Chartered Chemist (CChem)

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)

Chartered Scientist (CSci)

Member of the Institute of Environmental Scientists (MIEnvSCi)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

1998-2000 Chairman Western Region, Analytical Division, Royal Society of Chemistry.

1998-2000 Facilitator for Royal Society of Chemistry, Analytical Grand Prix.

1998-2000 Elected to Analytical Division Council, Royal Society Chemistry.

1999-2000 Member of QAA Benchmarking Panel for Earth and Environmental Studies.

1999 - 2004 British Council, Higher Education Links, Advisers College.

2001- 2007 Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment, South West Section and National Council Member.

2001- 2007 Director. Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

2002- 2005 Environmental Chemistry Group (RSC) Committee member.

2003- 2007 Atomic Spectrometry Group (RSC) Committee member.

2005 - 2009 Executive Committee of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy Forum.

2005 - 2009 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Peer Review College member.

2005 - onwards Elected to EPSRC Peer Review College

2006 - 2010 Council Member, Analytical Division, Royal Society of Chemistry

2007 -2012 National Scientific Diving Supervisory Committee member.

2009. Expert panellist. Research Council of Norway infrastructure review.

2011 - 2014. Chair Atomic Spectrometry Group. Royal Society of Chemistry

2012 - 2015. Chair of South West Regional Network. Royal Society of Chemistry.

2012 - 2015. Chair of Members Network Committee. Royal Society of Chemistry.

2012 - 2015. Membership and Qualifications Board. Royal Society of Chemistry

2013-      Honorary Auditor, Western Region, Analytical Division, RSC.

2013-16    Member Networks Committee, RSC, Chair.

2013-16    South West Member Networks Committee, RSC, Chair.

2016-      Atomic Spectroscopy Group, RSC, committee member.

2018-      Editorial Board, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry.

2018-      South West Regional Steering Group Committee, RSC, Chair.

Research Supervision

34 PhD completions. Most recent include: 

A.Sadee. PhD. Total arsenic and arsenic speciation in indigenous food stuffs.

D. Tompkins. PhD. Rehabilitation and recolonisation on mine spoil in tropical environments.

M Shaw PhD. The fabrication and study of metal chelating stationary phases.

A Marcos PhD. Application of chemometrics to improve the quality of geochemical data obtained from ICP-AES.

E Unsworth PhD. Measurement and modelling of uranium series nuclides.

Teaching Experience

My teaching responsibilities were varied but over the years concerned the teaching of inorganic/analytical chemistry and instrumentation to the BSc (Hons) Combined Studies in Science, Chemistry, BSc (Hons) Applied Chemistry, BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, BSc (Hons) Chemical Oceanography, BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences, HNC/HTEC Physical Sciences (Chemistry) and Certificate of Applied Chemistry (LRSC). I taught extensively on fieldwork (including in Malaysia for over 20 years) I have also taught on a number of international short courses in the USA, Japan, Norway and a number of countries in Europe.

I have previously held the posts of Head of the School of Environmental Sciences, Associate Dean, Learning & Teaching (Science and Technology), Associate Dean, International (Science and Technology), and Head of the Diving and Marine Centre at the University of Plymouth.