Andy Kindness

Head of Department
Environmental and Biochemical Sciences
T: +44 (0)344 928 5428 (*)

Dr Andy Kindness is the leader of The James Hutton Institute's Environmental and Biochemical Sciences group.

Dr Kindness’ joined the Institute from Aberdeen University’s School of Natural and Computing Sciences, where he coordinated a postgraduate MSc in Oil & Gas Chemistry, was responsible for recruitment of students for this course and helped develop curricula, increased industry interaction, student numbers and student satisfaction.

His previous experience includes time as Dean of Chemistry and Physics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa during which he oversaw the building and equipping of new teaching and state of the art research facilities which facilitated the school becoming the top producer of post-graduate students and Chemistry publications on the African continent.

Journals

Conference papers

  • Mueller, V.; Gonzalez de Vega, R.; Kindness, A.; Feldmann, J.; Classes, D. (2023) Mass balance analysis of PFAS in communal waters at a wastewater plant from Austria, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 29 January – 3 February 2023,
    Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Conference posters

  • Mueller, V.; Gonzalez de Vega, R.; Kindness, A.; Feldmann, J.; Classes, D. (2023) Tracing Gd based contrast agents in Communal waters in Styria, European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, 29 January – 3 February 2023,
    Ljubljana, Slovenia.