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'''Ian Croudace''' is a British geochemist, academic, researcher and entrepreneur. He is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Radioactivity and Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Southampton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/staff/iwc.page|title=Ian Croudace}}</ref> and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is Director at Raddec International Ltd. Croudace has published over 200 research articles and has supervised 32 PhD projects over his career. He is the author of the book ''Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: Applications of a non-destructive tool for the environmental sciences'' and Executive Editor for the ''Quaternary International Special Issue'' entitled "Advances in Data Quantification and Application of High Resolution XRF Core Scanners". He specializes in analytical, environmental and isotope geochemistry and radioactivity. His research interests range from Micro-XRF analysis of sediments to Forensic Geochemistry to Radio-analytical developments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=80K6NcoAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Ian Croudace - Google Scholar}}</ref> |
'''Ian Croudace''' is a British geochemist, academic, researcher and entrepreneur. He is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Radioactivity and Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Southampton<ref name=SH>{{cite web|url=https://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/research/staff/iwc.page|title=Ian Croudace}}</ref> and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is Director at Raddec International Ltd. Croudace has published over 200 research articles and has supervised 32 PhD projects over his career. He is the author of the book ''Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: Applications of a non-destructive tool for the environmental sciences'' and Executive Editor for the ''Quaternary International Special Issue'' entitled "Advances in Data Quantification and Application of High Resolution XRF Core Scanners". He specializes in analytical, environmental and isotope geochemistry and radioactivity. His research interests range from Micro-XRF analysis of sediments to Forensic Geochemistry to Radio-analytical developments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=80K6NcoAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Ian Croudace - Google Scholar}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
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Croudace completed his Bachelors in Geology and Chemistry in 1973 from Liverpool University and his Ph.D. in Granite Petrogenesis from Birmingham University in 1980. In the following year, he moved to France as a post-doctoral researcher at Université de Paris VI, also known as [[Pierre and Marie Curie University]] and at ]]SCK•CEN|Centre d’Etude Nucleaires, Saclay]].<ref name=SH/> |
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== Career == |
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Croudace served as an academic at the [[University of Southampton]] from 1983 till 2018. He became a Professor in 2011. While teaching at University of Southampton, Croudace founded GAU-Radioanalytical Laboratories in 1987, and served as its Director till 2018. Following this, he was promoted to Professor Emeritus at the University.<ref name=BRIS>{{cite web|url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/engineering/news/2018/new-swnh-member.html|title=University of Southampton join the South West Nuclear Hub}}</ref> |
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=== Entrepreneurship === |
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Croudace is the inventor of the prototype Itrax micro-XRF sediment core scanner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-017-9849-5|title=Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores}}</ref> and the Hyperbaric Oxidiser<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10967-017-5446-0|title=A new bomb-combustion system for tritium extraction}}</ref> and co-inventor of the Pyrolyser-Trio instrument. He is a co-founder and Director of Raddec International, an R&D company designing and manufacturing instruments for the extraction and trapping of volatile radionuclides. |
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Ian Croudace | |
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| Occupation(s) | Academic, geochemist, researcher and entrepreneur |
| Awards | Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.Sc. Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Liverpool University Birmingham University |
| Thesis | Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Lower Paleozoic granitoids of North Wales (1980) |
| Doctoral advisor | E.D. Lacy G.L. Hendry |
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| Institutions | Universite de Paris 6 & CEN Saclay Kingston Polytechnic University of Southampton |
Ian Croudace is a British geochemist, academic, researcher and entrepreneur. He is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Radioactivity and Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Southampton[1] and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is Director at Raddec International Ltd. Croudace has published over 200 research articles and has supervised 32 PhD projects over his career. He is the author of the book Micro-XRF Studies of Sediment Cores: Applications of a non-destructive tool for the environmental sciences and Executive Editor for the Quaternary International Special Issue entitled "Advances in Data Quantification and Application of High Resolution XRF Core Scanners". He specializes in analytical, environmental and isotope geochemistry and radioactivity. His research interests range from Micro-XRF analysis of sediments to Forensic Geochemistry to Radio-analytical developments.[2]
Education
Croudace completed his Bachelors in Geology and Chemistry in 1973 from Liverpool University and his Ph.D. in Granite Petrogenesis from Birmingham University in 1980. In the following year, he moved to France as a post-doctoral researcher at Université de Paris VI, also known as Pierre and Marie Curie University and at ]]SCK•CEN|Centre d’Etude Nucleaires, Saclay]].[1]
Career
Croudace served as an academic at the University of Southampton from 1983 till 2018. He became a Professor in 2011. While teaching at University of Southampton, Croudace founded GAU-Radioanalytical Laboratories in 1987, and served as its Director till 2018. Following this, he was promoted to Professor Emeritus at the University.[3]
Entrepreneurship
Croudace is the inventor of the prototype Itrax micro-XRF sediment core scanner[4] and the Hyperbaric Oxidiser[5] and co-inventor of the Pyrolyser-Trio instrument. He is a co-founder and Director of Raddec International, an R&D company designing and manufacturing instruments for the extraction and trapping of volatile radionuclides.