Key details
Professor David S Wray
Professor in Applied Analytical Chemistry, Centre Lead for Functional and Organised Molecules
Professor Dave Wray is the Centre Lead for the Functional and Organised Molecules Research Group; he is also a Professor in Applied Analytical Chemistry. He is the founder and Technical Manager of the ISO 17025 accredited Analytical Services Laboratory housed within the School of Science. He specialises in inorganic elemental, isotopic and mineral analysis by ICP- and X-ray-based techniques for the purpose of solving geochemical, forensic and environmental challenges.
Much of his published work focuses on the use of elemental and mineral data in recent and geological successions to better understand palaeoenvironments and anthropogenic pollution. His laboratory supplies chemical and mineralogical data to the petroleum industry to facilitate sub-surface correlation in petroleum reservoirs and source rocks.
Since the year 2000 his team has delivered results from over 120,000 samples to a range of clients based in Europe, the USA and Australia; this equates to about 5 million individual pieces of data. In 2007 he was awarded the University of 久久精品 Research and Enterprise award in recognition of his work; he has also been awarded the Richardson Award by the Geologists' Association in recognition of the best paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Geologists' Association in 2006.
Professor Wray attained a BSc Hons Geology degree at the University of Sheffield before moving to the City of London Polytechnic to undertake a PhD. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Applied Geochemistry at the University of 久久精品 and subsequently become a Reader in Applied Analytical Chemistry. He currently holds the post of Director of Research and Enterprise (Enterprise) within the School and is a member of the School Management Team.
Responsibilities within the university
Professor Wray is a member of the School Senior Management Team; he represents the School at the University Research and Enterprise Committee, and he chairs the School Research and Enterprise Committee and is a member of the School Research Degree Committee.
He is Course Leader for Volcanic Processes and Environmental Systems, Earth System Science, and Environmental Analysis; contributor to Forensic Geoscience, Science and the Environment, Readings in Geography and Environmental Science and Instrumental Analysis.
He is currently supervising 2 PhD students and has successfully supervised 7 others:
- E. L. Weavers: 2009; PhD. Faunal, sedimentological and geochemical indicators of dysoxia in Cretaceous marine sediments
- D. Chatter-Singh: 2008; PhD. The environmental impact of heavy metals on the Kentish River Stour
- E. DeVos: 2008; PhD. Use of precious metals as pollution indicators in East Kent
- S. Johnson: 2006; PhD. Mercury in the sediments and biota of the Medway Estuary
- J. L. Wood: 2001; PhD. Evolution of the Sorbas Basin (S. E. Spain) during the Messinian
- K. Spencer: 1999; PhD. The environmental geochemistry of the Medway Estuary, Kent
- K. A. Baggley: 1998; PhD. The micropalaeontology of Messinian sediments of the Sorbas Basin, S. E. Spain.
Recognition
- Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS)
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRCS)
- Treasurer of the Clay Minerals Group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland and has previously acted as Secretary
- Member of the Mineralogical Society Awards Committee
Research / Scholarly interests
Current research
- Analytical chemistry with particular reference to the application and development of ICP and X-ray techniques
- Sedimentary geochemistry, stratigraphy and basin evolution with particular reference to chemostratigraphy, vulcanicity and the application of geochemistry and mineralogy to stratigraphic problems
- Heavy minerals and provenance studies, especially the application of U-Pb isotope age dating of sedimentary zircon crystals by LA-ICP-MS
- Environmental chemistry with particular reference to metal contaminants in pharmaceutical and food products, mining activities and the urban environment.
Researcher ID profile
- www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8113-2008
- Professor Wray's most recent publications can be found at .
Consultancy
- Dave Wray is the Director of ASL Services
Key funded projects
- Analytical Services Laboratory. This raises ca. 拢250,000–拢500,000 p.a. through commercial funding from external clients, principally the oil industry, forensic and environmental consultants. Where appropriate, this work also results in scientific publications within refereed journals. The total revenue for this activity is in excess of 拢3million. The Unit is accredited to ISO 17025 by UKAS.
- Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) 2012-2014. Analytical and interpretative protocols for heavy mineral spectroscopy to establish an automated provenance service for petroleum reservoir correlation and mapping. 拢100,000.
- Contribution to PhD studentship from Chemostrat Ltd 2012-2015. 拢25,000.
- Contribution to PhD studentship from Chevron 2013-2015 $45,000.
- EU Life grant 拢227,000 'Cliffe Marshes conservation park' (Consortium bid lead by Medway Council, total bid value 拢860,000; monies eventually returned to the EU due to legal issues relating to land ownership).
- EU Interreg grant: 拢228,000 'Pilot study of technology transfer in water purification'. (With P Carey, 久久精品 and L Boyle, U. Kent).
Recent publications
Article
Strachan, R. A. , Kirkland, C. L., Finlay, A. J., Wray, D. S. , Metcalfe, J. H. , Holdsworth, R. E. (2024), . The Geological Society. In: , , , . The Geological Society, Journal of the Geological Society, 181: jgs2024-003 (5) ISSN: 0016-7649 (Print), 2041-479X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2024-003) NB Item availability restricted.
Finlay, Alex J , Wray, David, Comfort, Guy, Moore, Julian K (2023), . Geological Society. In: , , , . Geological Society, Petroleum Geoscience: 2022-039 ISSN: 1354-0793 (Print), 2041-496X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2022-039) NB Item availability restricted.
McCabe, Ross , Nicolas, Christopher J, Fitches, Bill, Wray, David , Pearce, Tim (2022), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 197: 104746 ISSN: 1464-343X (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2022.104746).
McCarthy, Odhr谩n , Fairey, Brenton, Meere, Patrick, Chew, David , Kerrison, Aidan , Wray, David , Hofmann, Mandy , G盲rtner, Andreas , Sonntag, Benita-Lisette , Linnemann, Ulf (2021), . Geological Society. In: , , , . Geological Society, Journal of the Geological Society, 178 (5) . pp. jgs2020-247 ISSN: 0016-7649 (Print), 2041-479X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2020-247).
Jeans, Christopher V. , Wray, David S., Williams, C. Terry, Bland, David J. , Wood, Christopher J. (2020), . Institute of Geology, University of Warsaw. In: , , , . Institute of Geology, University of Warsaw, Acta Geologica Polonica, 71 (2) . pp. 103-152 ISSN: 0001-5709 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.24425/agp.2020.134556).
Ullmann, C. V. , Gale, A. S., Huggett, J., Wray, D. , Frei, R. , Korte, C. , Broom-Fendley, S. , Littler, K. , Hesselbo, S. P. (2018), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 243 . pp. 149-168 ISSN: 0016-7037 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.09.010) NB Item availability restricted.
Gale, Andrew S. , Jenkyns, Hugh C., Tsikos, Harilaos, van Breugel, Y. , Sinninghe Damste, Jaap S. , Bottini, Cinzia , Erba, Elisabetta , Russo, Fabio , Falzoni, Francesca , Petrizzo, Maria Rose (2018), . Borntraeger Science Publishers. In: , , , . Borntraeger Science Publishers, Newsletters on Stratigraphy ISSN: 0078-0421 (Print), 2363-6122 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1127/nos/2018/0445).
Hossain, M.R. , Wray, D., Paul, A., Griffiths, P.C. (2017), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 56 (4) . pp. 251-256 ISSN: 0749-1581 (Print), 1097-458X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/mrc.4707).
Huggett, Jennifer , Adetunji, Jacob, Longstaffe, Fred, Wray, David (2017), . Mineralogical Society. In: , , , . Mineralogical Society, Clay Minerals, 52 (1) . pp. 25-50 ISSN: 0009-8558 (Print), 1471-8030 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1180/claymin.2017.052.1.02) NB Item availability restricted.
Loughrill, Emma , Wray, David, Christides, Tatiana, Zand Fard, Nazanin (2016), . Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, Maternal and Child Nutrition, 13: e12368 (3) ISSN: 1740-8695 (Print), 1740-8709 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12368).
Huggett, Jennifer , Cuadros, Javier, Gale, Andrew S., Wray, David , Adetunji, Jacob (2016), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Applied Clay Science, 132 . pp. 296-312 ISSN: 0169-1317 (Print), 1872-9053 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2016.06.016) NB Item availability restricted.
Araizi, Paris K. , Hills, Colin D., Maries, Alan, Gunning, Peter J. , Wray, David S. (2016), . Elsevier. In: , , , . Elsevier, Waste Management, 50 . pp. 121-129 ISSN: 0956-053X (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.01.006).
Book section
Playton, Ted E. , Hocking, Roger M., Tohver, Eric, Hillburn, Kelly , Haines, Peter W. , Trinajstic, Kate , Roelofs, Brett , Katz, David A. , Kirschvink, Joseph L. , Grice, Kliti (2017), . SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). In: , , In: Ted E. Playton, Charles Kerans, John A.W. Weissenberger (eds.), New Advances in Devonian Carbonates: Outcrop Analogs, Reservoirs, and Chronostratigraphy. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), . pp. 248-301 . ISBN: 978565763449 (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.
Ratcliffe, Kenneth , Playton, Ted E., Montgomery, Paul, Wray, David , Caulfield-Kerney, Samuel , Tohver, Eric , Hocking, Roger M , Haines, Peter W , Kirschvink, Joseph , Yan, Maodu (2017), . SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). In: , , In: Ted E. Playton, Charles Kerans, John A.W. Weissenberger (eds.), New advances in Devonian carbonates: outcrop analogues, reservoirs and chronostratigraphy. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), SEPM Special Publication (107) (1st) . pp. 319-331 . ISBN: 9781565763449 (doi: https://doi.org/10.2110/sepmsp.107.03) NB Item availability restricted.