Angela Main
Angela graduated in 1987 with an honours degree in Physical Sciences (Chemistry) and has over 30 years laboratory experience including the analysis of drinking waters, effluents ,waste waters and core analysis.
Since joining the institute in 2001 she has worked in microbiology and molecular biology gaining experience of phospholipid fatty acid analysis (PLFA), microresp, DNA extractions and mTRFLP of soils.
After 2012 she has been working in the FTIR spectroscopy section on a mixture of commercial and RESAS funded research projects. She has vast experience of spectral interpretation.
Current research interests
She is working on NSIS soils to obtain spectral information and making correlations with Carbon data and developing an analytical method for a portable FTIR instrument using NSIS soils to replicate field studies.
Bibliography
- Chapman, S.J.; Farmer, J.; Main, A.; Smith, J., (2017) Refining pedotransfer functions for estimating peat bulk density., Mires and Peat, 19, Article No. 23, 1-11.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A., (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
- Chapman, S.J.; Farmer, J.; Main, A.; Smith, J., (2017) Refining pedotransfer functions for estimating peat bulk density., Mires and Peat, 19, Article No. 23, 1-11.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A., (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
- Robertson, A.H.J.; Main, A.M.; Robinson, L.J.; Dawson, L.A., (2015) In situ FTIR analysis of soils for forensic applications., FT-IR Technology for Today's Spectroscopists, August 2015.
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