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Philip began his career working in the Medical Microbiology laboratories of a major university teaching hospital. During this period, as well as training in medical microbiology he was involved in teaching, education and research and published over 60 peer reviewed articles. In 1990 Philip became the Laboratory Manager, a role which he fulfilled for five years before he was approached by a commercial company, Mast Laboratories to become their Laboratory Director. This role included directing new and existing product development, quality control, quality systems and providing scientific expertise. During this initial period he was also fortunate to complete a Master in Business Administration at Sheffield Business School. After 1998 Philip was also given the role of Production Director, which amongst many other things introduced him to Lean Manufacturing and Material Requirements Planning principles. He remained in the commercial sector until 2005 when he moved to take on the newly created position of Chief Executive Officer for the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM). Contact Philip +44(0)1234 326661.

After completing a BSc in Medical Biochemistry at Birmingham University, Lucy gained valuable research experience through several posts in hospital laboratories and university departments across the West Midlands before settling at Aston University where she completed a PhD entitled: "Renal Dopamine and Salt-Sensitive Hypertension" in 2003. She continued her research career completing several postdoc projects. During this time, Lucy also taught molecular biology practical classes to final year BSc students and spent her spare time writing articles for various university publications. Through this experience she decided that her passion for science came more from talking about it rather than doing it. She was offered the honorary Editorship of Microbiologist magazine and when her postdoc contract ended, she took the position of Communications Officer for Med-Vet-Net, the EU FP6 project on zoonotic disease. This post provided extensive training in all aspects of science communications, from designing a website to corporate crisis management and she put this training to good use when she began working as Communications Officer for SfAM in June 2006. Since then she has developed SfAMs Communications remit to the extent that in June 2009 she was promoted to Communications Manager and the Society appointed Communications Officer Clare Doggett. In 2010 Lucy was awarded a MBA with distinction which she completed part-time at Aston University. In her spare time, Lucy blogs for the Birmingham Skeptics in the Pub. Contact Lucy +44(0)1234 326709.

Clare’s background is in Natural Sciences which she studied at the University of Reading. Her degree included modules in science communication as well as microbiology and virology. Before working at SfAM Clare was a graduate trainee in communications and member services at the Royal Society of Chemistry, a very varied role including organizing a stand at a science festival and attending and helping co-ordinate a conference in Brazil! Clare joined SfAM as Communications Officer in June 2009 and was thrown straight in to the deep end attending the Summer Conference in Manchester. Contact Clare +44(0)1234 326661.

Julie worked for the NHS for 18 years in various secretarial and office management positions before joining the Society in 1999. Julie has responsibility for ensuring that membership services are delivered effectively to all SfAM members, the administration of grants and the day-to-day financial housekeeping for the Society. Contact Julie +44(0)1234 326661.

Julie moved from Basingstoke to Bedford with her husband in November 2010, and joined the SfAM permanently at the beginning of January 2011 after temping  throughout December. Previous to this Julie worked in the finance sector for a French bank called BNP Paribas. Julie thinks SfAM is a great place to work and is totally different from her previous job. Her role involves all aspects of administrative support for all staff members, making it varied and interesting. This allows Julie to use all her various administration skills. Julie looks forward to continuing to develop this role. Contact Julie +44(0)1234 326661.

 

Sally graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 1998 with a degree in History and Politics, then worked in project management for a couple of years before branching out on her own as a freelance events organizer. Sally started her own event management business in 2005 and specializes in working with universities, membership societies and not-for-profit organizations. Some highlights of her career include working with SfAM since 2006 organizing the annual programme of events; managing a high profile meeting of international UNESCO representatives in London; project managing NESTA's Crucible programme for three years; and working with the University of Cambridge on several scientific conferences. Sally enjoys working with SfAM very much and finds the events to be both fun and interesting. Sally thrives on the day-to-day challenges of juggling a varied and exciting workload that event management provides. Contact Sally to discuss any of the upcoming SfAM conferences on +44 (0)1933 382191.