Martyn J. Key Ph.D.

Contact details:

Martyn Key
Radrisk Consulting
Passeig d' Olot 22, 8, 1
17005 Girona, Spain

tel/fax: +34 972 912462

martyn.key@radrisk.com

 

This page outlines the professional activities of Dr. Martyn Key. Please feel free to contact me regarding any information presented. Some links to work and related interests can be found below.

Brief professional history:

Following a Master's degree in Radiation and Environmental Protection awarded by the University of Surrey (U.K.), I was contracted as Radiation Protection Consultant to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), advising staff working on environmental remediation and nuclear safety projects in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union republics. Given the opportunity to pursue a Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Radiation Physics, I left the EBRD to return to the University of Surrey where I conducted research in applied radiation physics, largely related to imaging multiphase pipeline flows and radiation detector development. I was awarded a Ph.D. in 1999 (my thesis may be downloaded in pdf format from a link below), and continued to work as a research fellow at Surrey on innovative radiation detection instrumentation, focusing on microengineering and new fabrication methods.

In 2001, I started a postdoctoral research position at the National Microelectronics Centre (CNM) in Barcelona Spain, funded by a Marie Curie Fellowship grant from the European Union. My research at CNM was mainly concerned with the development of gas-based radiation detectors, in particular developing new microstructures fabricated with thick-film photoresist to build gas micropattern detectors for use in applications including diffraction imaging with synchrotron radiation and satellite-based X-ray astronomy.

Radiological protection is naturally an integral part of working as a radiation physicist and whilst at CNM I became certified as a superviser of radiation facilities by the Spanish Nuclear Security Council, and later founded Radrisk Consulting to capitalise on my continuing involvement with radiation protection. Initially, Radrisk was conceived to market radiation protection services and instrumentation to an international client base with emphasis towards security and control applications, although most of our business now comes from the industrial and scientific research sectors. In early 2004 we launched a Spanish language version of our website, targeting the South American market with great success, enabling me to concentrate fully on Radrisk and related consultancy activities although I maintain strong links in academic research, particularly with scientists at the ALBA synchrotron radiation facility in Barcelona.

 

Education:

Ph.D. 1995 - 1999 Department of Physics, University of Surrey, U.K.
Doctoral Thesis [PDF] "Gas Microstructure X-ray Detectors and Tomographic Multiphase Flow Measurement"

M.Sc. 1993 - 1994 Department of Physics, University of Surrey, U.K.
Radiation and Environmental Protection

B.Sc. 1989 - 1993 Department of Physics, Royal Holloway College, University of London, U.K.
Physics with Astrophyics, 2:1 Honours

 

Links to professional activities and affiliations:

Radrisk Consulting - Providing radiation protection consultancy and equipment to businesses, non-governmental organisations, research institutions and environmental groups worldwide. Instrumentation and services include handheld and portable radiation monitors, electronic dosimeters, radon gas testing, measurement of ELF exposure and environmental sample testing.

ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility - The new 3rd generation Synchrotron source under construction near Barcelona. I collaborate with the X-ray detector group within the Experimental Division in the design of high-speed position sensitive detectors for X-ray diffraction imaging applications.

Gas microstructure radiation detectors - Website detailing research at CNM Barcelona into microfabricated radiation detectors for X-ray imaging applications. Information on position-sensitive radiation detector technology and SU8 epoxy-based photoresist used for micromachining high aspect ratio microstructures.

Spanish Radiological Protection Society - (La Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica).

The Institute of Physics - United Kingdom based professional body for physicists.

Open Directory Project (ODP) - The ODP powers the core directory services for the Web's largest and most popular search engines and portals, including Netscape Search, AOL Search, Google, Lycos, HotBot, DirectHit, and hundreds of others. I edit directory categories related to radiation detection equipment and emergency management services.

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