalton Transactions, p. 1364-1377, 2013
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Part of Chemie der Erde, p. 267-274, 2013
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Part of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, p. 30-39, 2011
- DOI for Implications of non-equilibrium transport in heterogeneous reactive barrier systems: evidence from laboratory denitrification experiments
- Download full text (pdf) of Implications of non-equilibrium transport in heterogeneous reactive barrier systems: evidence from laboratory denitrification experiments
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Pilot-scale barrier system for removal of nitrate in mine drainage
Part of Mineralogical magazine, p. 1012-1012, 2011
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Regnvatteninsamling från hustak på södra Gotland
Part of Vatten : tidskrift för vattenvård, p. 225-230, 2009
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Iron isotope fractionation by biogeochemical processes in mine tailings
Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 1117-1122, 2008
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 5971-5977, 2008
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A diverse ecosystem response to volcanic aerosols
Part of Chemical Geology, p. 57-66, 2006
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Seasonal variations in the composition of mine drainage-contaminated groundwater in Dalarna, Sweden
Part of Journal of Geochemical Exploration, p. 197-214, 2006
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Element discharge from sulfidic mine tailings at limited oxygen availability
Part of Applied Geochemistry, p. 184-202, 2006
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Pyrite oxidation by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans at various concentrations of dissolved oxygen
Part of Chemical geology, p. 16-29, 2006
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Part of Environmental Science and Technology, 2005
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Part of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, p. 543-551, 2005
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Part of GFF, p. 165-165, 2004
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Al-F toxicity contributes to ecosystem stress and species decline following large–scale volcanism
Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004
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Zinc immobilization by zerovalent Fe: surface chemistry and mineralogy and reaction products
Part of Mineralogical magazine, p. 1285-1298, 2003
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Comparison of sulfide oxidation in unweathered pyritic mine tailings
Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2002
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Surface chemistry and acidic dissolution of forsterite
Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2002
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Sulfide mineral oxidation in freshly processed tailings: batch experiments
Part of Journal of Geochemical Exploration, p. 139-153, 2002
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Granular iron reactive barriers for the degradation of chlorinated solvents in groundwater
Part of Vatten, p. 261-266, 2000
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Solid phase iron: sulfur geochemistry of a reactive barrier for treatment of mine drainage
Part of Applied Geochemistry, p. 1331-1343, 2000
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Compositional zoning in Fe oxyhydroxides: An electron microprobe study
Part of GFF, p. 221-226, 1999
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Geochemistry of a permeable reactive barrier for metals and acid mine drainage
Part of Environmental Science and Technology, p. 2793-2799, 1999
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Part of Chemical Geology, p. 87-97, 1998
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Surface oxidation of iron monosulfide: An X-ray photoelectron study
Part of Mineral. Mag., p. 608-609, 1998
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The chemical and mineralogical behavior of Pb in shooting range soils from central sweden
Part of Environmental Pollution, p. 303-309, 1995
Books
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MiMi – Performance Assessment main report
MiMi print, Luleå, 2004
Chapters in book
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Kommunikation av Lärarexcellens
Part of Pedagogisk meritering i och för förändring, p. 308-321, Mälardalens universitet, 2025
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Biogeochemical processes in peat under variable flow conditions
Part of Water – Rock Interactions, Taylor and Francis, London, 2004
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Equilibrium calculations and geochemical modelling of aqueous systems using PHREEQC
Part of Mathematical modelling of groundwater flow and mass transport, Prashant Publishing Co, New Delhi, 2004
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Part of Recent Trends in Hydrogeochemistry, p. 117-122, Capital Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2003
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Part of Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Conference & West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, p. 50-56, 2024
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Nitrate removal from waste rock drainage with denitrifying bioreactors at the Kiruna iron ore mine
Part of Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Conference & West Virginia Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, p. 274-280, 2024
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Leachate generation and nitrogen release from small-scale rock dumps at the Kiruna iron ore mine
Part of Mine water and circular economy, p. 140-146, 2017
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Field-scale denitrifying woodchip bioreactor treating high nitrate mine water at low temperatures
Part of Mine water and circular economy, p. 1087-1094, 2017
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Pilot-scale barrier system for removal of nitrate in mine drainage
Part of Proceedings of the 22nd V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, 2012
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Part of Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 12, EGU2010-4177, p. 4177, 2010
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Part of Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, p. 42, 2009
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Mine waste stabilization with biosludge and paper mill waste
Part of Proceedings, Securing the Future. Skellefteå, 2009
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Barrier system for the treatment of nitrogen effluents from the Malmberget iron mine
Part of Proceedings, Securing the Future. Skellefteå, Sweden, 2009
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Part of Proceedings, Securing the Future, 2009
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Using ash in a sustainable society, Swedish R&D programme 2002 - 2008
Part of Proceedings Sardinia 2009, Twelfth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, 2009
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Mine waste stabilization with biosludge and Ca carbonate residues: Column experiments
Part of Biohydrometallury, p. 291-294, 2007
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Iron isotope fractionation by biogeochemical processes in mine tailings
Part of Biohydrometallurgy: Fron the single cell to the environment, p. 237, 2007
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Part of Proceedings, Securing the Future. Skellefteå, Sweden, p. 399-408, 2005
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Establishment and persistence of sulphate – reducing bacteria in municipal compost
Part of Abstracts of the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, 2004
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Microbial pyrite oxidation at various oxygen partial pressures
Part of Abstracts of the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, 2004
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Surface speciation of mine tailings after sterilization treatment
Part of Abstracts of the V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, 2004
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2003
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A comparison of methods for mine tailings sterilisation
Part of Proc. ICARD 2003, 6th Int. Conf. on Acid Rock Drainage, Cairns, Australia, July 14 – 17, 2003, p. 1013, 2003
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Comparison of sulfide oxidation in unweathered pyretic mine tailings
Part of Proc. ICARD 2003, 6th Int. Conf. on Acid Rock Drainage, Cairns, Australia, July 14 – 17, 2003, p. 1027-1030, 2003
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Part of Groundwater Quality, p. 451-457, 1998