| Name: |
Mark William McKinney |
| Date of Birth: |
16 May 1963 |
| Nationality: |
British |
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| 1978-1982 |
Portadown College Of Further Education |
| 1982-1986 |
University of Ulster, Jordanstown |
| 1987-1991 |
University of Ulster, Coleraine |
| Degree: |
BTEC HND in Applied Biology with Microbiology and Parasitology as major subjects.
Bachelor of Science, BSc, with Honours, in Combined Sciences, Class 2(i). The major subjects were Biology and Ecology.
DPhil in Molecular Microbiology. Title of Thesis: ‘The application of ‘Deletion Enrichment’ strategy for the isolation of DNA sequences unique to pathogenic clostridia.’
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| Papers: |
McKinney MW, Levett PN and Haylock RW (1990). Cloning of DNA from Clostridium difficile using selective hybridization. In ‘Clinical and Molecular Aspects of Anaerobes’ (Borriello SP. ed) Wrightson Biomedical Publishing Ltd 235-238.
McKinney MW, Levett PN and Haylock RW (1993). Cloning of a DNA sequence unique to Clostridium botulinum group 1 by selective hybridization. Journal of Clinical Microbiology accepted for publication July 1993 JCM 83-93.
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| Abstracts: |
- McKinney MW, Levett PN and Haylock RW (1988). Cloning in Clostridium difficile. The society for General Microbiology, Galway.
- McKinney MW, Levett PN and Haylock RW (1989). The cloning of DNA sequences unique to toxigenic Clostridium difficile. The Irish Geneticists, Coleraine.
- McKinney MW, Levett PN and Haylock RW (1989). A DNA probe unique to pathogenic Clositridium difficile. Anaerobe Discussion Group, Cambridge.
- McKinney MW, Dunne E and Haylock RW (1992). The cloning of DNA sequences unique to toxigenic Clostridium botulinum type B. The Society for Applied Bacteriology, Manchester.
- McKinney MW, Wilkinson YA and McKenna PG (1993). RFLP analysis of the aprt locus in wild-type and TK-Friend cells. Accepted abstract for the XVII the International Congress of Genetics to be published in Genome.
- McKinney MW, Wilkinson YA and McKenna PG (1993). Molecular analysis of UV-induced mutations at the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase locus in wild-type and thymidine kinase deficient Friend cells. Accepted abstract for the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland to be published in the proceedings.
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| July 2005-date |
Business consultant for several businesses including Practical Waste Solutions helping grow and develop the business in Ireland |
| July 2003–June 2005 |
Technical and Research & Development Director of the Alpha Group a group of 5 companies operating throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Nigeria and China. |
| 1994-July 2003 |
Managing Director/Consultant Microbiologist Alpha Environmental Systems (NI) Ltd. Technical Consultant Alpha Environmental Systems ( UK ) Ltd. |
| 1993-1994 |
Technical Consultant, Alpha Environmental Systems (NI) Ltd, working on site surveys and decontamination projects. |
| Apr-June 1993 |
Research Officer at the University of Ulster working on a MRC project. |
| Nov 1991-Apr 1992 |
Research Fellow at the University of Ulster . |
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Countries where projects have been appraised and worked on by Dr Mark Mckinney are as follows: Northern Ireland; Ireland; England; Scotland; Wales; Channel Islands; Holland; Germany; Malta; Egypt; Nigeria; South Africa; Malaysia; Hong Kong; China; Japan and The United States of America.
Completed GENUS programme, the business leaders Programme – 1 year course 2000 – 2001 run by University of Ulster Faculty of Business and Management for company owners.
Vice-Chairman British Oil Spill Control Association (BOSCA) 2002-2003.
Chairman of BOSCA (for Ireland ) 2003-2004.
Grown Alpha Environmental Systems Ltd. from £100,000 Turnover Company in 1993 to a turnover of £2,800,000 in 2002.
Technical Director Alpha-Leo Nigeria Ltd a joint venture business set up in Nigeria for 3 years.
Technical Director Environmental International Ltd a joint venture business in Hong Kong and China for 5 years
I have completed Health and Safety training for site works and have my CSR card.
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| 1994-1995: |
4 MOD projects, N. Ireland : aviation fuel spillage; cleaning up groundwater and soils using various remedial techniques: value: £250,000 |
| 1995: |
Shorts Bombardier, Newtownabbey ; groundwater, river silts; river clean-up of diesel spillages; value: £75,000 |
| 1996-1997: |
Powerscreen – major hydraulic oil spill clean up and remediation of river and lake; value: £90,000 |
| 1996: |
Carrickfergus Maritime Development; oils and heavy metals clean up; groundwater and soil remediation, major projects; value: £135,000 |
| 1997: |
Electricity Generator, Belfast ; major explosion of transformer; river silts, groundwater, soil remediation; value: £85,000 |
| 1998: |
Railway decontamination – 2 projects, Dublin; diesel spillages 64,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and 60,000m 2 ground water contamination remediation; value: €1.3million |
| 1999: |
Cork Gas Works site, Cork ; heavy oils, metals; treatment of groundwater using various filtration and separation 500m 3 /day for 6 months; value: €120,000 |
| 1999: |
Hughes Books, Dublin : groundwater and soil remediation; treatment in-situ under warehouse; value: €125,000 |
| 1999: |
Abbott Pharmaceuticals, Galway : major coastline clean-up and containment cell; value: €158,000 |
| 1999: |
Galen Construction plc. Portadown: groundwater and soil remediation, forensic investigation; value: £75,500 |
| 2000-2003: |
Joint venture with Atlas Ireland running a soil remediation centre in Portlaoise, treating approximately 10,000 tonnes per year. Generating a revenue of circa €3,000,000 |
| 2000: |
Axor, Belfast City Airport , Belfast : environmental planning; investigation, remediation and containment cell plus bio-remediation of circa 5000 tonnes of soils; value: £125,000 |
| 2000: |
Farrans Premier Power Ballylumford; investigation, testing and removal of hazardous waste contaminated with asbestos, arsenic and soils; value: £700,000
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| 2002: |
Leo Richardson ( Shell , Nigeria ); design, building of portable labs and training of several personnel; value: $1,300,000 |
| 2003: |
GAB Robins, Euston Tower , London ; major oil spill in office tower block; remediation and removal of contaminants; Health & Safety work and the complete decontamination of 20 stories within three months period; value: £780,000 |
| 2003: |
Grahams, Kilkeel Harbour Project: removal, treatment and stabilisation of contaminated silts including water treatment circa 18,000 tonnes; value: £635,000 |
| 2004: |
Dynorod, Major Remediation Project in Londonderry : removal of seriously contaminated hot spots, treatment of 50,000 m³
Contaminated groundwater and 75,000 m³ Contaminated soils; value: £385,000 |
| 2004: |
Major contract for Casino Group in Manchester : To decontaminate groundwater and soils contaminated with fuel oils using Vacuum extraction systems; value: £128,000 |
| 2005: |
Won a major contract to decontaminate various railway sites in Northern Ireland at a value of £250,000 |
