Fields of Research

Separation science
Inorganic materials (incl. nanomaterials)
Chemical oceanography
Soil sciences

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Clinical health
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Industrial chemicals and related products
Understanding climate change
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

3D printed metal columns for capillary liquid chromatography; Analyst
3D printed titanium micro-bore columns containing polymer monoliths for reversed-phase liquid chromatography; Analytica Chimica Acta
Biomarkers reveal the effects of hydrography on the sources and fate of marine and terrestrial organic matter in the western Irish Sea; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Chromatographic methods for the isolation, separation and characterisation of dissolved organic matter; Environmental Science Processes and Impacts
Comment on “Structural characterization of dissolved organic matter: a review of current techniques for isolation and analysis” by E. C. Minor, M. M. Swenson, B. M. Mattson, and A. R. Oyler, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2014, 16, 2064; Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts
Determination of trace labile copper in environmental waters by magnetic nanoparticle solid phase extraction and high-performance chelation ion chromatography; Talanta
Fractionation of dissolved organic matter on coupled reversed-phase monolithic columns and characterisation using reversed-phase liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry; Chromatographia
Investigation into dissolved neutral sugars and their microbial conversion in natural and artificially produced dissolved organic matter using ion chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection and reversed-phase liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry; Analytical Methods
Investigation on selectivity of mercaptopropylsilica and silver nanoparticles-functionalised mercaptopropylsilica; Current Chromatography
Lopinavir-ritonavir dramatically affects the pharmacokinetics of irinotecan in HIV patients with Kaposi's sarcoma; Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Normal-phase high-performance counter-current chromatography for the fractionation of dissolved organic matter from a freshwater source; Journal of Separation Science
Rapid and sensitive analysis of vincristine in human plasma using on-line extraction combined with liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry; Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
Simple, quantitative method for low molecular weight dissolved organic matter extracted from natural waters based upon high performance counter-current chromatography; Analytica Chimica Acta

Research Projects

Purification of gas chromatography stationary phases by means of high performance counter current chromatography

Research Candidate Supervision