Dr Alan J Reynolds - BSc PhD

Dr Alan Reynolds joined ETCbrunel in 1979, after working in the medical and healthcare industries. In the capacity of Deputy Director he acts as the Centre’s Quality Manager, responsible for accreditation and calibration to maintain the high standards of analysis.

Dr Reynolds is a consultant to industry worldwide on the application and interpretation of data from electron microscopy, light microscopy and X-ray microprobe techniques, with special reference to environmental pollution and asbestos identification and quantification. Dr Reynolds also lectures in the Institute for the Environment, School of Health Sciences and Social Care and the School of Engineering; and has given invited lectures for government, academia and industry.

Alan’s research projects are primarily concerned with the interactions of metal ions and cells and includes iron accumulation in the tissue of the Giant Panda Ailuropoda melanoleuca, copper accumulation in Wilson’s Disease and metal uptake in the terrestrial grass Agrostis tenuis and the aquatic reed Phragmites australis with applications in lead and copper mine remediation and pollution control in waterways. A new field of research is in the manufacture of metallic nanoparticles via low energy pathways using plant extracts.

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) Sielicki, P., Janik, H., Guzman, A., Reynolds, A. and Namieśnik, J., Analysis of airborne metal containing particles with EDX/EDS detectors in electron microscopes, Central European Journal of Chemistry 9 (2) : 308- 313

(2010) Foster, H., Reynolds, A., Stenbeck, G., Dong, J., Thomas, P. and Karteris, E., Internalisation of membrane progesterone receptor-alpha after treatment with progesterone: Potential involvement of a clathrin-dependent pathway, Molecular Medicine Reports 3 (1) : 27- 35 Download publication

(2010) Jones, BJ., Reynolds, AJ., Richardson, M. and Sears, VG., Nano-scale composition of commercial white powders for development of latent fingerprints on adhesives, Science and Justice 50 (3) : 150- 155 Download publication

(2010) Jones, BJ., Mahendran, A., Anson, AW., Reynolds, AJ., Bulpett, R. and Franks, J., Diamond-like carbon coating of alternative metal alloys for medical and surgical applications, Diamond and Related Materials 19 (7-9) : 685- 689 Download publication

(2010) Jones, BJ., Reynolds, AJ., Richardson, M. and Sears, VG., Nano-scale composition of commercial white powders for development of latent fingerprints on adhesives, Science and Justice 50 (3) : 150- 155 Download publication

(2009) Mu, X., Kershaw, S., Li, Y., Guo, L., Qi, Y. and Reynolds, A., High-resolution carbon isotope changes in the Permian-Triassic boundary interval, Chongqing, South China; implications for control and growth of earliest Triassic microbialites, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 36 (6) : 434- 441

(2009) Mu, X., Kershaw, S., Li, Y., Guo, L., Qi, Y. and Reynolds, A., High-resolution carbon isotope changes in the Permian–Triassic boundary interval, Chongqing, South China; implications for control and growth of earliest Triassic microbialites, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 36 (6) : 434- 441 Download publication

(2008) Jones, BJ., Wright, S., Barklie, RC., Tyas, J., Franks, J. and Reynolds, AJ., Nanostructure and paramagnetic centres in diamond-like carbon: Effect of Ar dilution in PECVD process, Diamond and Related Materials 17 (7-10) : 1629- 1632 Download publication

(2007) Kershaw, S., Li, Y., Crasquin-Soleau, S., Feng, Q., Mu, X., Collin, P-V., Reynolds, A. and Guo, L., Earliest Triassic microbialites in the South China block and other areas: Controls on their growth and distribution, Facies: international journal of paleontology, sedimentology and geology 53 (3) : 409- 425

(1991) Freeman, JJ., Bhatia, GS., Gimblett, FGR., Reynolds, AJ., Sing, KSW. and Tomlinson, JB., Preparation and adsorptive properties of activated polyarylamide chars, Extended Abstracts and Program - Biennial Conference on Carbon 98- 99

(1987) Reynolds, AJ. and Verma, N., Preparation of fibrous and inorganic material for transmission electron microscopical analysis, Proc Royal Microscopical Society 264- 265

(1985) Glot, AB., Hogarth, CA., Bulpett, R. and Reynolds, AJ., Characterization of the ZnO-SnO2-CoO-Bi2O3 ceramic material sintered at high temperature, Journal of Materials Science Letters 4 (8) : 963- 966

Conference Papers

(2008) Reynolds, AJ., Jones, BJ., Sears, V. and Bowman, V., Nano-scale analysis of titanium dioxide fingerprint-development powders, EMAG2007: Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference, Journal of Physics: Conference Series (126) : 12069- Download publication