MEMBER NEWS
SCI NEWS Obituaries
SCI are sorry to announce that the following members have recently passed away.
Basil Alexander Booth Clark Canada Group
Roy Jan de Vries Colloid & Surface Chemistry Group Lipids Group London Group
Prof Leslie Foot Larkworthy London Group
Dr Alan Gibson Long Fine Chemicals Group Environment, Health & Safety Group London Group
Dr Leonard McGrath Process Engineering Group Environment Group London Group
Peter Owen Park Agrisciences Group Cambridge & Great Eastern Group
SCI CALENDAR
1 November | 10:00 | FREE Young Chemist in Industry 2017 SCI’s Young Chemists’ Panel AstraZeneca, Macclesfield
10 November 2nd SCI/RSC Fibrosis Medicinal Chemistry Symposium SCI’s Fine Chemicals Group with RSC’s Biological and Medicinal Chemistry Sector. SCI Headquarters, London
13-14 November | 9:30 Food antioxidants and functional ingredients – shelf life extension, nutrition and health SCI’s Lipids Group & Food Group. SCI Headquarters, London
22 November Turning data into decisions in Agrifood SCI’s Agrisciences Group in collaboration with KTN. SCI Headquarters, London
22 November | 18:30 | FREE Public Evening Lecture – Helen Bonser- Wilton: Mary Rose – from seabed to showcase, the making of a British icon SCI Headquarters, London
INTERVIEW WITH DSA RECIPIENT TREVOR RHODES
SCI is a society like no other
Dr Trevor Rhodes is one of three recipients of this year’s Distinguished Service Awards (DSA). C&I asked him about his involvement with SCI. He joined in April 2007 and became a member Liverpool and North West Committee the following year
When and why did you become a member of SCI? My first dealing with SCI was through attending a technical meeting organised by the Colloid Science Group about 10 years ago. The subject was drying thin films. I was really impressed with how the meeting covered both the academic side of the topic as well as the industrial side. The following year I attended another meeting organised by the same group but this time on surfactants, which followed the same format. No other conference or meeting I had been to did this as well as SCI, so I joined.
Why did you decide to get involved in committee work? The then chair of the Liverpool and North West Group, Dr Mike Pitts, organised some symposiums in the North West on patents and other interesting topics. I attended some of these
and through that got to know him. He persuaded me to come along to a committee meeting and then to get involved in SCI, which I did.
What has driven your continued involvement in SCI? Several reasons. One is because through SCI I have met some wonderful people who have all treated me as an equal. I had not come across an organisation before where I could speak
to leading academics and industrialists all under one roof, and be listened to. Through SCI and its members, I have
been invited to give talks – including one in Spain, introduce speakers and go to interesting meetings and lectures, all of which I have enjoyed. Some of the technical meetings I have attended have benefited my company though their content. All good reasons to continue to be involved.
How has being involved in SCI activities had an impact on your professional career? Networking with other scientists has given me a better understanding of some of the technical problems I have faced at work. Liaising with members of SCI has given me more confidence in speaking to members of the academic world on projects and in discussing innovative ideas. Being involved in organising SCI events in the North West has given my directors more confidence in my abilities.
How do your SCI activities reflect your personal/professional interests? If I commit myself to something I always try to give whatever it is my best shot. I have always enjoyed meeting, talking to,and getting to know people. I find learning new things about science fascinating. SCI has enabled me to progress all of these. In the case of getting involved, I have been given the opportunity to do this to a level I feel comfortable with. I am too far on for it to make a great deal of difference to my future career.
For the full interview please see:
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