Subject Areas:
- Nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons: proliferation, national strategies, technology
- Terrorism involving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons
- IEDs and Explosives
- Antiterrorism countermeasures
- Country risk assessments
- Defence and foreign policies
- Military research and development
Clients and publications:
- Jane’s Information Group
- Jane’s Expert Network
- Jane’s Chem-Bio Web
- Jane’s Terrorism & Security Monitor
- Jane’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) Defence
- Royal Institute for International Affairs
- Monterey Institute for Nonproliferation Studies
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Nuclear Information Service
- Military Periscope
- Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
- Global Defence Review (GDR) Yearbook
- GDR Chemical Biological Warfare Review
- Nato’s Nations
- NBC International
- Strategic Intelligence Review
- Aviation Security International
- Defence Director
- Asian Military Review
- ASEAN Yearbook
- Gerson Lehrman Group
- Writing Solutions Ltd
- Expert Witness Database
- DIEMconsulting
- Defence & Security Systems International
Conferences and seminars – examples of topics:
- CBRN threats
- Nuclear/radiological terrorism
- CBRN Terrorism and Countermeasures
- Nanotechnology and Future Nuclear Weapons
- The CBRN Threat to Transportation
- The CBRN and Explosives Threat to Aviation
- Lessons learned from the 2006 Litvinenko Polonium incident in London and the 1995 Sarin attacks in Tokyo
- Nuclear Terrorism: Myth and Reality
- Radiological Weapons: Threat and Response
- The Litvinenko Affair: the Gold Standard in Response to a Radiological Dispersal Event
- IEDs: From the IRA to Here
- CBRN: Perception of the Threat in US and UK
- The IRA and Technology Transfer
- Nuclear Weapons: From the Manhattan Project to the Future
- Business Continuity Following a CBRNE Attack
- Mediation after a CBRN Event and the Effect on Business
- The Convergence of CBRN and CIP
- Simulated Multiple Bomb Attacks
- CBRN Threats to Maritime Security
- The IRA Bombing Campaign: IED Challenges Then and Now
- CBRN IEDs
- NBC Weaponisation
- Robotic and other C-IED technologies
[For full list of presentations please see Conferences]
Media appearances as an NBC expert:
BBC News 24, BBC Six O’clock News, BBC News at Ten, BBC Breakfast, Sky News, ITV News Channel, Channel 5 News, More 4, CBS News, CNN, NBC, ABC News, Nachtjournal, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Press TV, Radio 4 World at One, BBC World Service, BBC Radio Five Live, BBC local radio network, LBC, Voice of America, Radio Free Europe; national and local press in the UK, US and Ireland; press agencies: Press Association, Associated Press, Agence France Presse.
Consultant for TV documentaries: Spooks (BBC 1, episode on dirty bombs); Mountbatten: Death of a Royal (History Channel, RTE); Critical Times (history of nuclear power, Discovery Channel)
20 years experience in scientific publishing as a commissioning editor, writer and project manager:
- Brown Reference Group (1998-99)
Project Manager, Encyclopedia of Technology and Applied Sciences - Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (1995-98)
Commissioning Editor, Military Technology, Science & Medicine - Freelance defence and science writing (1994-95) BBC Publications, Sage Publications
- Central Office of Information, UK Government Information Service (1992-94)
Writer on science and technology for client departments: Ministry of Defence, Foreign & Commonwealth Office - The Institute of Energy (1991-92)
Publications Manager and Editor of Energy World magazine - Unwin Hyman Ltd (1988-91)
Science Editor, Earth & Life Sciences, Academic Books Division - Freelance popular science and technology writing (1985-88)
BBC Publications, Multimedia Publications, Sterling Publishing Group, Fourth Estate - Omni magazine (1979-85) Public Relations & Assistant Editor
Education:
- B.A. Hons: Political Theory and Institutions, University of Liverpool (1974)
- M.A. in Nuclear Weapons Policy Studies, Open University (1991)
- City & Guilds Certificate in Adult Education (2002)