Модуль IV. Составляем самопрезентацию

MAKING SELF – PRESENTATION

LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF

WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE

(Education, Career, Research, Responsibilities)

Notes

Typical higher education Qualifications:

Undergraduate awards (BA – bachelor of Arts, BSc – Bachelor of Science, BA/BSc Hons - bachelor's degree with honours);

Postgraduate awards (Master’s Degrees e.g., MPhil, MA, MSc, etc.; Doctoral degrees e.g., Doctor of Philosophy PhD/DPhil, Doctor of Education - EdD,

Doctor of Clinical Psychology – DclinPsy, etc.).

Look through the texts and pay attention to their structure.

Complete the table with the phrases and expressions in bold.

Education	Career	Research	Responsibilities

Dr Adrian Needs

http://www.port.ac.uk/department-of-psychology/staff/adrian-needs.html

Qualifications: BA (Hons), D Phil, Registered Forensic Psychologist

Role Title: Principal Lecturer

Department: Department of Psychology

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I was a psychologist in HM Prison Service for fourteen years, attaining the rank of Principal Psychologist. I worked in a number of high security prisons (principally Wakefield, Full Sutton and Hull special unit), specialising in work with lifers, sex offenders and personality disordered individuals. My last few years were served at the Prison Service College in developing training for prison officers and governors. Sidelines included being a hostage negotiation advisor (a role which extended to firearms incidents with the police) and an in-service counsellor for staff suffering from post-traumatic and other forms of stress. I left in 1997 to start up the first MSc in forensic psychology in Scotland and joined the University of Portsmouth as a Principal Lecturer in 2000.

A major impetus behind this change of direction was a growing role in the development of academic and professional training for forensic psychologists in the UK. From being forensic representative on the BPS project on Occupational Standards in Applied Psychology, I came to be Chair of the Training Committee of the Division of Forensic Psychology and steered the formulation of accreditation criteria for MSc courses in the field; this was followed by the development of standards for supervised practice leading to chartered status. I have also been a member of national working parties on homicide, suicide and disasters and is currently on the steering committee of a Hampshire-based initiative for diverting veterans from the criminal justice system.

Teaching Responsibilities

Much of my teaching is on MSc units (e.g. ‘Theory into Practice …..’) and topics range from specialised assessment techniques to handling difficult (including potentially lethal) situations, from analysing offences to creating the conditions for therapeutic change. Contributions are also made to teaching on forensically relevant units at undergraduate level on topics such as homicide, sexual offending and working in prisons. Given my background it is unsurprising that these sessions are based in part on personal experience rather than exclusively on reading or research. I also have a substantial role in research supervision at PhD, MSc and BSc levels; many of the supervised topics explore processes relevant to offending and offenders.

Research Interests

My current research interests include the role of life events as precursors to homicide and processes involved in personal change. I have also supervised several MSc projects in the Young Women’s Unit of a large women’s prison, where the focus has been on attachment, instability of the sense of self and perceptions of the interpersonal environment. The latter area has led to an involvement in the area of therapeutic communities and improving interpersonal relations in custodial settings as a necessary part of the rehabilitative process more generally. Recent research has also encompassed the problems of former military personnel in prisons and the problems that veterans can face in making the transition from military to civilian life.

 

Dr Dominic Pearson

http://www.port.ac.uk/department-of-psychology/staff/dominic-pearson.html

Qualifications: BA, MSc, PhD

Role Title: Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology

Department: Department of Psychology

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I joined the department in September 2012 after 12 years of working as a psychologist for the UK probation services in the North-East. I first joined the probation service in Co. Durham after a project placement while on an MSc in Forensic Psychology at the University of Leicester. I then spent four years working in various areas of practice under Chartered supervision. I was BPS Chartered myself in 2004 and from then I led a small team of trainees and psychology assistants using research evidence to address organisational goals (what works in reducing reoffending). During this time I also worked towards aPhD with the University of York on the application and development of an artificial neural network on offender risk assessment data.

Teaching Responsibilities

My main teaching is on the MSc in Forensic Psychology and the BSc in Forensic Psychology Year 3 module ‘Psychology of Offending Behaviour’. I am also the unit coordinator for ‘Introduction to Forensic Psychology’ which is an optional module for Year 3 Psychology or ‘with Psychology’ students. I also supervise final year and postgraduate dissertations on assessment and treatment of offending behaviour.

Research Interests

I am interested in working with individuals or organisations committed to evidence-based practice (‘demonstrable effectiveness’) in the areas of offender risk prediction / risk management and the evaluation of offending behaviour programmes. I am a member of the International Centre for Research in Forensic Psychology.

 

Dr Katherine Brown

Qualifications: PhD Forensic Entomology

Role Title: Senior Lecturer

Address: King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY

Telephone: 02392845012

Email: Katherine.brown@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I obtained my BSc (Hons) in Forensic Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Portsmouth, where I also stayed to complete my PhD in Forensic Entomology under the supervision of Dr Michelle Harvey. This work involved morphological and molecular analysis of the blowfly pupal stage for the purpose of age and time-since-death estimation.

I now teach forensic entomology on the BSc Forensic Biology and BSc Criminology and Forensic Studies courses, giving lectures and supervising undergraduate project and MRes students. These students continue to work alongside me on my research interests, namely larval and pupal development and also local patterns of decomposition and succession.

Teaching Responsibilities

I teach the Level 6 Forensic Entomology unit on the BSc Forensic Biology and BSc Criminology and Forensic Studies (Institute of Criminal Justice Studies). I also supervise forensic entomology and biology project students across the Forensic Biology, Biology and Criminology and Forensic Studies pathways.

Research Interests

My main research interests involve the examination of blowfly pupal development at the morphological and molecular levels, for the purpose of time-since-death estimation. My current project students are examining decomposition and insect succession in different environments within the local area, as well as larval development under differing feeding conditions.

Dr Paul Farrell

Qualifications: BSc (Hons), PhD

Role Title: Senior Lecturer

Address: Institute of Marine Sciences Laboratories, Langstone Harbour, Ferry Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, P04 9LY

Telephone: 023 9284 5801

Email: paul.farrell@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

Since graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 1995, I have continued to work as a marine biologist at Portsmouth, first as a research assistant studying for a PhD, and currently as a senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences. My PhD research was on the ecology and distribution of an invasive species (Undaria pinnatifida), first introduced into the UK in 1994. Other active research interests are: Invasive species, aquaculture/fisheries, surveys of marine flora and fauna, bio-fouling, environmental impacts and pollution.

I am currently researching the fates and impacts of plastic pollution in the marine environment, take part in annual fish surveys for Langstone Harbour, and conduct trials with bio-fouling treatments for marine structures. As a member of the Society of Biology and Chartered Biologist I am interested in promoting biology as a subject, especially marine biology. My last conference presentation was in May 2013, at the PRIMO 17 conference in Portugal, on the trophic transfer of plastic pollution between marine organisms.

 

Dr Eric May

Qualifications: PhD

Role Title: Reader in Microbiology

Address: King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY

Telephone: 023 9284 2025

Email: eric.may@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I am active in environmental research, particularly pollution control by wastewater treatment and the microbiology of historic buildings. My research involves collaboration with the School of Civil Engineering and Surveying (Dr John Williams) through the Environmental Engineering Research Group, a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers. By cooperation with Southern Water plc, I helped establish laboratories at the University's Centre for Environmental Technology (Petersfield, Hampshire).

PhD research at the University of Dundee on nitrogen cycling in freshwater lochs led to a long-term interest in understanding how microbes can be used to purify wastewater, notably using reed-beds in constructed wetlands. Protection of the environment from road-runoff using purpose-built wetlands (on the A34 Newbury by-pass) has recently extended this interest. Other on-going research is directed at concerns about phthalate pollution from plastics and the behaviour of the diarrhoeal bug Cryptosporidium in wastewater during treatment. I have also worked on wastewater projects with partners in Egypt, Colombia and Greece.

Teaching Responsibilities

I have extensive experience of postgraduate research supervision at MSc and PhD levels. My undergraduate teaching interests range from microbial and cell diversity at Level One, introductory microbiology at Level Two to environmental and applied microbiology at Level Three. I am pathway leader for BSc (Hons) Applied Microbiology and an Admissions tutor for the pathway scheme in biological sciences. I have acted as external examiner for BSc and BEd courses.

Dr Andy Pickford

Qualifications: BA (Hons), DPhil

Role Title: Associate Head (Research)

Address: King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY

Telephone: 023 9284 2055

Email: Andy.Pickford@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I graduated from the University of Oxford in 1993 with a BA (Hons) degree in Biochemistry. I went on to complete a DPhil in Biochemistry (1997) in the laboratory of Prof Iain Campbell in Oxford, and continued there as a Research Associate studying the structural biology of the extracellular matrix (ECM) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy as my principal research tool.

I joined the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Portsmouth in September 2005 as Senior Lecturer in Biological NMR. I brought with me extensive experience in the study of the structure, function and dynamic properties of proteins. Since then the focus of my research has turned from the steady-state structure and interactions of the ECM, to the mechanisms by which it is degraded by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) – an area of importance in the progression of diseases such as arthritis and cancer. In March 2012, I took on the role of Associate Head ( Research) for the School of Biological Sciences.

Teaching Responsibilities

Level 4: Experimental Biology, Perspectives in Biochemistry

Level 5: Macromolecules Biochemistry

Level 6: Biomolecular Science (unit coordinator), Honours Project

Level 7: Science project supervisor

Research Interests

Structure-Function Relationships in Matrix Metalloproteinases

 

Dr Garry Scarlett

Qualifications: PhD

Role Title: Associate Head (Academics)

Address: King Henry Building, King Henry I Street, Portsmouth, PO1 2DY

Telephone: 023 9284 2027

Email: garry.scarlett@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

I studied Molecular Biology at Portsmouth and completed my undergraduate degree in 1991. I stayed in the Biophysics laboratories at Portsmouth for my postgraduate studies, working in the group of Professor Geoff Kneale on the characterisation of the gene V protein, a DNA binding protein that is important in the life cycle of the Fd bacteriophage via its role in gene regulation. After completing my PhD in 1995 I worked on unusual DNA structures formed by triplet repeat sequences in the laboratory of Dr James McClellan also in Portsmouth. In 1999 I took a new post-doctoral position in the laboratories of Professors Bob Simmons and Walter Gratzer at the Randall Institute London. I returned to Portsmouth in 2000 where I worked as a post-doctoral researcher for Dr Matt Guille, allowing me a chance to learn a new set of skills and a change of direction into the cell and developmental biology fields. I was appointed a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth in November 2004 and Associate Head in 2011.

Teaching Responsibilities

I teach on, and am also the unit coordinator for, the first year unit Introduction to Cell Biology and Biochemistry. I also help teach on both the Biochemistry and Cells units in the second year, while in the third year I teach on the Gene Organisation and Expression unit. I am first year Coordinator and since 2011 Associate Head.

Research Interests

The main focus of the Scarlett lab research is the role of unusual nucleic acid structures in gene regulation. My lab makes use of the popular model system Xenopus laevis and employs a wide range of genetic, biochemical and biophysical assays. The lab is currently studying the role of A-form DNA in transcriptional control. My lab is also interested genetic zooarchaeology and collaborates with a number of organisations to better help understand the development of domesticated animals through history.

 

Dr Karen Thorpe

Role Title: Senior Lecturer in Ecotoxicology

Address: Institute of Marine Sciences, Ferry Road, Eastney, Portsmouth, PO4 9LY

Telephone: 023 9284 5803

Email: Karen.Thorpe@port.ac.uk

Department: School of Biological Sciences

Faculty: Faculty of Science

Biography

Much of my research to date has focused on developing biological measures to assess the effects of environmental contaminants and their mixtures on the physiology of fish. Following successful completion of my PhD (Brunel University) in 2001, I worked for five years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Exeter on an Environment Agency funded project to develop biological measures for assessing endocrine activity in waste water treatment works effluents. In 2006, I moved to the University of Basel (Switzerland) for a 3.5-year postdoctoral position where I continued to study the effects of endocrine disruptors as well as teaching on the MSc course in Sustainable Development. This was followed by a 1.5-year postdoctoral position at the University of Prince Edward Island (Canada) where, in addition to continuing my research on endocrine disruptors, I was also involved in projects to study the impacts of oil process waters on the immune health of wild fish.

Teaching Responsibilities

I am currently deputy unit leader for the Honours Project (3rd year) and for Ecotoxicology and Pollution (MSc unit). In addition I contribute to the teach team for Biodiversity and Evolution, Experimental Biology, Animal Science, Community Ecology and Residential Field Trip, Ecology and Conservation, and Marine Ecophysiology.

Research Interests

My research focuses primarily on understanding the influence of novel environmental contaminants (endocrine active chemicals, pharmaceuticals, oil sands process waters and radiation) on the physiology, reproductive and immune health of aquatic vertebrates. I am also working with Prof. Graham Mills (Pharmacy) and Dr. Zhongyi Zhang (Engineering) to develop methods for assessing the impact of ingesting degraded and non-degraded plastics on the health of fish.

A key aspect of my research also involves development of biological methods that can be applied using embryonic and early life-stages (less neurologically developed) of aquatic vertebrates as replacements for current methods that rely on the use of adult life-stages to detect endocrine activity. This includes work with Prof Guille (IBBS), Dr. Coxhead (Biology) and Dr. Tindall (WatchFrog) to develop transgenic lines that can be used to identify endocrine disruptors in embryonic life stages of frogs (Xenopus) and a native fish species (3-spined stickleback).