Simon Pimblott

Biography

Current Responsibilities:

Chair Professor of Radiation Chemistry, The University of Manchester.

Director, Dalton Cumbrian Facility, Dalton Nuclear Institute, The University of Manchester.

Science Lead, Radiation Sciences Program, Dalton Nuclear Institute.

Academic Associate, National Nuclear Laboratory

Visiting Scholar, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame.

Professional Activities: Government & Industry

• Rolls-Royce Materials & Chemistry Technical Working Group Standing Sub-Group on Reactor Chemistry (2013-present).
• HMG Foreign and Comonwealth Office delegation to Japan on Decommissioning - IRID, NDF, Univ. of Tokyo Nuclear Engineering and AESJ (5th – 9th Sep. 2016).
• Co-lead “Chemistry in Extreme Environments” Panel, DOE Workshop “Basic Reseach Needs for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems”, (2006).
• Program Initiative Briefing, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, D.O.E. Headquarters, (2003).
• Lead “Fundamental Studies on Effects of Ionizing Radiation: Primary Processes” Panel, and Steering Committee, D.O.E. Workshop "Research Needs and Opportunities in Radiation Chemistry" (1998).

Professional Activities: Oversight

• US DOE “IDREAM” Energy Frontier Research Center, External Advisory Board (2016-present)
• EPSRC Peer Review Associate College (2016-present)
• Research Committee, Photon Science Institute, The University of Manchester (present)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Project Scheme Committee (2016-present)
• Steering Group, UK National Nuclear User Facility (2012-present).
• National Scientific User Facility (NSUF) Scientific Review Board (2012-present)
• Steering Committee, EPSRC “TEM with in situ Ion Irradiation Facility”, University of Salford, U.K. (2010-2011)
• Steering Committee, “Free Radical Research Facility”, Daresbury Laboratory, U.K. (2006-2008)
• Chair, NIHCenter for Scientific Review Special Emphasis Panel ZGR1, RAD Study Section, (2001).
• Special Member, NIHCenter for Scientific Review Panel, Radiation Therapeutics and
  Biology Study Section, (2004).
• Site Review, Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory (for U.S. D.O.E. Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 2009)
• Site Review, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory (for U.S. D.O.E. Office of Basic Energy Sciences, 1999 & 2002).
• Review Committee (Invited Member), Bioengineering Committee, Medical Research Council of Canada (1999-2000).

Professional Activities: Professional Societies

• Councilor, Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry (elected) (2009-2012)
• Miller Trust for Radiation Chemistry: Chair (2009-13); Vice-chair and Chair-elect (2005-9); Board Member (1997-2005).
• Chemistry Councilor, Radiation Research Society (1996-9).
• Nominating Committee, Radiation Research Society (2000-1)
• Awards and Honors Committee, Radiation Research Society (1998-2000)
• Membership Committee, Radiation Research Society (1993-9, Chair 1995-8).
• Research Award Committee, Radiation Research Society (1996-8).
• Young Investigator Award Committee,
  VIIth International Workshop on Radiation Damage to DNA (2001)

Professional Activities: Professional Journals

• Associate Editor, Radiation Research (1995-9).
• Editorial Board, Research Letters in Physical Chemistry (2007-2009)
• Columnist, rrsNews (1994-9).

Professional Activities: Conference Organisation

• Chair, Developing Collaborations in Radiation Effects Meeting (2012), 25th Miller Conference on Radiation Chemistry (2007).
• Organising Committee & Scientific Committee: IChemE Sustainable Nuclear Energy Conference (2015), IChemE Sustainable Nuclear Energy Conference (2014), IChemE Nuclear Fuel Cyle Conference (2012)
• Organising Committee, Pu Futures Summer School (2012).
• Program Committee: International Congress on Radiation Research (2019); 20th International Conference on Water Chemistry of Nuclear Reactor Systems (2016); Asia Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry (2014); 10th International Symposium on Ionising Radiation and Polymers (2012); 14th International Congress on Radiation Research (2011); 9th International Symposia on Ionising Radiation and Polymers (2010); International Workshop on Nitrogen Compounds in Radiation Chemistry (2009); 15th International Symposia on Microdosimetry (2009); 15th International Symposia on Microdosimetry (2009); Annual Meeting of the Association for Radiation Research (2008); 13th International Congress on Radiation Research (2007); ASR2007 Symposium, Japan (2007); 14th International Symposia on Microdosimetry (2005); 49th Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society (2002); 13th International Symposia on Microdosimetry (2001); 47th Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society (2000); Radiation Damage to DNA. Lesions, Mechanisms and Consequences (1999); 44th Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society (1996); 42nd Annual Meeting of Radiation Research Society (1994).
• International Advisory Committee, 3rd Asia Pacific Symposium on Radiation Chemistry and 10th Biennial Trombay Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (2010).

Professional Activities: Education

• Chair of Governors, Solway Community Technology College, Silloth (2014-present).
• Governor, Solway Community Technology College, Silloth (2013-present).
• Governor, Beacon Hill Community School, Aspatria (2013-14).
• Board Member, Britains Energy Coast Campus Programme (2011-14).

Member:

• Royal Society of Chemistry (Fellow); American Chemical Society, Association for Radiation Research, Materials Research Society.

Qualifications

Qualifications

D.Phil.             : Physical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford (1988)
                        (U.K.A.E.A. Studentship, Academic Supervisor: Prof. M.J. Pilling)

M.A.                : St. Peter''s College, University of Oxford (1988)

B.A.                : St. Peter''s College, University of Oxford (1985)
                        (Open Scholarship 1981-85, C.E.G.B. Scholarship, 1981-1985)