Phil performs the role of study director for highly technical studies as well as managing a large team of GLP study director’s working on a variety of chemical classes and regulations.

As the Senior Chemical Fate scientist at Fera, Phil’s duties include the line management of technical staff and being the technical liaison for customers. Phil’s team covers the delivery of GLP environmental risk assessment (ERA) studies for a wide range of industry and research customers.

Phil and his team work with customers within the agrochemical, veterinary medicine and feed additive sector. This requires Phil to have a broad understanding of regulations that apply to different chemical industries.

Phil has experience of study directing, field dissipation studies, soil, sediment, photolysis and water degradation studies using both radiolabelled and non-radiolabelled chemical substances. Phil has most recently been responsible for building Fera’s aged sorption and plant uptake factor study offering. In 2014 Phil was the technical lead and project managing for Fera Science who were involved with the Plant Uptake Factor ring test.