Professor Darren Reynolds

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Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Qualifications:BSc (Hons), PhD
Position:Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange
Department:VCO - Directorate Vice-Chancellor's Office (VCO)
Telephone:+441173282563
Email:Darren.Reynolds@uwe.ac.uk
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About me

I am a professor in Health and Environment and the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research & Knowledge Exchange at UWE, Bristol. I have a passion for Teaching, Learning and Research and I contribute to programmes and modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across the University, I use research informed teaching to inspire individuals about the power of science - maximising Teaching through Research. I have over 30 years of experience in developing applied technology platforms at the life science/environmental/physical science interface for addressing real-world problems. My current research activities occupy the interdisciplinary themes associated with Health, Agri-Food, Water and Environment.I work extensively with UK small-medium enterprises and high-technology partners that specialise in driving interdisciplinary science and innovation. Driving Research, Innovation, Skills and Enterprise from laboratory through to real-world application to maximise impact.

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I am internationally known for pioneering the use of fluorescence techniques for the characterisation of waste and surface waters and I have an emerging international reputation for the development, characterisation and application of novel antimicrobials for bio-control and biological decontamination. I am an active reviewer and publisher in internationally-leading peer review journals, for example; Water Research, Science of the Total Environment and Clean Water. In addition, I regularly review for RCUK specifically BBSRC, EPSRC and NERC, in addition to nationally important learned societies e.g. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Internationally, I regularly review major research proposals from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (over 20 proposals over the last year 5 years) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Irish Government). The Foundation for Science and Technology is the public research funding agency of Portugal which selects and distributes research funds for a wide range of scientific fields of research. I serve as a panel member for the Environment and Global Change assessment panel for the Portuguese Scientific Council for Natural and Environmental Sciences. I am the co-editor for a book entitled “Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence” (Cambridge University Press, Energy & Environmental Series) which was published in 2014.

At present I lead a modest research grouping within the Centre for Sustainable Agri-Food and Environemnt and am a member of the Institute for Biosensing Technology I have a track record of successfully managing and delivering complex research projects throughout my academic life (see research funding highlights). I am a leader in delivering impact through research by the development of Industry-Academic Partnerships.

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