The SCA story: - Past, present and potential future

Prof K Clive Thompson (ALS Food and Pharma)

Clive Thompson is Chief Scientist at ALS, Life Sciences, Rotherham, UK. This is one largest analytical testing organisations in the UK and Ireland, operating from a total of 22 sites and employing over 1,500 staff in the food, water and environmental sectors. Clive is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC); Chartered Chemist (CChem); Chartered Scientist (CSci); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management (FCIWEM); Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH); Fellow of the Water Management Society (FWMSoc); Fellow of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (FIFST); Visiting Professor at East London University of London; Member of the American Chemical Society; and Member of the American Society for Microbiology . He has been involved in the development of chemical and microbiological new methods for food and water. He is on the Food Group, Environment Health and Safety Group and Science and Enterprise Group of the SCI and also on the RSC Water Science Forum and Food Group. He is active in a number of BSI, CEN and ISO groups. He has helped to the organise a number of UK and international conferences, has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and edited a number of books