Professor Martin Snowden
Martin Snowden, BSc MSc PhD CSi CChem FRSCDean of Science Room: Grenville 005 Email: m.j.snowden@gre.ac.uk Tel: 020 8331 9981 |
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Biography
Professor Martin Snowden is a physical chemist who has an internationally acknowledged research profile in the area of colloid and polymer science. He has published over 120 original works to-date including a number of invited papers and reviews.
Martin has very strong industrial links with companies, including Pfizer, Glaxo Smith Kline and BP, which have led to research sponsorship in excess of £4.0m, supporting 25 post-docs and 15 successful PhD completions. He has served two terms as an editorial board member of the ACS journal, Langmuir and is a member of the EPSRC peer review college.
After gaining his PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Salford, Martin became a BP post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Here he undertook a project with Professor B. Vincent on the preparation and properties of colloidal microgels, successfully translating the research from the University into BP Sunbury, which in turn, led to the filing of several patents and a number of publications in the area of tertiary oil recovery.
In 1993 he joined the University of Greenwich as a Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, progressing to Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, Reader, and was appointed Professor in Colloid & Polymer Science in 2003. Martin took up the post of Dean of the School of Science in September 2008 after a three year position as Director of Research & Enterprise in the School of Science leading a successful RAE submission in 2008.
Professor Snowden is the current Chair of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Science (www.apsgb.org) of the United Kingdom and is a member of the Board of Governors of the University of Greenwich.
Professional Qualification/Affiliations
- 2004 Chartered Scientist
- 2001 Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1989 Chartered Chemist and Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
- 1987 Graduate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry