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Welcome to Natalie Lamb's website.

I am the Senior Manager for Sector Intelligence at Spring Innovation. In this role I drive centralised intelligence for the UK and Ireland water sector by maintaining a comprehensive and current understanding of innovation priorities across water companies, the supply chain, academia and regulators. I use this intelligence to inform service strategy, support effective decision making and guide the design and piloting of new service offerings. I also represent Spring across the sector, including presentations at external events, facilitating collaboration between water companies preparing bids for the Ofwat Innovation Funds and through other opportunities, such as being a board member on the Utility Week Live Innovation Advisory Board. I'll explain more about my job and the technologies I work with in future posts.

I really love working on innovation and research in the water industry. I love the talking to people, the presenting, the technical knowledge, the travelling, the site visits but most of all I find trying to make water more sustainable the most rewarding bit. 

I also have a keen interest in communicating my ideas and thoughts to others in a way that anyone can understand- not just scientists. I think, what is the point of being an expert in an area if you can never talk to others about what it is you do? I love being Chair of the International Water Association (IWA) UK Young Water Professionals (YWP), being on the Global IWA Committee as YWP Chapter Coordinator, as well as being a STEM Ambassador, to talk to people about my work, get people valuing water more and to start the conversation about science in general. 

My website consists of a series of different blogs, with tabs:
  • My PhD: An overview of my PhD and academic research.
  • Water Blog: A series of helpful introductions to the water sector. 
  • Training Blog: Professional development learnings I have had.
  • Rising Stars Blog: My experiences on the Institute of Water Rising Stars programme.
  • Travel Blog: My personal travel blog for travel tips, advice and thoughts.
  • CV
  • Contact Info
You might find the search bar helpful if you are looking for a particular topic (e.g, "CV" or "Flow Cytometry") as the content can be quite varied. 

I hope you find it helpful.

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