Dr Andrew Starkie, Chilworth Technology

Andrew Starkie, B.Sc, Ph.D, C.Chem, MRSC, is the Business Development Manager at Chilworth Technology, covering all areas of process safety. Prior to this he was Group Leader of the Company's Chemical Process Evaluation Group.

His areas of expertise include the development of experimental programs for identification and assessment of chemical reaction hazards, in particular with the design of emergency relief systems using DIERS techniques.

In addition his expertise covers the testing of highly energetic chemicals. He has conducted extensive research into new calorimetric methods for the characterisation of exothermic processes under both sub-reflux and reflux conditions and has been course director for a number of international training courses and symposia on chemical reaction hazards.

Before joining Chilworth Technology Ltd, he was the manager of the Chemical Reaction Hazard Evaluation laboratory of a major European Pharmaceutical company, a facility which he set up and operated for 5 years, providing chemical hazards testing world-wide.