Speakers
13th March
Dr Aoife Grant PhD, BSc(Hons)
Aoife Grant graduated with an Honours Degree in Chemistry from University College Cork in 2007. With a keen interest in the environment she decided to continue her studies, starting a research PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry at Bristol University in September 2007. This was a great opportunity to learn about the dynamic atmosphere around us, to see how very low concentration atmospheric gases are measured and what information these measurements provide us with. Aoife gained her doctorate in September 2010. After a short break from research over the winter working as a chalet host in a ski resort, Aoife returned to Bristol and was offered a job as a Post-Doctoral researcher, responsible for setting up the first UK network of stations for measurement of greenhouse gases. Aoife began working on this exciting project in April 2011. Using a model which tracks where air has travelled from, measurements of these key greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and methane amongst others, will enable us to quantify the UK emissions of these species by region. Results from this government commissioned project provide essential information on the emissions of harmful greenhouse gases within the UK which impacts directly on policy decisions.
Dr Enda Hayes – University of the West of England (UWE)
Senior Research Fellow – Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) & Business Support Manager – Environmental Technologies iNet
Enda has a dual role at UWE, providing one-to-one support to Environmental Technology companies through the iNet and undertaking research / consultancy projects in air quality and carbon management for the Air Quality Management Resource Centre. Enda manages a number of iNet events and business engagement activities, including intellectual property support, the provision of bespoke market intelligence reports and the collation and dissemination of data from a comprehensive Environmental Goods and Services Database. As a Senior Research Fellow, Enda has research interests spanning air quality, carbon management, real change sustainability and environmental science working with numerous organisations in the UK, Europe and Africa. Enda holds a PhD and MSc in Biosystems Engineering from University College Dublin, and has a degree from Aberystwyth University.
Rose Bailey - University of the West of England (UWE)
PhD Student
Rose is currently finishing a PhD at UWE, investigating the low carbon futures for the Bristol region. Her research asked 140 local influential people “what would you like Bristol to look like in 2050 if it was a low carbon city, and how do we make it happen?” to exploring how we might achieve long term targets. Her research has been supported by Bristol City Council and the Centre for Sustainable Energy, Bristol. Before this, Rose worked for Oxfordshire County Council on carbon management and sustainability. Rose has a BA (Hons) in Human Sciences from St Hilda’s College Oxford, and an MSc in Environment and International Development at the University of East Anglia, where she conducted research into media representation and public understanding of climate change. Rose has also worked in natural resource management in the USA and Sri Lanka.
14th March
George Marshall
His 22 years in environmental campaigning range from grassroots direct action to senior positions in Greenpeace and the Rainforest Foundation to government policy consultancies. He speaks and writes widely on climate change issues including articles for The New Statesman, The Guardian, New Scientist and The Ecologist. George is the author of 'Carbon Detox: Your Step by Step Guide to Getting Real about Climate Change' and randomly presents a stand-up comedy routine he describes as "arguably one of the more entertaining two hour one-man slide shows on climate change".
Mary Frost MBA (open), B.Sc(Hons), C. Eng, MIET.
Mary Frost has worked within the aerospace industry since graduating from Southampton University in 1985 with a degree in Physics with Electronics. She joined Airbus in 2004, as a sub-contractor, taking a permanent role as Engineering Group Leader for Fuel Management in 2005. A year later she was promoted to Head of Department for Fuel Control and Gauging, where she is responsible for a department of approximately 80 engineers, overseeing the design and development of fuel gauging and management systems across all Airbus aircraft.
Recently she has been appointed senior expert for fuel systems, where she is responsible for defining future fuel systems R&T strategy, working with industry committees such as American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and SAe, and investigating the impact of sustainable and alternate fuels on aircraft fuel systems.
