Julie Herniman BSc, MSc, MRSC

Julie is an instrumentation specialist in mass spectrometry. She obtained a BSc from Plymouth Polytechnic in 1989 and then worked for nine years as a research technician at the School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Cardiff University, supporting the Marine Sedimentology Group. This involved the physical and chemical analysis of sediments collected from a variety of locations, including the Mediterranean Sea, the Humber Estuary and Cardiff Bay.

Whilst at Cardiff she successfully completed an MSc in Environmental and Engineering Geology. In 1998 she moved to the Mass Spectrometry Facility at Southampton to work alongside Dr John Langley during which time she has become an invaluable member of the analytical facility within chemistry and a mass spectrometrist recognised and respected throughout the national and international mass spectrometry community.