Dr David Assinder
Lecturer in Ocean Sciences
Affiliations
Contact info
Room: 401 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382854
E-mail: d.assinder@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar
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.
- Other contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Assinder, D., 18 Jun 2019, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- Published
Golden Globe Ocean Race: The power of the wind at sea and man’s use of this power over time
Assinder, D., 30 May 2018, Open University Press.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- Commissioned report › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- 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/Report › Commissioned report
- 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/Report › Commissioned report
- Published
Pilot study of radon levels in private water supplies.
Assinder, D. J. & Russell, A., 1 Jan 2003, 2003 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- Review article › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
Neptunium in the environment: Recent work on the 'neglected actinide'
Assinder, D., 1996, In: The Nuclear Engineer. 37, 3, p. 84-86 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
- 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 journal › Review article