Biography
1968-1971 Graduate Apprenticeship with English Electric/Lanchester Polytechnic. Gained a BSc in Mechanical engineering. CEng in 1974.
1971-1972 Postgraduate research (wet steam turbines) at Lanchester Polytechnic.
1972-1973 Schlumberger, Field engineer, Burgos and St Carlos, Spain
1974-1975 Schlumberger, Lead engineer, Siracusa,Crotone & Pescara, Italy.
1975-1977 Schlumberger, Training Center Manager, Livingstone, Scotland
1977-1980 Schlumberger, District Manager Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
1980-1981 Schlumberger, Product Development Engineer, Paris, France.
1981-1985 Schlumberger, South American Interpretation Manager. Caracas, Venezuela.
1986-1989 Schlumberger, Principle Scientist, Schlumberger DRC, Ridgefield, Ct, USA.
1989-1993 Schlumberger, Marketing Director United Kingdom. Aberdeen.
1993-1995 Schlumberger, Marketing Manager Europe & FSU. Hannover, Germany
1995-1998 Schlumberger, Corporate New Technology Manager, Paris, France.
1999-2003 Schlumberger, Evaluation Services Manager - North Africa, Algeria
2003-2004 Schlumberger, Operations Manager-N Africa. Hassi-Messaoud, Algeria.
2004-2005 MSc. Environmental Science – University of Aberdeen.
2004-2008 PhD in Systems Biology –University of Aberdeen
2008-2014 Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2014-2017 Senior Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2017-present Reader –University of Aberdeen