Analytical Geochemist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3335

E-mail Dr Simon Chenery

Biography

•  1991 –present :  Senior Analytical Geochemist, Analytical Geochemical Laboratories, British Geological Survey, Keyworth
•  1990 –1991 :  Post-Doctoral Fellow, "Development of Novel Sample Introduction and Measurement Techniques for Atomic Spectrometry" at Dept. of Chemistry, Birkbeck College, London
•  1986 –1990 :  PhD, "Laser Abalation for Sample Introduction in Atomic Spectrometry", Applied Geochemistry Research Group, Imperial College, London
•  1984 –1985 :  MSc in Microprocessor Technology and Applications at Dept of Electrical Engineering, Brighton Polytechnic
•  1982 –1984 :  PGRA Geochemical Analysis, NERC ICP-AES Facility, Dept. of Geology, Kings College London
•  1979 –1982 :  BSc Chemistry with Geochemistry at Dept. of Chemistry, Leicester University

Research interests

•  2009 –present :  Availability of metals in soils, peats and sediments as measured by novel methodologies. Includes: PhD supervision at Dept. of Environmental Sciences, Nottingham University; Marie Curie Research Fellow Maria Izquierdo and Andy Tye at BGS, Keyworth.
•  1998 –present :  "Dating the anthropocene": use of stable lead isotope ratios and uranium isotopes by ICP-MS; Pb-210 and Cs-137 etc by gamma spectrometry to understand how we have changed our environment over the last few hundred years. Current BGS projects from Soils and Coastal Processes programmes; PhD supervision of Nick Lloyd, University of Leicester, 2007-2010.
•  1996 –present :  Analysis of archaeological materials including pottery (various Scottish archeologists and museums); glass with Dept. of Archaeology, Nottingham University; teeth and bones with Depts of Archaeology, Bradford and Durham Universities.
•  1995 –present :  Geochemistry of hard parts of aquatic biota (shells, corals, fish otoliths) as "tape-recorders" of environmental change. Includes joint PhD supervision at School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor.

Professional association

•  1984 –present :  Member of Royal Society of Chemistry and Chartered Chemist