Dr. Paul Smith

Experience

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  NORWEST HOLST SOIL ENGINEERING LIMITED

  Jan 1990 - Sept 1991

  Draftsman

  I produced high-quality technical diagrams (by hand) detailing groundwork and geological features for client reports.

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  The British Library

  Oct 1991 - Jan 2001

  Administrative officer - Customer Services

  Within the Customer Services team I was responsible for investigating and responding to customer inquiries from around the world and managing the customer records system.

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  PA Media

  Oct 2001 - Jun 2005

  News Library Coordinator (part-time)

  I worked a weekend shift to strict deadlines, editing and transmitting PA News data files to other newspaper groups around the UK. In my first year, I also looked after the cuttings and image library.

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  University College Cork

  Jan 2010 - Nov 2010

  Research Fellow - Atmospheric Measurements

  I worked at the Environmental Research Institute on a project to measure emissions from seaweed in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Galway. My responsibility was the modification of our atmospheric chamber to allow seaweed specimens to be exposed to gases and mimic tidal activity. I also handled day-to-day management of the Atmospheric Chemistry lab.

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  King's College

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Research And Development Technician

  Working in the Geography Department, I had responsibility for the installation and maintenance of equipment as part of the ClearfLo project (see link) including ceilometers, weather stations, carbon dioxide sensors, and sonic anemometers. In addition, I was also responsible for the management of the field equipment stores and instrument workshop; training staff and students in correct use of equipment, and preparing health and safety paperwork.

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  SLU - Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

  May 2012 - Jan 2013

  Research Engineer - ICOS

  I managed six legacy field sites for measurements of the carbon-balance and worked on the integration and initial operations of two new field sites as part of the ICOS consortium. This involved a lot of trouble-shooting of equipment; re-progamming dataloggers in CR Basic, writing MATLAB scripts for automated data collection and initial analysis, plus physical changes to infrastructure and organising maintenance schedules.

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  University of Cambridge

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2016

  Research Associate - ChemSonde instrument

  Working in partnership with SME's in Sweden and the UK, I managed a project to integrate miniature carbon dioxide sensors on weather balloons, and test prototype systems for atmospheric profiling. I took part in an STSM with SenseAir in Sweden, where I learned about sensor fabrication, testing and calibration.

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  Rocasolano Institute of Physical Chemistry

  Sept 2016 - Jan 2017

  Postdoctoral Research Associate - ROFLEX instrument

  I managed a project to revitalize an instrument that had previously been developed to measure atomic and molecular iodine. My responsibilities included; rebuilding the instrument and working on methods to increase sensitivity (ppt's), modifying older MATLAB scripts to produce raw spectra, and writing my own scripts in R to automate data collection and statistical analysis for presentation.

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  SLU - Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

  Jun 2018 - Jan 2018

  Research Engineer - ICOS

  I returned to Sweden this summer to help ICOS engineers and technical staff at the Svartberget Forest Research station. I was responsible for installing a new ceilometer for boundary-layer measurements, installation of a backup meteorological station, and building four new instrument enclosures for the latest eddy-covariance flux measurements to be carried out at Degero peat mire.

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  SLU - Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet

  Mar 2019 - Nov 2023

  I was responsible for the day-to-day running of the Atmospheric/Ecosystem Station at Svartberget for ICOS Sweden. As the Principal Investigator for the atmospheric measurements, my goal was to promote the facility for making world-class measurements & encourage researchers to come & use the facilites. I forged partnerships with public & private sector stakeholders, SME's etc. to test new ideas & systems for greenhouse gas and ecosystem measurements at the station. I was responsible for the installation, maintenance, operations and data management of the ICOS and SITES instrumentation. This includes carbon-balance, meteorology, moisture and trace gas analysis. ICOS (Integrated Carbon Observation System), is a Pan-European measurement system for high quality and high precision greenhouse gas observations. SITES (Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science) is the national co-ordinated infrastructure for terrestrial and limnological field research.

  • Station Manager & Principle Investigator ICOS Atmospheric Station Svartberget

    Jan 2020 - Nov 2023

  • Research Engineer ICOS

    Mar 2019 - Jan 2020
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  Terran Industries

  Nov 2023 - now

  Chief Scientist

  Terran Industries is a startup with a mission: Sustainability as a Service.I have joined the startup Terran Industries in a unpaid remote role as Chief Scientist in the Impact Department. I will work closely with the the Chief Impact Officer and executive team to advance the climate impact of Terran Industries. My key responsibilities are: 1) Provision of expert advice on company projects and initiatives.2) Working on client projects providing impact analysis and emission reduction strategies and solutions.3) Working closely with the Product Department providing industry expertise to aid the development of climate solutions from Terran Industries Innovation Lab (in future). I am also looking forward to collaborating with Sales and Marketing providing expertise in client engagement and communication. What do I bring? Innovative solutions, out-of.-the-box thinking, climate science knowledge, climate tech solutions, carbon accounting and ESG knowledge. Mostrar menos