Chris Sinclair Email & Phone Number

York, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the environmental safety of ingredients and products.

York, England, United Kingdom

• Overall management responsibility for a team delivering regulatory environmental fate and metabolism studies, a biomonitoring team delivering analysis and interpretation of wildlife poisoning as part of the Wildlife.
• Direct line management of ten lead scientists and GLP study directors;
• Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) Test Facility Management for Fera Science Limited;
• Manage and deliver an environmental risk assessment consultancy service for animal health products;
• Manage Fera’s largest commercial key accounts, discussing and advising on data/study requirements and developing appropriate packages of work for environmental risk assessment of pesticides, pharmaceuticals and.
• Represent Fera to visitors and externally at conferences, workshops and meetings.

York, England, United Kingdom

• Manage Fera’s largest commercial key accounts, discussing and advising on data/study requirements and developing appropriate programmes of work for chemical environmental risk assessment;
• Development and growth of new commercial accounts in chemical risk assessment (agrochemicals and veterinary medicines);
• Line manage two strategic account managers (chemical safety business and plant health business); and
• Account manager for some of Fera’s Government customers (Environment Agency and Defra Water).

York, England, United Kingdom

• Member of Science Leadership Team and Capita’s expert witness programme;
• Manage Fera’s largest commercial key accounts, discussing and advising on data/study requirements and developing appropriate programmes of work for chemical environmental risk assessment;
• Manage and deliver an environmental risk assessment consultancy service for animal health products;
• Write, contribute and secure proposals and tenders for research and development projects investigating the environmental fate and ecotoxicological effects of chemicals;
• Fera PhD supervisor for PhD students; and
• Represent Fera to visitors and externally at conferences, workshops and meetings.

York, England, United Kingdom

• Leading and managing a team of up to 20 individuals comprising environmental fate scientists, exposure modellers and aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicologists;
• Instrumental in the establishment of Fera’s Centre for Chemical Safety and Stewardship, amalgamating three of Fera’s GLP compliant regulatory risk assessment teams (established Jul 2013);
• Establishment of a GLP compliant aquatic ecotoxicological service at Fera (from Jun 2012);
• Initiate and develop an environmental risk assessment consultancy service for animal health products; and
• Technical lead (environmental risk assessment) with Fera’s largest commercial customers.

York, England, United Kingdom

• Deputy EcoChemistry Team Leader (from Oct 2008);
• Secure, manage and deliver research projects investigating the environmental fate and ecotoxicological effects of pesticides and veterinary medicines, pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals;
• Direct line management of four environmental chemists/fate scientists;
• Establish and grow GLP compliant environmental fate laboratory capability (standard OECD and bespoke study types); and
• GLP Study Director.

York, England, United Kingdom

• Delivery and reporting of research projects investigating the environmental fate and ecotoxicological effects of pesticides and veterinary medicines;
• Deliver a predictive (eco)toxicology (e.g. QSAR) commercial service for pesticide registration; and
• Line management of one environmental chemist.

Shardlow, England, United Kingdom

• Establishment and management of GLP compliant environmental fate laboratory performing soil degradation and adsorption studies to OECD guidelines including GLP Study Director;
• Chemical environmental fate and ecotoxicology research projects; and
• Organisation, delivery and data interpretation of GLP compliant environmental fate field trials for pesticide risk assessment and registration.

Shardlow, England, United Kingdom

• Day to day delivery of GLP compliant environmental fate field trials for pesticide exposure assessment, including leaching, soil dissipation, drainflow, surface runoff and groundwater; and
• Day to day maintenance of soil moisture characterisation laboratory.

Phd, Environmental Science

Predicting the Environmental Fate and Ecotoxicological and Toxicological Effects of Pesticide Transformation Products

Msc, Environmental Science

Bsc (Hons), Biological Sciences