Environmental Research Institute

• PhD researcher.
  PhD title: "The determination and environmental fate of emamectin benzoate as a result of fish farming."

• Biotechnology & Bioresources
• Emerging Contaminants & Ecotoxicology

• Nov. 2006 - Apr.2008:
  Quality Laboratory Technician at the ERI.
• Apr - Oct 2003:
  Research Technician at the CJD Surveillance Unit (Prion Protein Lab), University of Edinburgh.
• Aug 2001 - Apr 2003:
  Technologist at Bioreliance, Analytical Services, Stirling.

Qualifications:

• 2003 - Present:
  PhD "The environmental fate of veterinary medicines".
• 1999 - 2001:
  BSc Honours (2:1) in Applied Biosciences and Chemistry, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
• 1998 - 1999:
  DUT in Biological and Biochemical Analysis, Institut Universitaire et Technologique de Clermont-Ferrand, France.
• 1996 - 1998:
  DEUG in Biological and Ecological Sciences, Institut d'Ecologie Appliquée, Angers, France.

• Protection of the environment
• Fate of medicines in the environment
• Waste disposal
• Methods development and validation

• Conferences:
  • Apr. 2006:
    UHI Postgraduate Research Conference, Inverness, Scotland.
    Oral presentation:
    "Fate of a veterinary medicine in the marine environment".
  • Dec. 2005: 6th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia.
    Oral presentation: "Emamectin benzoate in environmental matrices: determination and applications".
  • Nov. 2004: UHI Postgraduate Research Conference, Oban, Scotland.
    Oral presentation: "The fate of veterinary medicines used in fish farms".
• Project Supervision:
  • Jul-Aug. 2004 and 2006: Nuffield Foundation programme.
  • Nov-Dec. 2004: CFAI programme.
• Quality Objective:
  To obtain UKAS accreditation for commercial service carried out by the ERI analytical team.