Email: stephen[at]sanaterre[dot]com Web: www.sanaterre.com
I hold undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the fields of environmental and biological sciences and am the originator and webmaster of a widely-used web site containing contaminated land guidelines from around the world. I work well independently but I am also a team worker with leadership experience and have strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. I have excellent written and oral presentation skills. Other assets include project management and information technology experience. I am interested in research, legislation, policy and implementation of sustainable solutions to environmental pollution and am seeking a challenging career in remediation of contaminated environments/pollution prevention and control/environmental management/consultancy. I have a wide experience in industry and academia in the UK and sub-Saharan Africa.
Oct 2000 - Sept 2003 Institute for Infrastructure and Environment in association with CLARRC at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering/Bioremediation Thesis title: "Microbial degradation of linear alkylbenzene cable oil in soil and aqueous culture under aerobic and anaerobic conditions"
Oct 1998 - Sept 2000 Institute of BioScience & Technology, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK M.Sc. in Environmental Diagnostics Thesis title: "Monitoring and control of in situ bioremediation of soil contaminated with cable oil"
Sept 1986 - Jun
1990 The
University of Manchester, Manchester, UK B.Sc. (Hons) Biology 2ii
Final year projects:
"The effects of heavy metals on digestive
enzymes of Carcinus maenas in vitro"
"The variation of filtration
rate with size in Mytilus edulis as measured by an indirect method"
| Jan 2005 - Present | Tertiary Oil Recovery Project,
University of Kansas, USA Research Scientist (Postdoctoral Researcher Jan 2005 - Jan 2006) Department of Energy funded research into the use of biosurfactants to increase tertiary oil recovery from carbonate rocks. Jointly run with DOE Idaho National Laboratory. Fall 2007 - Instructor CPE 522 Economic Appraisal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Projects |
| Oct 2003 - May 2004 | School of Chemical and Life
Sciences, University of Greenwich,
Chatham, UK Research Fellow Post-doctoral research fellowship. Technical management of a field-scale project to remediate soil containing polyaromatic hydrocarbons, using white-rot fungi and rhizoremediation. |
| Oct 2001 - Sept 2003 | School of Life Sciences,
Napier University, Edinburgh, UK
Microbiology Demonstrator/Lecturer (part-time) - demonstrating general and medical microbiological techniques to 2nd and 3rd Year undergraduates. Information Technology Demonstrator (part-time) - training 2nd Year undergraduates in the use of IT, especially using Microsoft Excel 2000 to analyse data and produce charts and graphs for subsequent inclusion in reports generated in Microsoft Word 2000. |
| Apr 2002 - Jun 2002 | Faculty of Science and
Engineering, The University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Information Technology Technician (part-time) Set-up of staff and student PCs. Duties included partitioning of hard drives, installation of operating systems (MS Windows 98SE/NT/2000 and RedHat Linux) and applications, and set-up of networking. Also troubleshooting hardware problems and informal instruction of end users. |
| Oct 2000 - Present | Sanaterre Environmental Environmental Consultant / Web Designer (part-time) Freelance consultation services, web design etc. |
| Jun 1999 - Sept 2000 | Institute of BioScience
& Technology, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK Research Assistant (part-time) Technical and practical support to a PhD project for National Grid Company plc. |
| Sept 1998 - Sept 2000 | Abington Partners, Bath, UK Product Manager (part-time) Responsible for marketing of video-logging equipment and software. Research and development of products for science education and research. Website design and management. Working mainly from home while studying part-time for MSc. |
| Jun 1995 - Sept 1998 | Philip Harris International, Shenstone,
Lichfield, UK (working in Ghana, West Africa) Project Commissioning Engineer Responsible for the installation and commissioning of computers, data logging equipment and scientific equipment and materials in 110 Science Resource Centres for the Ghanaian Ministry of Education. |
| Jun 1991 - May 1995 | Philip Harris Education,
Shenstone, Lichfield, UK Product Specialist - Biology Provision of technical support regarding biological apparatus and materials and data logging hardware and software. Identification, sourcing and development of new products for biology education including sets of microscope slides, Genetics and DNA technology kits, a CD-ROM and a video logging system. Writing and editing instructional and promotional text. Responsible for the content and presentation of the biology section of the catalogue (~6000 products). |
| Jul 1990 - May 1991 | Telford Foods Limited (later
Dailycer Ltd.), Halesfield 10,
Telford, UK QC/QA Assistant for a major manufacturer of 'own brand' breakfast cereals and packet soups. My duties included general QC/QA work and the setting up and running of a fat analysis laboratory and staff training. |
| Vacations 1986 - 1990 | Various temporary positions including Volunteer Carer on holidays for disabled children; Warehouseman for a mail-order record supplier; Cleaner and later QC Assistant at Telford Foods |