Finlay Smith is a PhD student with a full-time scholarship in the CHRC at Brunel University London. His research focuses on the effects of combined exposures to ionising radiation and genotoxic chemicals in cell-line models.
He has a First-Class Honours degree in Chemistry from the University of the West of Scotland, a Scottish Ordinary Degree in Chemistry with Materials from Heriot-Watt University, and is an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Prior to taking up the PhD researcher position with the CHRC Finlay worked for two years with a radiopharmaceutical company supplying radioactive drugs for cancer diagnosis to the NHS.
He received radiation protection supervisor (RPS) training and was responsible for the operation of a cyclotron (a machine that generates radioactive atoms from stable ones) and the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals for use in NHS patients.
Finlay is from Argyll in the west of Scotland, and enjoys spending time outdoors, hillwalking, climbing, and playing badminton with friends.
