Dr David Assinder
Lecturer in Ocean Sciences
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Room: 401 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382854
E-mail: d.assinder@bangor.ac.uk
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I graduated in Environmental Sciences from Lancaster University in 1979 and undertook my PhD on radionuclide behaviour in the estuarine environment at Lancaster between 1979 and 1982. I became a Visiting Fellow at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia, Canada during 1983 investigating nuclear discharges to Canadian and Arctic waters. In 1984 and 1985 I worked in the Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol as a postdoctoral researcher examining organic compounds and their availability from coal.
In 1985 I moved to the School of Ocean Sciences as a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer until 2007, then School Administrator/Deputy College Manager until 2018 and finally back into teaching in 2018.
I am interested in all aspects of marine biogeochemistry but have specialised in marine and estuarine pollution particularly in relation to radionuclides, but also metals and plastics. Particular areas of interest include the occurrence, transport and fate of natural and artificial radionuclides in terrestrial and marine ecosystems including assessing the radiation dose to humans using coastal areas. This has encompassed work in relation to Sellafield and Springfields discharges to the Irish Sea and the fate of Chernobyl-derived radionuclides in the environment.
I have been employed by the QAA to undertake reviews of teaching quality in the UK and I am a STEM Ambassador with a particular interest in addressing issues related to harassment of staff and students in UK Universities.
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Theoretical assessment of collimated submerged detector measurements improving the accuracy of in-situ gamma spectrometry
MacDonald, J., Gibson, CJ., Fish, PJ. & Assinder, DJ., Jun 1999, In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE. 46, 3, p. 424-428Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The development and use of an in situ gamma-ray spectrometry system in North Wales
MacDonald, J., Smith, P. & Assinder, D., 1996, In: Journal of Radiological Protection. 16, 2, p. 115-127 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An experimental comparison of in-situ gamma spectrometric methods for quantifying Cs-137 radioactive contamination in the ground
MacDonald, J., Gibson, CJ., Fish, PJ. & Assinder, DJ., Jun 1999, In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE. 46, 3, p. 429-432Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Micro-scale variability of contaminants in surface sediments : the implications for sampling.
Mudge, S. M., Assinder, D. J. & Russell, A. T., 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Meso-scale variability of radionuclides in sediments: Normalization and implications for sampling.
Mudge, S. M., Assinder, D. J. & Russell, A. T., 1 Jan 2003, 2003 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Radiological assessment of the Ribble Estuary: 3. Redistribution of radionuclides
Mudge, SM., Assinder, DJ. & Bourne, GS., 1997, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 36, 1, p. 43-67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Radiological assessment of the Ribble Estuary: 2. Beta and gamma dose rates and doses to critical groups
Mudge, SM., Bourne, GS. & Assinder, DJ., 1997, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 36, 1, p. 21-41Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The measurement of beta dose and gamma air kerma rates in the Ribble Estuary
Mudge, S., Bourne, GS. & Assinder, D., 1996, In: Journal of Radiological Protection. 16, 4, p. 237-248 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal fluxes across the sediment-water interface, and processes within sediments
Nedwell, D. B., Parkes, R. J., Upton, A. C. & Assinder, D. J., 15 Jun 1993, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 343, 1669, p. 519-529Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Seasonal fluxes across the sediment—water interface, and processes within sediments
Nedwell, D. B., Parkes, R. J., Upton, A. C. & Assinder, D. J., 1994, Understanding the North Sea System. Charnock, H., Dyer, K. R., Huthnanace, J. M., Liss, P. S., Simpson, J. H. & Tett, P. B. (eds.). SpringerResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter