Solutions for a sustainable & low carbon future. Knowledge to actions

EXPERIENCE

**** – present UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD OXFORD, UK

OXFORD MARTIN SCHOOL (JAN. 2012- PRESENT)

Researcher & Research Manager

• Planned research & engineered pilot system to test novel agricultural irrigation, under tight budget.

• Analysed products using spectroscopes and chromatographs (including MS).

• Presented results & analysis in reports, to funders, & at international conference.

SMITH SCHOOL OF ENTERPRISE AND THE ENVIRONMENT (2009 – JAN. 2012)

Researcher & Research Manager

• Recruited, managed & directed team of research assistants to assist in projects with a range of topics, from electricity generation technologies, to scientific communication for policy makers.

• Conducted research, writing literature reviews & publications for peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of topics with a focus on their relation to climate change (incl. industrial energy efficiency).

2011 – present PRIVATE CONSULTING – clean energy & waste sectors UK

Research & Technical Advisor

• Prepare technical results to enable effective decision-making in bio-waste conversion facility.

• Review & understand company products providing technical advice for laboratory improvements.

2007 – 2009 H2GEN INNOVATIONS, INC. WASHINGTON, DC, USA

Research Chemist

• Ran & supervised a variety of standardised & verifiable analytical tests monitoring process feedstock, intermediaries, & products under strict safety & ISO conditions.

o Operated a wide range of Chromatographic, Spectroscopic, and temperature instrumentation for bio-fuel, hydrocarbon, water, metals, & gas analysis.

• Conducted material analysis of catalysts, zeolites and modeled behavior of new products using catalyst and zeolite test rigs I designed & built.

• Researched & designed a new solvent & mechanical reprocessing system to reclaim waste H2 gas.

o Designed, built, & operated pilot systems to test new chemical processing concepts & designs.

• Reported research results & recommendations to engineering team customers & investors.

• Trained engineers & maintenance staff on P&IDs, sampling methods & test procedures.

• Designed & maintained the company’s knowledge management system & wrote process protocols.

2002 - 2007 CENTRE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION SCIENCES, WINNIPEG, CANADA

Project Manager & Arctic Expedition Field Manager/Technician & REMOTE ARCTIC SITES

• Designed, conducted, managed & reported on, water & ice chemistry & physics investigations.

• Wrote protocols for standardised & new analysis techniques ensuring continuity amongst operators.

• Wrote project proposals & reports. Presented results to team members & scientists.

2006 IUCN – THE WORLD CONSERVATION UNION BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

European Programme Intern

• Managed IUCN Europe’s knowledge network.

• Developed concept and identified partners for the organization’s Arctic program.

• Planned and implemented week-long project management training workshop for 30 European staff.

2000 – 2002 WATER AND WASTE DEPARTMENT, CITY OF WINNIPEG WINNIPEG, CANADA

Researcher & Analyst in Wastewater & Water Research Divisions

• Monitored for chemical & biological functioning of municipal water & wastewater treatment plant.

• Prepared data, wrote progress reports, & managed customer relations.

EDUCATION

2008 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENT, EARTH, AND RESOURCES

Master of Science WINNIPEG, CANADA

Thesis: Wintertime measurements of pCO2 in Arctic landfast sea ice.

Foci: Biogeochemistry; sea ice dynamics; ocean-atmosphere carbon interactions; remote sensing; carbon measurement, instrument design & use; & agricultural land use management.

2002 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA, FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences WINNIPEG, CANADA

Dean's Honour List (equivalent of a First)

Foci: Organic & marine chemistry; biogeochemistry; climatology; environmental analysis, physics.

PROFFESSIONAL TRAINING

2011 PRINCE2 Practitioner OXFORD, UK

(2011), Candidate number: P2R/829138 – APMG

PRACTICAL LAB ANALYSIS EXPERIENCE

2002 – present Chromatography (GC, GC-MS, HPLC) including PID, TCD, FID, ECD, HID detectors; spectroscopy (ICP, AA, IR) ; gas extractions and separations; industrial vegetable, petrochemical, and synthetic oil characterisations; surface catalyst analysis; zeolite and metal characterisations; broad range of water chemistry and aquatic biology.

PATENTS

H2GEN Innovations, Inc., Owens, O.C.; F. Jr Lomax, P. Bizot, & M. Skarka. (Submitted 2009), Apparatus and Method for Absorbing PAH From Gas Streams, (United States Patent 8,128,737 Issued 6 March, 2012; International App. No.: PCT/IB2009/000334).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal articles

Miller, L. A., T. N. Papakyriakou, R. E. Collins, J. W. Deming, J. K. Ehn, R. W. Macdonald, A. Mucci, O. Owens, M. Raudsepp, and N. Sutherland, (2011), Carbon dynamics in sea ice: A winter flux time series, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C02028, doi:10.1029/2009JC006058

Contributing author

Developments in climate science and atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Sponsor: Provadis School of International Management and Technology & Infraserv. Frankfurt.

International comparison of energy efficiency in industry: Research project. Three report series. Sponsor: Provadis School of International Management and Technology & Infraserv. Frankfurt.

Abstracts & Posters

Papakyriakou, T.N., O.C. Owens, C. Mundy, P. Taylor, S. Savelyev, & M. Gordon, (2004), Surface Meteorological Measurements Over Arctic First Year Ice During CASES 03-04.

Owens, O.C., T.N. Papakyriakou, & L.A. Miller, (2004), Sea Ice and Gas Exchange in an Arctic Marine Environment of First-Year Sea Ice; A Review of Methods.

Owens, O.C; T. Kruger, J. Tyler. CO2 Irrigation; growing biomass in arid environments: a conceptual investigation. Planet Under Pressure, London, UK. March 27, 2012.

WORK STATUS

Canadian citizen. Passport available upon request.

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