Position: PhD Researcher and Part-time Quality Laboratory Technician
Address:
Environmental Research Institute,
Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, KW14 7JD
Tel: +44 (0)1847 889587
Fax: +44 (0)1847 890014
E-mail: Julie.Graham@thurso.uhi.ac.uk
Joined ERI: November 2003
Background:
- 2003 - Present
: PhD “The environmental fate of veterinary medicines”.
- 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.
- 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.
Research Interests:
- The impacts of
veterinary medicines used in Aquaculture.
- Development of
Analytical techniques.
- Antibacterial compounds from Seaweed (honours project).
- Domestic waste
recycling.
Conferences:
Nov. 2004: UHI Postgraduate Research Conference, Oban, Scotland.
Oral presentation: “The fate of veterinary medicines used in fish farms”.
Dec. 2005: 6th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia.
Oral presentation: “Emamectin benzoate in environmental matrices: determination and applications”.
Apr. 2006: UHI Postgraduate Research Conference, Inverness, Scotland.
Oral presentation: “Fate of a veterinary medicine in the marine environment”.
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.
