Dr David Assinder
Lecturer in Ocean Sciences
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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.
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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. 201-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 2281-2288Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Field and laboratory measurements of the rapid remobilization of plutonium from estuarine sediments
Assinder, D., Hamilton-Taylor, J., Kelly, M., Mudge, S. & Bradshaw, K., Feb 1990, In: Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry . 138, 2, p. 417-424Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 119-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 593-601Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Micro- and meso-scale variability in sediment activity concentrations: the implications for dose assessment
Assinder, D. J., Mudge, S. M. & Russell, A. T., 1 May 2005, In: Radioprotection. 40, Supplement 1, p. S569-573Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neptunium in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Irish Sea
Assinder, D. J., Yamamoto, M., Kim, C. K., Seki, R., Takaku, Y., Yamauchi, Y., Koruma, K., Ueno, K. & Bourne, G. S., 1991, In: Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 14, 2, p. 135-145Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plutonium in intertidal coastal and estuarine sediments in the Northern Irish Sea
Aston, S. R., Assinder, D. J. & Kelly, M., 1985, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 20, 6, p. 761-771Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plutonium occurrence and phase distribution in sediments of the Wyre estuary, northwest England
Aston, S. R., Assinder, D. J., Stanners, D. A. & RAE, JE., 1981, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 12, 9, p. 308-314Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 333-346Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review