Director of Teaching
DPD BEng/MEng Hons
Teaching champion, CEAM,
FTLSEC representative
Secretary of Working party on Education, EFCE
Chairman Tyneside group IChemE
Vice-chair Education Subject Group IChemE
Ing (1990) STU, Bratislava, Slovakia (equiv. to MEng Hons)
PhD (1995) University of Newcastle upon Tyne
1994 IChemE
2006 MSfAM
2010 CEng
2010 VC Distinguised Teacher Award
2010 ExxonMobil Teaching Excellence Award
2010 Fellow IChemE
Slovak - native
Czech - native
Hungarian, Russian - fluent
Mass and energy balances, Biotechnology, Biochemical Engineering, Bioreactor Engineering, Solids handling, Design Project
Control and Modelling of Bioprocesses, Analysis of DNA array data