Education

1989BSc. in Electronic Engineering at the University of Essex.

1991MSc. in Astronautics & Space Engineering at the Cranfield University.

1997PhD. in Meteroids & Space Debris at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Employment

2000 – presentMullard Space Science Laboratory Stereo Camera Scientist.

1995 – 1999University of Kent at Canterbury Research Assistant (part time)

1995 – 1999Space Debris Consultant with Unispace Kent (part time)

Space Mission Participation

Project Scientist for the Panoramic Camera on the ESA ExoMars Mission (2009-)

Project Manager for the Panoramic Camera on the ESA ExoMars Mission (2004-2009)

Project Manager and Instrument Scientist for the Stereo Camera System on the ESA Beagle 2 Lander (2000-2004)

Professional Affiliation

Member, American Geophysical Union (2001- )

Other Projects

Researcher/Manager for MSSL contributions to cosmic vision and lunar mission proposals (i.e. Europa Jupiter System Mission HRC and penetrators, Moonlite, Moonrise, Mascot)

Project Manager for MSSL contribution to EU framework 7 project PRoVisScout

Researcher on part of MSSL contribution to EU framework 7 project PRoVisG

Researcher on Smart Optics Faraday Partnership Adaptable Imaging Camera

Project Manager for CREST Hyperspectral Stereo Camera

Provided expertise with Hyperspectral LCTF and AOTF devices to the NERC CEOI HLADAR project

Areas of Expertise

Camera calibration, multispectral and hyperspectral imaging, Martian surface science with imagers.