My current role is split between the Technology Development Group and Analytical Research and Development within the Drug Delivery market sector of 3M Healthcare Ltd. My specialist area is inhaled pharmaceutical products and this covers a wide spectrum of analytical disciplines including particle characterisation and inhalation device characterisation. I have been involved with research in particle sizing techniques such as laser diffraction and cascade impaction and a wide range of… Show more My current role is split between the Technology Development Group and Analytical Research and Development within the Drug Delivery market sector of 3M Healthcare Ltd. My specialist area is inhaled pharmaceutical products and this covers a wide spectrum of analytical disciplines including particle characterisation and inhalation device characterisation. I have been involved with research in particle sizing techniques such as laser diffraction and cascade impaction and a wide range of spectroscopies and microscopies to fully characterise inhalation grade pharmaceuticals. I have contributed to many patents and publications involved with surface coatings, particle engineering technology and am active in CFD and mathematical modeling techniques. I have represented 3M on several external groups such as the EPAG Impactor SubGroup and the EPAG Nasal Subgroup for many years. Show less

I was responsible for all aspects of setting up an oil testing laboratory in Russia for measuring the quality of Russian export crude and fuel oils. This included capital purchases of equipment, developing procedures for testing oils by ASTM and GOST methods, recruitment and training staff, communications etc. I was also responsible for setting up methods for testing oil products and doping experiments to determine the level of additives required to suppress critical metrics such as pour point… Show more I was responsible for all aspects of setting up an oil testing laboratory in Russia for measuring the quality of Russian export crude and fuel oils. This included capital purchases of equipment, developing procedures for testing oils by ASTM and GOST methods, recruitment and training staff, communications etc. I was also responsible for setting up methods for testing oil products and doping experiments to determine the level of additives required to suppress critical metrics such as pour point and cloud point. Show less

Team Leader of a Gas Chromatogrpahy group with responsiilities for method development and analytical support to BP Chemicals and other BP Businesses with particular interest in hyphenated techniques (Pyrolysis, SFE etc) and specific GC detectors (MS, FTIR, AED, Chemiluminesenece etc)

I was a sole chemist in a team of engineers (electronic, software and mechanical) developing instrumentation based on radio-active isotopes for the health industry and nuclear industry. I set up an open source laboratory for optimising Radio Liquid Chromatography Scintillation equipment and had responsibility for a software product used for RLC.

Development of novel analytical instrumentation such as LC detectors

Optics of small particles and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of molecules adsorbed at metal surfaces including electrodes and metal sols.