1. Kathryn Roberts
Personal Details:
Address: 26 Evenlode Drive Date of Birth: 09/12/1986
Didcot Nationality: British
Languages: English (fluent)
Oxfordshire French (fluent)
OX11 7XQ Italian (basic)
Full, clean, UK Driving Licence
Telephone: 01235 798367
Mobile: 07724589036 E-mail: katopia85@hotmail.com
Profile:
I am an enthusiastic, bi-lingual chemistry graduate, who is looking for a new challenge. I
have a passion for the development of young people and I thrive in a team environment.
Employment History:
Oct 2014
-April 2015
Manor School, Didcot, Oxfordshire (part of the OPEN Academy Trust)
Teaching Assistant
At Manor School I was mainly based in the 3 foundation year classes helping the
pupils explore the activities that their teachers had prepared for them. My
responsibilities included daily one to one work with two SEN pupils, helping them to
access the mainstream curriculum and supporting their learning.
Feb 2013 -
Oct 2014
National Chemical Emergency Centre (NCEC), Ricardo-AEA
REACH Consultancy Project Manager and Support Responder
I had a dual role at the NCEC. I was responsible for the work required to manage and
register chemical substances under the REACH legislation on behalf of our clients
worldwide. The second aspect of my role involved providing support to the
Emergency Response team who provide crucial advice to the emergency services,
chemical companies and the general public in chemical emergencies.
Sept 2010–
Sept 2011
National Chemical Emergency Centre, AEA Technology
Emergency Response Specialist
As an Emergency Responder I took part in a 24/7 rolling shift system and provided
safety critical chemical advice to the Emergency services, chemical companies and
general public during emergency situations. As well as providing emergency support
I was the project manager for the Hazmat conference (a national conference held
annually for the emergency services to discuss developments in incident management
techniques). My position also involved providing external training courses in the
Globally Harmonised Systems (GHS) and its implementation through the
Classification, Labelling and Packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP) regulation.
July 2007 –
July 2008
Industrial Placement, AstraZeneca
My assignment was to the early development group within the Department of
Pharmaceutical and Analytical Research and Development.
The work I undertook was focussed on fully automating the formulation process
using a TECAN liquid handling robot, and with the ultimate aim of a high-throughput
approach to analysing new potential drugs.

2. July – Sept
2006
Summer Assignment, Corporate Analytical Services, 3M UK Plc
I worked in a team of analysts in a troubleshooting laboratory where I used many
analytical techniques to determine solutions to several projects. I also liaised with
internal clients to solve issues with new potential products.
March –
April 2002
Nuffield Science Bursary
University of Oxford, Department of Earth Science.
My project was part of Dr Gideon Henderson’s research into investigating the use of
calcium fractionisation as a tool to study past climate change.
Education:
Sept 2011
– Feb 2013
School of Metallurgy and Materials, The University of Birmingham
PhD student
I was exploring the issue of atmospheric corrosion during the interim storage of
stainless steel nuclear waste containers. During my time at Birmingham I was
involved in 3D tomography experiments at the Diamond Light Source and site visits
to certain stores in collaboration with AMEC.
Sept 2009
– July 2010
Institute of Particle Science and Engineering, School of
Environmental and Materials Engineering, The University of Leeds
Provisional PhD student - My project was focused on investigating the
sedimentation properties of barium nitrate which is an issue during the cooling phase
of Highly Active Liquor (HAL) nuclear waste.
Sept 2005
– July 2009
School of Chemistry, The University of Manchester
MChem (hons) with industrial experience, 2:1
Publication: “Electronic structure and spectroscopy of the cycloheptatriennial
molybdenum halide complexes” in Polyhedron 86 (2015) pp 89-97
Sept 1990
– July 2005
European School, Culham Oxfordshire
European Baccalaureate pass of 81%
Voluntary Work:
2004 -
Present
Sunday school leader at St Matthew’s Harwell (and previously at All Saints’ Didcot
and St Chrysostom’s Manchester)
2005 -
Present
Holiday club leader at St Matthew’s Harwell (and previously at All Saints’ Didcot,
as well as other churches in the neighbouring villages)
2004 - 2012 Brownie Guide Leader with Girl Guiding in Didcot, Oxfordshire and Manchester.
2005 - 2014 Affiliate member of the RSC
2009 - 2010 Chair of the Manchester Younger Members Network (YMN) of the RSC
2008 - 2010 Member of the Manchester local section of the RSC
2009 - 2013 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics NETwork (STEMNET)
ambassador attending various science events aimed at getting children interested in
the STEM subjects (including some schools visits).
2009 - 2013 Demonstrator for undergraduate laboratory classes (at the University of Leeds and
The University of Birmingham)
2009 - 2010 Co-Supervisor for a 2nd
year undergraduate project at The University of Leeds.