Mark Taylor Email & Phone Number

Sedgefield, England, United Kingdom

Sedgefield, UK

Managing a team engaged in a wide range of projects creating an infrastructure that is ultimately all about data and enabling its transformation into knowledge:-* Establishing large-scale data creation using high throughput & lab automation, use of Design of Experiment, workflow and visualisation tools.* Introducing Biovia ELN, Pipeline Pilot and.

Sedgefield

Leading major change programme, safely establishing new laboratory and office facilities at NETPark and a significant capital procurement programme to help create CPI's Formulation platform supporting and developing innovations in formulation and flexible manufacturing.

Gateshead, UK

I was responsible for successfully delivering global projects to improve colour measurement and sharing of colour information, enabling efficiency improvements in colour formulating lab and factory operations. I worked with stakeholders within the business to spread and enhance colour formulating best practice and interfaced with other AkzoNobel businesses.

Applied Research Group (Strategic Technology Group), Wilton Centre, Redcar, UK

I led a series of significant projects developing automated / HT methods and equipment to formulate and optically test potential new products, also providing the major technical input in each case. Typically this involved prototyping methods for sample formulation, curing and measurement and then managing engineering development of prototypes into fully.

York

Project leader for final development and testing phase of a new semiconductor metrology tool based on a photoluminescence technique. Customer support and applications development also featured strongly in this role.To succeed in this role I had to rapidly acquire new technical knowledge regarding the materials application, the specific technology involved.

Durham, United Kingdom

• Working with industrial and academic partners, I led a development team producing a novel on-line X-ray analysis instrument for use in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries to monitor crystallisation in reactors.
• Developed chemical and pharmaceutical applications in support of Sales and Marketing.
• Managed technical relationship with major international OEM customer, with responsibility for our joint product integration, optimisation, quality and service issues.

• At the Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Polymer Science and Technology I studied the adsorption dynamics of surfactant polymers at fluid interfaces.
• Careful experimental design and use of appropriate technology dramatically enhanced the sensitivity and reliability of a Laser Light Scattering apparatus to study fluid interfaces.
• These improvements led to the observation of novel physical and chemical surface effects.
• Supervised 8 workers including 3 successful PhD students on experiment.
• Enhanced communication skills by leading class teaching and presenting research at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.

Strasbourg, France

I investigated novel liquid crystal materials based on the porphyrin ring structure using X-ray diffraction, thermal analysis and polarised optical microscopy, publishing paper on work.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Photochromic Liquid Crystals

Activities and Societies: Phys-soc Hiking Club I studied a potential process for rewriteable optical data storage: the disordering of.

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics And Chemistry, 2.1

Activities and Societies: Canoe Club Core physics, physical and inorganic chemistry covered. Final Year: nuclear and particle physics.