Graeme Poole Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

• Advising and informing the regulatory policies for licencing space missions where there is potential for contamination of Earth or celestial bodies

• Leading planetary protection activities in space exploration missions to solar system bodies, including the Rosalind Franklin ExoMars Rover and the EnVision mission to Venus.• Supervising laboratory activities and commissioning biologically-controlled facilities for the assembly, integration and testing of spacecraft. • Spearheading innovation in sterilisation and contamination control technologies and processes• Generating mission requirements, managing sub-contractors and acting as technical authority during the different mission phases up to launch

• Lecturing in solar system evolution and the search for life: exploration, mission analysis and planetary protection• Transfer of skills across varied individual needs: adult learners with different educational backgrounds and SEN students; tutoring though blend of online, correspondence, and face-to-face tuition

London, England, United Kingdom

• Leading innovation and method development in analyses of biological, planetary and material science samples• Managing mass spectrometry, chemistry and cleanroom laboratories; supervising and training junior researchers • Spearheading problem solving and producing solutions to meet technical requirements (e.g., reduced contamination ten-fold in biological methods through materials selection, instrument calibration, hardware engineering)• Consultancy work with industry and commercial customers; managing budget allocation, subcontractor relationships, contract negotiations

London, England, United Kingdom

• Online lecturing during Covid-19 closures, setting and marking assessments & examinations• Developed new teaching material, contributed to development and restructuring of programme of study

• Created audience-led communication events focused on education in science & engineering to replace classes during Covid-19 school closures• Recruited over 1200 scientists, engineers, and other STEM professionals to take part, and contributed to 10-fold expansion of online events by streamlining back-end website & interface development, event organisation

Bristol, United Kingdom

• Discovered asteroids possess unique chemical fingerprints that can be used to trace planetary evolution• Deployed pioneering mass spectrometer with commercial partners, using systems engineering, technological development, and state of the art laboratory equipment in research & development environment• Honorary Senior Research Associate (Oct 19 - April 20): produced peer reviewed publications and continued collaborating with School of Earth Sciences

• Refined traditional analysis methods in unfamiliar research fields (e.g., biology, mining) by integrating my innovative and novel approaches to research methodology• Trained new PhD students in advanced scientific techniques, instrument maintenance, lab safety

• Topics taught: Geochemistry, Planetary Science, Mineralogy, Petrology, Sedimentary Processes, Geological Mapping and Fieldwork

Master Of Earth Sciences, Geology/Earth Science, General

Master's Thesis: The age & origin of the Moon: new constraints from the Rb–Sr system • Delicately handled NASA Apollo lunar samples.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Space And Planetary Science

PhD Thesis: Molybdenum and platinum isotope anomalies in iron meteorites – constraints on solar nebula heterogeneities and parent body.

A Level

Chemistry (A), Geography (A), Mathematics (A), Physics (A)