Patrick Sears

Dr Patrick Sears is a Senior Lecturer of Chemistry and Forensic analysis at the University of Surrey in the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He teaches forensic analysis across all years and supervises placements, final year projects and PhD students. His research expertise and background include developing analytical chemistry solutions for complex problems and understanding how analytical systems can be broken down to improve precision and accuracy. He collaborates with a number of companies including AstraZeneca, LGC and Waters. Having joined the university in 2018, Patrick previously worked at the defence science and technology laboratory (DSTL).