I'm not the good looking one on the left! On a (windy) lake in New Zealand.

I've worked at DPI (and it's many antecedents) since 1989 when I moved here from Perth. Over this period, my main interests have been in:

1. pigs (immunology, endocrinology, nutrition)
2. analytical chemistry (RIA, ELISA, HPLC, GC, wet chemistry)
3. formal Quality Systems (Guide 25, GLP, GCP)

Since 2004 I have been working with ad-hoc wireless sensor networks, using hardware and software developed out of the Intel-Berkeley collaboration and marketed by Crossbow Inc.

My current projects include

• building capability in wireless sensor networks,
• monitoring dust and odour in broiler and layer sheds
• measurement of feed intake of individual pigs, housed in groups, using RFID technology

I support West Ham United, West Coast Eagles, Chicago Bears and love watching the Aussie cricket team crush and humiliate the Poms (I emigrated from the UK in 1967).

My wife Lisette works for DPI, and my kids (Christopher, Kathryn, Laura and Fiona) have either passed through, or are about to pass out of teenagerhood.