Consulting, Research and Training
Consumer-Facing, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Media/PR
HEAD Acoustics
Aachen, August-September 2011. Workshop leader for the future of soundscape and transportation. HEAD Acoustics is the international commercial leader in technical assessment of in-car noise and soundscape.
Alphega Pharmacies
Workshop leader in negotiation. Birmingham, 16 May 2010
Confused.com — July 2013: Measuring clumsiness in the home and its potential causes.
Blink Films Production — Dec 2012 – Mar 2013: Body language interpretation during constructed situations for the television show “Ape Man” (National Geographic, USA).
Heathrow Airport — Dec 2012 – Jan 2013: Effects of live music on travellers during air travel.
Channel 4 Television — March 2011, £1500: Measuring the psychophysiological response to artworks in the Tate Gallery.
Hardy’s Wines – August – September 2009, £3500: Evidence for historical changes in British dinner parties compared with Come Dine with Me
Aviva — July – September 2009, £5,000: Factors influencing the purchase of insurance using websites and telesales.
Boehringer Ingelheim — November 2008, £2,750: Intestinal health forum
Nike — July 2008, £6,800: Lie detection of an Olympic heptathlete: confidence to win?
DHL — February – April 2008, £15,000: Motivating pro-environmental behaviours using filmed stimuli
Honda— June – September 2007, £37,500: Recording the customers’ experience while making assisted purchases in a showroom.
BBC 1 Television — January 2007: Measuring the physical arousal in response to food and aphrodisiacs
Nokia — November – December 2006, £10,000: Effects of Listening to Popular Songs
Tesco — February – March 2006, £3,520: Physiological effects of gossiping
Dairy Crest (Cathedral City) – 2007, Sensory Modalities of Temptation: comparing a savoury to a sweet snack
NTL Telewest (now Virgin Media) — 2006 Peripheral Physiological Effects of Missing a Favourite Television Show
Music Choice — 2005 Musical elements that lead to unconscious indicators of preference: Eurovision
Trident — 2007 Unconscious activities during the chewing of gum
Legal, Financial, Patent and Biotech Consulting
Scientia Advisors (Boston, July 2009). Short-term consultant on drug development with regard to the business value of r a product to test new molecular entities for hERG liability. (Chris Ianelli & Lisa Carey, www.scientiaadv.com/)
London Technology Network Fellowship (October 2008 to date). This paid position facilitates interaction betweens academic science and business. It is funded by the Southeast England Development Agency (SEEDA).
Taylor-Wessing Solicitors (London, August 2006). Short-term consultant on drug development and drug safety with regard to patents. Contact: Edward Vickers.
Valesco Capital (New York, May 2006) This was a short term biotech investment analysis and report in May 2006, concerning drug regulatory issues surrounding the safety of a drug that might be released in the United States. Contact: Dan DiPietro
Electronic Biosciences (EBS) (San Diego, 2004/5). Consulted at level of Director of Biology between July 2004 and June 2005. I consulted on the overall biological strategy of the company. Contact: Dr Regina Dugan
Education Consulting
Explore at Bristol (“Hands on” Science Museum). Consulted on Genetics and DNA. Former Scientific Director: Dr. Kathy Sykes.
Association for Science Education produced a Computer Lesson/Game “Flesh eaters”, a part of the “Science Year CD”. I consulted on Pathology. Contact Dr. Tony Sherbourne, Head of Curriculum, ASE Science Year, tony.sherborne@scienceyear.com, Sheffield-Hallam University.