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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Published

    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. 417-424

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published

    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. S569-573

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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. 135-145

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 761-771

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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. 308-314

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. 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