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. 1999
  2. Published

    A review of the occurrence and behaviour of neptunium in the Irish Sea

    Assinder, DJ., 1999, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 44, 2-3, p. 335-347

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Measurements of Tc-99, Cs-137, Np-237, Pu isotopes and Am-241 in sediment cores from intertidal coastal and estuarine regions in the Irish Sea

    Kuwabara, J., Yamamoto, M., Oikawa, S., Komura, K. & Assinder, DJ., May 1999, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 240, 2, p. 593-601

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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. 429-432

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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. 424-428

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Experimental evaluation of the submerged detector method to improve the accuracy of in-situ gamma spectrometry

    MacDonald, J., Gibson, CJ., Fish, PJ. & Assinder, DJ., Dec 1999, In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE. 46, 6, p. 2281-2288

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 2002
  8. Published

    Potential problems with the long-term monitoring of radionuclides in the environment

    Assinder, D., 2002, In: The Nuclear Engineer. 43, 3, p. 76-79 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReview article

  9. Published

    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/ReportCommissioned report

  10. Published

    Radiocarbon dating the marine environment: the significance of benthic boundary layer processes.

    Scourse, J. D., Kennedy, H., Austin, W. E., Papadimitriou, S., Evans, J., Assinder, D. J. & Long, B. T., 1 Jan 2002.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaper

  11. Published

    Holocene evolution of seasonal stratification in the Celtic Sea: refined age model, mixing depths and foraminiferal stratigraphy.

    Scourse, J. D., Austin, W. E., Long, B. T., Assinder, D. J. & Huws, D., 30 Nov 2002, In: Marine Geology. 191, 3-4, p. 119-145

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. 2003
  13. Published

    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/ReportCommissioned report