B.Sc.(Guelph,1987)
M.Sc. (Guelph, 1990)
Ph.D. (Manitoba, 2000)

Career History:

Research Associate and Lecturer in the UWO Department of Chemistry with the Shoesmith Group since 1998 and the Wren Group since 2004. Previously a Research Officer at Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (1991-1998) studying titanium corrosion and hydrogen absorption in support of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program, in which Ti was considered a candidate material for nuclear fuel waste container fabrication. Also a Chemist with Ontario Hydro (1989-1991) working on development of corrosion inhibitors to be used during chemical decontamination of the primary side coolant circuits of CANDU nuclear reactors.

Teaching experience includes 3 different first-year undergraduate general chemistry courses, a second-year geochemistry course,  third-year undergraduate courses on instrumental analysis and industrial chemistry, graduate level courses on electrochemistry and corrosion, and supervision of fourth-year student research projects at UWO, as well as three summer projects for the Deep River Science Academy, and a  second-year undergraduate course in quantitative chemical analysis taught at Brandon University, Manitoba.

Research Interests:

Applications of electrochemical methods, such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), local impedance (LEIS), scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM), photoelectrochemistry, rotating ring-disk electrodes, coupled-electrode electrochemical noise measurements, and classical electrochemical techniques, to materials science problems. The underlying chemical reasons for the validity of empirically developed corrosion protection guidelines for industrial service environments for metallic structures. Differences in the passive oxide films formed on different alloys that are related to the different corrosion susceptibilities of these materials. Developing new equipment and improved techniques for in situ electrochemistry/neutron reflectometry and application of the technique in studies of corrosion, passivity, and hydrogen absorption. Corrosion rate and damage function measurements and development of predictive models.

Publications: (click here for details)

Author of 2 theses and one book chapter,  and co-author of 23 refereed journal articles, 11 conference proceedings papers, and 6 proprietary and 6 publicly available company reports.

Organizations:

Member of the Canadian Society for Chemistry, the Chemical Institute of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Neutron Scattering, the Canadian Nuclear Society, and The Electrochemical Society.
Currently: Past Chairperson of The Electrochemical Society Canadian Section Canadienne; Chairman of the Short Course Sub-Committee of the ECS Education Committee; and UWO Reperesentative on the CINS Board of Trustees.