バズビーと"教授"

Dr. Christopher Busbyの公開された経歴によれば、学位取得までに、それなりに紆余曲折がある。

[CURRICULUM VITAE (August 2010) -- Prof. Dr Christopher Busby]

1966 - 1969 Chemistry, University of London
1969 University of London First Class Honours Special Degree in Chemistry
1969 - 1975 Research physical chemist, Wellcome Foundation, Beckenham
1970 - 1971 SRC research studentship for PhD Physical Chemistry (nmr spectroscopy), Queen Mary College, London
1975 - 1978 Self employed scientific consultant and science writer
1979 - 1981 PhD student University of Kent
1981 PhD Chemical Physics (Raman spectroscopy/electrochemistry) University of Kent, Canterbury

学卒後にWellcom Foundationで仕事をしている。並行して、Queen Mary Collegeで学位取得を目指すも失敗し、Wellcome Foundationをやめて4年ほどは自由業。その後にUniversity of Kentで博士学位取得。

1981 - 1982 SERC Research Fellow University of Kent
1983 - 1992 Self employed scientific consultant and science writer
1992 - present Science Director, Green Audit

分野はラマン分光法・電気化学であり、医学系でも原子力でもない。

学位取得後も、アカデミアにポストを得ることはなく、10年間にわたり自由業。その後はGreen Audit（現在、本人含む研究者3名）を立ち上げて、ずっと所属。

経歴では、補助金を受けての調査研究活動や、CERRIEのような公的な仕事や、任意団体であるECRRなどの仕事も書かれている。

<1995 Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to write and produce 'Wings of Death- The health effects of low level radiation.'
1997-2000 Directed research at Green Audit Funded by Irish State to research health effects of Sellafield
1997 Appointed UK Representative of European Committee on Radiation Risk (ECRR)
1997 Foundation for children with leukaemia; research on non-ionising radiation
2001 Appointed Scientific Secretary of ECRR and commissioned to prepare the report ECRR 2003- The Health effects of low doses of Ionizing Radiation (Published 2003)
2001 Appointed to UK Government Committee Evaluating Radiation Risk from Internal Emitters (CERRIE)
2001 Appointed to the UK Ministry of Defence Oversight Committee on Depleted Uranium (DUOB)
2002 Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to write a new book on the epidemiological evidence of health consequences of exposure to ionizing radiation: 'Wolves of Water'
2003 Appointed Honorary Fellow, University of Liverpool, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology
1992-2008 Science Director, Green Audit
2003 Funded by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to write Book Wolves of Water Cancer and the Environment
2004 Leader of Science Policy for( EU) Policy Information Network for Child Health and Environment PINCHE based in Arnhem, The Netherlands
2005 3 year research funding by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust; Corporate Responsibility in Science and Policy
2008 3-year research funding from The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust; Corporative Responsibility in Science

アカデミアでの活動は、非常勤講師および、2008年からUniversity of Ulsterでの客員教授のみ。常勤ポストについたことは一度もない。

1995 - 1997 Invited lecturer at the University of Sussex Dept. of Physics.
1995 - 1997 Invited lecturer in the University of Wales, `Aberystwyth, Physics Department and Geography Department
2000 - 2005 Invited lecturer in the University of Liverpool Faculty of Medicine
2005 Invited lecturer University of West of England; Radiation Risk and epidemiology
2006 Invited lecturer: Dept. of Law, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
2006 Invited lecturer: Dept. of Environment, University of West of England
2007 Invited lecturer: Centre for Molecular Bioscience, University of Ulster (annually)
2008 Appointed Visiting Professor, School of Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

非常勤講師の名前までちゃんとウェブサイトに記載している大学は多くはない。Busbyという名前はあっても別人であり、記録に残っているのは、客員教授なUniversity of Ulsterのみ。

で、アカデミアにポストを得たことがないDr. Christopher Busbyに客員教授を用意したのは、おそらく同大学のProf. Vyvyan Howardと見られる。というのは、共著論文という形でのつながりが見られるから。

Elsaesser A, Busby C, McKerr G and Howard CV (2007) Nanoparticles and radiation. EMBO Conference: Nanoparticles. October 2007 Madrid
C.V.Howard,A.Elsaesser&C.Busby (2009) Thebiologicalimplicationsofradiation induced photoelectron production, as a function of particle size and composition. International Conference; Royal Society for Chemistry
Busby C C and Howard CV (2006) ‘Fundamental errors in official epidemiological studies of environmental pollution in Wales’ Journal of Public Health March 22, 2006

[wikipedia: Christopher Busby]

また、Prof. Vyvyan HowardはUniversity of Liverpoolで学位を取得して、そのままアカデミアのポストを得ている。Dr. Chirstopher Busbyも2000〜2005にUniversity of Liverpoolで非常勤講師をしており、その頃から関係があったかもしれない。


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