Revising scientific entries and drafting new ones in OED and other Oxford Dictionaries.

Researching and adding quotation evidence to OED entries. Adding new entry suggestions to the new words database. Specialist research. Received Middle English training.

Project support, project planning, admin & finance.

Project support of OED managers, editors, researchers and casual/freelance staff. Updating intranet site. Updating financial spreadsheets. Aiding budget managers with interpretation of financial data. Record keeping. Paying consultants. Ordering office supplies, etc.

Designing practical projects for testing, and making devices using high powered lasers. Attended and staffed stall at OFC2004, prepared marketing materials and chatted to potential customers.

Designing, testing and analysing results of silicon integrated optics devices for optical fibre communications networks. Attended optics conference in Paderborn, Germany.

Testing, polishing, and cleaning optoelectronic chips, mainly arrayed waveguide gratings. Analysing results. Helping to design new chips.