Experience

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  Syngenta

  Mar 2001 - Sept 2001

  Praktikant (research chemistry intern) - lead optimisation

  Industrial placement as part of my undergraduate degree. I joined the group of Research Chemistry Fellow (Chemiker), Dr Andy Edmunds and undertook lead optimisation chemistry research synthesising several new potentially bio-active compounds for testing as herbicides. My key activities were:- To develop synthetic routes to new compounds based on natural products under supervision- To produce these new compounds in the laboratory using practical synthetic chemistry- To chemically characterise intermediates and final products using a range of techniques including chromatography, mass spectrometry and NMR- To record laboratory methods undertaken in both English and German Show less

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  School of physics, university of nottingham

  Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  Post-doctoral research associate in nanoscience

  Conducted international quality fundamental research at the boundary between physics and chemistry under the supervision of Dr James O’Shea funded as part of a £3.5M EPSRC grant. I co-authored 7 papers in leading scientific journals during this period. Responsible for day-to-day management of the work of 3 PhD students and the O’Shea group lab facilities.

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  E.on

  Sept 2008 - Oct 2014

  Lead technology specialist in the area of low carbon technologies including CCS. I successfully delivered over £1.7 million of diverse research & development & asset support activities on time and in budget, providing added value of over £4 million through collaborative projects. Key skills & achievements:• Technical writing – authored over 40 technical reports & project deliverables for a range of internal & external customers (including major utilities, research consortia and government departments)• Project management – managed a diverse project portfolio with a range of partners & customers including major research organisations, technology suppliers & operational managers.• Leadership – regularly led small international project teams to deliver projects with elements outside my technical area.• Consultancy – provided technical consultancy for major asset project executives and senior operational managers internally and externally.• Contract Negotiation – I successfully negotiated involvement in projects worth over £6 million in total including establishing favourable IP rights positions.• Health & Safety – Safety Champion leading department safety activities (incident investigation, presentation of statistics and SHE events). Qualified OHSAS 18001 Internal Auditor. Show less

  • Technical Consultant

    Sept 2010 - Oct 2014

  • Graduate - Flue Gas Cleaning

    Sept 2008 - Aug 2010
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  The university of nottingham

  Nov 2014 - Jul 2016

  Research development manager

  Responsible for the development of major or strategic research funding opportunities with UK Research Councils, Charities & Public Bodies. Providing support to interdisciplinary or collaborative research developments and policy initiatives across the University including project managing the implementation of internal peer review processes.Key successes were:- Developed and maintained an active portfolio of over £20 million in research funding bids that I directly support.- Within that portfolio, have helped academics secure £7.5 million in funding including research grants and DTP funding.- Set up and coordinated a BBSRC Grant Academy to support earlier career academics to improve their grant writing skills and awareness of the funding routes available for this funder.- Set up and coordinated the Research Development Network to bring together research professionals from across the University to share experience and best practice. Show less

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  The coal authority

  Jul 2016 - Jan 2020

  Technical Lead for the Coal Authority’s team of experts in geochemistry, process chemistry and process engineering.The team is responsible for overseeing environmental compliance of 75 mine water treatment schemes across the UK’s historic mining areas; ensuring efficient and cost effective treatment strategies are implemented; and that the pump efficiency and chemical reduction programmes deliver substantial savings. The team offers expert technical support and advice to the Operations, Projects, R&D and Innovation teams to ensure that best available technology is appropriately developed and adopted to minimise the financial impact of operations. Show less

  • Acting Technical Lead - Chemistry

    Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

  • Technical Research and Development Manager

    Jul 2016 - Jan 2020
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  Mining remediation authority (formerly the coal authority)

  Jan 2020 - now

  Technical lead - chemistry

  Technical Lead and manager of the Mining Remediation Authority's team of experts in geochemistry, process chemistry and chemical engineering. The team is responsible for overseeing the performance and environmental compliance of 75 mine water treatment schemes across the UK's historic mining areas as well as the development of new treatment schemes for both coal and metal mine waters; ensuring efficient and cost effective treatment strategies are implemented; and that pump efficiency and chemical reduction programmes deliver substantial savings. The team offers expert technical support and advice to the Operations, Projects, R&D and Innovation teams to ensure that best available technology is appropriately developed and adopted to optimise the cost effectiveness of our operations. Show less

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  The coal authority

  Mar 2021 - Sept 2021

  Head of heat & by-product innovation (secondment)

  Leading the Coal Authority's Innovation Department with particular focus on Mine Water Heat.