Howard Slater
Présentation
Private & Confidential - Curriculum Vitae - 27 July 2023
Personal
Name James Howard Osterfield Slater
Date of Birth 16 December 1947
Nationality British, born Tamale, Ghana (Gold Coast)
E-mail jhowardo.slater@uclmail.net (professional)
Address Taunton, Somerset
ORCID No 0000-0003-2409-493X Education & Professional
1966 – 1972 University College London, Microbiology, BSc (1969) (First)
PhD (1972), DSc (1986), FRSB (1988), FRSA (1991)
Career
1967 - 1969 Vacation employments Beecham Research Laboratories, Worthing, UK. Developed automated penicillin bioassay system, including statistical analysis 1969 – 1972 Consultant, Autodata Ltd. Whilst studying for PhD, consulted on sensitive O2 bioassay for antibiotics 1972 – 1975 Lecturer, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. New school of biochemistry & microbiology formed in UK’s
final phase post-WW2 tertiary education 1975 British Council Fellowship, University of Groningen 1975 – 1979 Lecturer, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. First appointment to develop multidisciplinary Environmental
Sciences school with Engineering, Physics, Chemistry & Biological Sciences 1979 – 1982 Senior Lecturer, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. Promoted because of rapid development of research
group in environmental microbiology 1982 Visiting Professor, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA. As result of Gordon Conference invited to Biological
Sciences & worked on evolution of novel metabolic functions 1982 – 1998 Professor, University of Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales. Appointed youngest full professor since appointment of
University Principal 1982 – 1983 Senior Research Consultant, BioTechnica International Inc, Boston, USA. Accepted position as result of
Connecticut sabbatical 1983 – 1988 Research Director and Founder, BioTechnica Ltd, UK sold in part to Lallemand Inc, Milwaukee, USA. Secured
City of London funding for Environmental & Agricultural Biotechnology. Sister company to BTI USA 1998 Emeritus Professor, University of Wales. Resigned in part due to rapid deterioration of UK university funding,
to date thoughtless increase in student numbers, and failure to respect time allocation for blue skies research. The
future objective to fund a major physics/cosmology project (see 2005 to date) 2000 Scientific Panel Member, CropGen, UK public promotion of genetically modified crops with extensive media
2004 work 2002 Director, BioElf Ltd, UK technology transfer company in UK south west Universities, NHS & Plymouth Marine
2005 Laboratory. Sacked because members unable to appreciate an entrepreneurial approach to scientific
innovation. 2005 Director, Advanced Physics Initiatives, UK, privately funded. Full time commitment to pure, fundamental
to date physics. Two papers published in peer-review in 2023. Two further papers in preparation.
Publications
Publications
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ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE: A UNIFIED COSMOLOGY AS AN ACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO BIG BANG (III)2025 |
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Thermal-and particle-diffusion waves describe the relative mass of free standard model particlesJournal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2023, 7 (2), pp.53-63. ⟨10.37532/2752-8081.23.7(2).53-63⟩ |
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Thermal and Particle Diffusion Waves Describe the Relative Mass of Free Standard Model ParticlesScience Progress, In press |