Dr David Assinder

Lecturer in Ocean Sciences

Contact info

 

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.

  1. 1991
  2. Published

    Chemical leaching behavior of 237Np from intertidal coastal sediment in the Irish Sea

    Yamamoto, M., Yamauchi, Y., Komura, K., Ueno, K. & Assinder, D. J., 15 Jul 1991, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 154, 5, p. 299-307

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 1992
  4. Published

    Distribution and behaviour of 99Tc,237Np,239,240Pu, and 241Am in the coastal and estuarine sediments of the Irish Sea

    Kim, C. K., Morita, S., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Ikeda, N. & Assinder, D. J., Jan 1992, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 156, 1, p. 201-213

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. 1993
  6. Published

    Radioisotopes of thirteen elements in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Irish Sea

    Assinder, D. J., Yamamoto, M., Kim, C. K., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Yamauchi, Y., Igarashi, S., Komura, K. & Ueno, K., May 1993, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 170, 2, p. 333-346

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    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. 519-529

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. 1994
  9. Published

    Assessment of radiation exposure from discharges of uranium ore concentrate processing and nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities

    Assinder, D., Mudge, S. & Bourne, GS., 1994, Radiation and society: comprehending radiation risk: proceedings of an International Conference on Radiation and Society: Comprehending Radiation Risk. p. 184 1 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  10. Published

    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.). Springer

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  11. Published

    The distribution and behaviour of artificial radionuclides in sediments of the north Wales coast, U.K.

    Assinder, D., Robinson, CD., Halsall, J. & Telford, A., Aug 1994, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 182, 2, p. 225-235

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. 1995
  13. Published

    Radiological assessment of the Ribble Estuary

    Newstead, S., Mudge, S., Assinder, DJ. & Bourne, GS., 1995, Environmental Impact of Radioactive Releases. p. 761-762 (International Atomic Energy Agency Proceedings Series 2 : Nuclear Safety and Environmental Protection).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  14. Published

    Determination of low-level99Tc in environmental samples by high resolution ICP-MS

    Yamamoto, M., Syarbaini, Kofuji, K., Tsumura, A., Komura, K., Ueno, K. & Assinder, D., Oct 1995, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 197, 1, p. 185-194

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Anomalously high Np-237 in intertidal sediments from the Ribble Estuary in the Irish Sea

    Kuwabara, J., Yamamoto, M., Nagai, H., Komura, K., Ueno, K. & Assinder, DJ., Nov 1995, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 197, 2, p. 369-385

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review