Committee Members' Biographies
Dr Bill Bloss CChem FRSC
Chair
Dr William Bloss is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham. Bill’s research interests are in the field of atmospheric chemistry, specifically: (1) the sources and sinks of atmospheric oxidants, and their impacts upon air quality and tropospheric composition; (2) the role of inorganic halogens in the atmosphere e.g. ClOx radicals in the polar stratosphere and iodine and bromine compounds in the Marine Boundary Layer. These topics are studied through a combination of atmospheric field measurements, laboratory experiments to study specific processes, and detailed chemical models to simulate atmospheric composition.
Dr Leo Salter FRSC
Vice-Chair
Dr Leo Salter is the President of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division and has a range of research and consultancy interests in water chemistry and air pollution.
Mr James Lymer CChem MRSC
Secretary
James Lymer is a Senior Environmental Chemist at the Sheffield office of Wardell Armstrong and has 7 years experience of assessing chemicals in soil and groundwater and the risk they pose to human health and other receptors. He has worked for environmental consultancies in the UK working on behalf of primarily private sector clients in brownfield land redevelopment for residential and commercial land uses. His work has involved conducting human health and groundwater risk assessments, agreeing remedial strategies with the Regulatory Authorities, waste classification of soil and on-site supervision of remedial works. More recently James has become involved in assessing soil data from sites outside the UK.
Miss Jo Barnes
Treasurer
Jo Barnes is a Research Associate in the Air Quality Management Resource Centre at the University of the West of England, Bristol, where she is also pursuing a part-time PhD in Air Quality Action Planning. Since graduating from Cornwall College (University of Plymouth) in 2004, Jo has gained more than six years' experience in local air quality management practice and policy working with, and for, local and national government.
Jo served as Honorary Secretary of the Environmental Chemistry Group (ECG) (2005-2011) and has also assisted with convening the annual Distinguished Guest Lectures and Symposia and with producing the ECG Bulletin
Dr Stephen Ball MRSC
Atmospheric Chemistry Representative
Dr Julia Fahrenkamp-Uppenbrink CChem MRSC
Editorial Advisor
Dr Rupert Purchase CChem FRSC
Editor ECG Bulletin/ECG Web Pages Coordinator
Dr Roger Reeve CChem MRSC
Assistant Editor ECG Bulletin
Dr Roger Reeve is a Senior Lecturer teaching Analytical, Inorganic and Environmental Chemistry in the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of Sunderland. Roger’s current interest is in the analysis of pharmaceuticals in the environment. He has written two books on environmental analysis, the most recent, ‘Introduction to Environmental Analysis’, having recently been published in Chinese. Prior to his appointment at Sunderland, Roger worked in a process plant manufacturing company specialising in atmospheric pollution control equipment.
Dr Stuart Wagland CChem MRSC
DGL Convener
Dr Stuart Wagland is an Academic Fellow in Energy from Waste in the School of Applied Science at Cranfield University. His research interests include the characterisation of waste and fuels, renewable energy from wastes and sustainable waste and resource management. Stuart worked on a collaborative project titled ‘the next generation energy from waste technologies’, which was funded by the Energy Technologies Institute. His more recent work on the biogenic fraction, and renewable energy potential of mixed wastes was funded by the Technology Strategy Board [TSB], The Small Business Research Initiative [SBRI], the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [Defra] and the Department for Energy and Climate Change [DECC].
