Английская Википедия:Alastair Hay
Шаблон:AboutШаблон:Infobox scientist Alastair Watt Macintyre Hay Шаблон:Post-nominals (born April 1947)[1] is a British toxicologist, and a Professor of Environmental Toxicology; he works primarily in the fields of chemical warfare and biological warfare (CBW).[2]
Education
Hay gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1969, in London, though had started with Maths and Chemistry, and a PhD in Biochemistry in 1973 for research on the metabolism of fructose (fructolysis) in the liver.[3]
Career and research
Hay started his career at the chemical pathology department at the University of Leeds. He became Professor of Environmental Toxicology.Шаблон:When[4]
He provided assistance to the forming of the Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993, becoming international law in 1997. He works in the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine.Шаблон:Fact In 1995 he worked with Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). In 2004 he helped prepare the World Health Organization's (WHO) manual: Public health response to biological and chemical weapons.[5]
Hay is an active advocate for promoting ethics to new generations of scientists,[6] and he has headed a group of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for educational materials on chemical warfare,[7] which led to the creation of an online resource on "Multiple Uses of Chemicals".[8] He has also represented the IUPAC for preparation of the Biological Weapons Convention (also known as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention).
Publications
- No fire, no thunder: the threat of chemical and biological weapons, Pluto Press, 1984, Шаблон:ISBN
- A Magic Sword or a Big Itch: An Historical Look at the United States Biological Weapons Programme, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 1999
- Simulants, Stimulants and Diseases: The Evolution of the United States Biological Warfare Programme, 1945–60, Medicine, Conflict and Survival, July 1999
Awards and honours
He was awarded the 2015 OPCW-The Hague Award by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[9][10] Hay was appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2003 Birthday Honours for services to occupational health.[11]
References
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