Laboratory Manager, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change
Email: françois.bochereau@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526206
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23653
Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK
François Bochereau joined Forest Research in 1999.
Current role
Laboratory Manager, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change
Providing support to research and development programmes within Forest Research. Responsible for all chemical analysis on the ICP-OES instrument (Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectrophotometer) and the Carbon and Nitrogen analyser, and for the Laboratory Information Management System.
Current programmes
Chemical analysis and foliar analysis services for both Forest Research and external customers.
Affiliations and achievements
- Diplôme d’études Approfondies (DEA) in Analytical Chemistry - INSTN-Saclay / Paris VI (France)
- M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry - University of Hull
- B.Sc. in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics - Nottingham Trent University
- Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie (DUT) in Chemistry, Physics and Maths – Lannion (France)
Research areas
- Environmental, monitoring and land reclamation.
Main recent publications
G.P. Warren, B.J. Alloway, N.W. Lepp, B. Singh, F.J.M. Bochereau, C. Penny. (2003). Field trials to assess the uptake of Arsenic by vegetables from contaminated soils and soil remediation with iron oxides. The Science of the Total Environment 311 19-33.
