CURRICULUM VITAE OF DR CHRIS BARNES SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT AND EDUCATOR

Nationality: British

My Website: http://www.drchrisbarnes.co.uk

LinkedIn https://uk.linkedin.com/in/dr-chris-barnes-52696345

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

BSc. (Hons) ‘The Science of Materials’

MSc; Electronic Eng. (with special reference to Electronic Materials and Devices)

PhD; Electronic charge transfer at the metal dielectric interface with particular reference to Biological Materials. (Bangor University).

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS:

QTS (WALES) DFES Registered 2006

SENIOR TEACHER GTC 2006

SENIOR TEACHER GTCW ( Now education workforce for Wales) 2006

MCIEA (Chartered Inst. Of Educational Assessors) 2002

CPD:

Safeguarding Essentials (Key Support) 2020

Online safety (Key Support) 2020

Prevent (Education and Training Foundation) 2018

‘The principles of Selling’, Management Support, Caernarfon 1994

‘How to deal with difficult people’, Management Support, Caernarfon 1994

‘Short Health and Safety Inspection Course’, Gwynedd Council, Caernarfon 1994

‘Microprocessors Course’ Bangor University 1992

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: MOST RECENT FIRST:

R&D Manager, Gro-wave, (not yet trading), Bangor, Gwynedd Wales, 2021-present

Manager, Bangor Scientific and Educational Consultants (non-profit organization presently focused on Climate and Biological Research), 2002- present

Lead Teacher Physics, InterHigh School, Wey (Inspired) Education, 2017-2021

Head of Chemistry, Hillgrove School, 2015-2017

Moderator at AQA (ICT), 2016

Moderator OCR (Science), 2016

Examiner Edexcel Chemistry, 2016

Examiner OCR, 2016

IB Examiner Chemistry, 2012-2016

Head of Computer Science, ICT and Chemistry, Hillgrove School, 2012-2015

Deputy Head of Science and Electronics, Nelson Thornes Distance Learning, 2003-2012

Head of Chemistry and I.T. Departments, Hillgrove Independent School, 2002-2007

Examiner WJEC Computing, 2001-2003

Examiner &Moderator Electronics AQA Manchester, 2001-2015

Health and Safety Inspector Schools Employment Placements, Gwynedd Council 1994

Manager Oriel Systems, 1991-2002

Electronics Supervisor, Gwynedd Information Technology Centre, Cibyn, Caernarfon, 1985-1986

Research Fellow, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, University of Wales 1982-1991.

Lecturer, Gwynedd Technical College 1979 –1986

Research Assistant, British Steel 1977

Election Poll Clerk, 1974

INVITED POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Moderator at AQA (ICT)

Moderator OCR (Science)

Referee, EPSRC Metrology for Life Sciences Program

EMC Consultant to RSGB

Referee for Journal ‘Sensors &Actuators’

Referee for SERC Medical Sensors Committee

Morse code Examiner RSGB

Examiner C&G of London Inst. (working with blind and disabled candidates)

DIRECTORSHIPS:

Director, Môn Technical Instruments Ltd (1995)

Director, Scinostics Ltd (1993)

CONSULTANCIES:

Consulted by Flavourfresh Salads, Southport UK, Confidential consultation (2018-9)

Consulted by Hager (Electrical and Lighting) UK, Confidential consultation (2015)

Consulted by Ansell Lighting, Confidential consultation (2015)

Consulted by BBC (2005)

Consulted by Falt Elekronik AB (1999-2000)

Consulted by The University of Lancaster (1998)

Consulted by Nycomed Pharma /Nycomed Amersham (1998)

Consulted by Mici Elektronik AB (1997)

Consulted by BNFL Springfields (1995 -2000)

Consulted by Scinostics Ltd (1995 - 2000)

Consulted by Haemowave AB (1995)

Consulted by Laird of Anglesey (now Faun Municipal) (1993)

Consulted by Welsh Water (1991)

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

1. ‘Electron and Ion Transfer Processes at Insulator Surfaces’, C. Barnes , P.G Lederer and T.J. Lewis , J. Electrostatics Vol. 10 pp 107-114, (1981). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304388681900292

2. ‘The Metal –Dielectric Interface, Intermittent Contacts ’, C. Barnes and T.J Lewis, Conference of the Dielectrics Society, Pembroke College, April 1982.

3. ‘Electronic Charge Transfer at Metal- Biopolymer Interfaces’, C. Barnes and T.J. Lewis, Conference on Electrical Insulation and Dielectric Phenomena, Michigan USA, October 1982 .

4. ‘Charge Transfer at Metal –Dielectric Liquid Interfaces: Evidence from the Solid State’, C. Barnes, R. Toomer and T.J. Lewis, J Electrostatics Vol. 12 pp 459-468, (1982). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0304388682901139

5. Ultrasonic Absorption of Bovine Serum Albumin in the Frequency Range 200 kHz to 1 MHz’, C. Barnes and T.J. Lewis, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 78 pp 6-11, (1985). http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/78/1/10.1121/1.392455

6. ‘Absorption Measurements on Solutions of Biomacromolecules in the frequency range 100 kHz to 1 MHz, C. Barnes , J.A.Evans and T.J.Lewis’ Proceedings of Ultrasonics International 85 London, pp 739 –744, July 1985.

7. ‘A Broad Band Single Pulse Technique for Ultrasound Absorption Studies on Aqueous Solutions in the Frequency Range 200 kHz to 1 MHz’, C. Barnes , J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis , Ultrasonics Vol. 24 PP 267 –272, (1986). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0041624X86901046

8. ‘The Mechanisms of Ultrasound Absorption in Protein Solutions in the Frequency Range 100 kHz to 1 MHz, C. Barnes, J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis, International Conference on Ultrasound in Medicine Combined meeting of the Institutes of Acoustics and Physical Sciences in Medicine, University of Bath, April 1986, Proceedings of I.O.A. Vol. 8 pp31-37, (1986).

9. ‘Ultrasonic Absorption of Bovine Serum Albumin Solutions in the frequency range 60 –160 kHz, C. Barnes , J.A Evans and T.J. Lewis, Journal of Acoustical Society of America , Vol. 80 pp1291-296, (1986). http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/80/5/10.1121/1.394432

10. ‘Ultrasound Absorption by Biomolecules in Solution at Frequencies below 1 MHz’ C. Barnes, J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis, Invited Paper , Symposium on use of Ultrasound in Chemistry , University of Warwick, April 1986.

11. Ultrasonic Absorption Mechanisms in Biological Solutions, C. Barnes , J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis , IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Williamsberg , VA ,USA , IEEE86 , CH 2375-4 Vol. 2 , 861-864 , (1986).

12. ‘Where does all the Energy Go?’ C. Barnes, J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis, Invited Paper, Meeting of British Bioacoustics Discussion Group, University of Warwick, 15th December 1986.

13. Non –relaxational and Resonance Absorption in Biological Fluids at Frequencies in the Range 200 -1200 kHz, C. Barnes. Ultrasonics International Conference, Kensington, London, July 6-9th 1987, Conference Proceedings pp 60-67, (1987).

14. Low frequency Ultrasound Absorption in Aqueous Solutions of Haemoglobin, Myoglobin and Bovine Serum Albumin: The Role of Structure and pH’, C. Barnes, J.A. Evans and T.J. Lewis Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 83, pp 2393-2404, (1988). http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/3411029

15. The Effect of Solvation on Ultrasound Absorption in Bovine Serum Albumin Solutions’ J.A. Evans C. Barnes and T.J. Lewis, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Vol.14, pp 299-304, (1988). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0301562988900968

16. ‘Stimulated Ultrasound Absorption in Liquids’, C. Barnes and T.J Lewis, Ultrasonics International Conference, Madrid, Spain, July 1989.

17. Stimulated Ultrasound Absorption in Liquids’ C. Barnes, T .J .Lewis and M.J. Van der Sluijs J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 88 Nov. 1990.

18. ‘Stimulated Ultrasound Absorption in Aqueous Solutions of Biomolecules, C. Barnes and T.J. Lewis J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 89 May 1991.

19. ‘Shear –wave Detection of Conformational Changes in Protein Solutions’, C. Barnes and T. J. Lewis, J. Acoust .Soc .Am., Vol. 90 , pp 187-1298, (1991). http://scitation.aip.org/content/asa/journal/jasa/90/3/10.1121/1.401921

20. A novel Sensor for the Antibody-Antigen Reaction, C. Barnes, T.J. Lewis and C. D’Silva, British Technology Discussion Group Document, 1991.

21. ‘A Concanavalin-A coated piezoelectric crystal biosensor’ C. Barnes, C .D’Silva, J.P. Jones, T.J Lewis, Sensors and Actuators B Vol.3 pp295-304 (1991). http://www.researchgate.net/publication/245081691_A_concanavalin_A-coated_piezoelectric_crystal_biosensor

22. ‘Development of quartz crystal oscillators for under-liquid sensing, Christopher Barnes, Sensors and Actuators A, Vol.29 pp 59-69, (1991). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092442479180032K

23. ‘Theory of Operation of Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Biosensors, given at Eurosensors 91, Rome, Italy, September 1991, re-printed in Sensors and Actuators A (31) pp 159-163. http://www.academia.edu/166738/The_Theory_of_operation_of_Piezoelectric_Crystal_Sensors_for_Biochemical_Applications#

24. ‘Lectin coated piezoelectric crystal biosensors’, C. Barnes, C d’Silva, J.P. Jones and T.J. Lewis, Sensors and Actuators B, Vol. 7, pp 347-350 (1992). http://www.academia.edu/166740/Lectin_coated_Piezoelectric_Crystal_Biosensors

25. ‘An in-vitro urea sensor using a torsion- wave crystal device’, C. Barnes, Sensors and Actuators B, Vol 8, pp 143-149, (1992). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092540059280171S

26. ‘Some new concepts on factors influencing the operational frequency of liquid-immersed microbalances’ , C. Barnes, Sensors and Actuators A , Vol. 30 , pp 197-202 , (1992). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/092442479280120R

27. ‘Evaporation of Sessile Drops: Application of the Quartz Crystal Microbalance’ Joyce M.J. Todaro, P., Penfold, R., Port, S.N., May, J.A.W., Barnes. C. in Langmuir 2000. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la990660l

28. ‘A versatile supply voltage-controlled oscillator for use as a quartz crystal microbalance in a wide variety of immersion media’ C. Barnes, E.C.T. Bowley , M.J. Joyce , ,J.A. May and S.N Port , 2001.

29. ‘Detection of Metal Ions using a Surface Immobilized Ionophore Impregnated PVC Membrane in Conjunction with a Voltage Controlled QCM –Oscillator’’ C. Barnes, N. Kelly and S.N. Port submitted to Sensors and Actuators 2001.

30. Re-usable Sensor for solvent Viscosity and Quality with the droplet Quartz Crystal Microbalance, C. Barnes, N. Kelly and S.N. Port July 2001.

31. Ash, D Joyce ,M.J., Port, S.N. and Barnes, C. Nuclear reprocessing stream analysis using the quartz crystal microbalance: In Proceedings of the universities nuclear technology forum , University of Bath ,2000. http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/nuclear-reprocessing-stream-analysis-using-the-quartz-crystal-microbalance%28635aa2ac-ca2b-48b6-95ac-8c93f0c9a929%29.html

32. Ash, D Joyce, M.J., Port, S.N. and Barnes, C. The quartz crystal microbalance: an electronic sensor for dynamitic fluid mechanics: in Proceedings of the 2nd conference on postgraduate research in electronics and photonics, University of Nottingham, 2000.

33. Ash, D.C. , Joyce, M.J., Garnham, G.W., Barnes, C. and Port, S.N. Innovative electronics analysis device for nuclear fuel reprocessing in Proceedings of the universities nuclear technology forum, Glasgow 2001 (Winner of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers’ Prize for Best Paper). http://www.iaea.org/inis/collection/NCLCollectionStore/_Public/33/008/33008019.pdf

34. Ash, D.C. , Joyce, M.J., Garnham, G.W., Barnes, C. and Port, S.N. Innovative electronics analysis device for nuclear fuel reprocessing in Proceedings of 9th international conference on Nuclear Engineering (ICONE9) , France 2001.

35. Dean C. Ash, Malcolm J Joyce, Chris Barnes, C. Jan Booth and Adrian C. Jeffries. Viscosity measurement of industrial oils using the droplet quartz crystal microbalance, Meas. Sci. Technol. 14, pp 1955-1962, 2003. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0957-0233/14/11/013/meta;jsessionid=BC2812793D075DFDDAB7EFE639FE9FB6.c4.iopscience.cld.iop.org

36. Chris Barnes Letter to the Editor, The Hum: An anomalous sound around the world, Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 21, No.4 , pp 754-755, 2007. https://www.scientificexploration.org/speakers/chris-barnes

37. Chris Barnes ‘Examining Sporadic E: New methods for predicting the start of the UK Sporadic-E season ‘RadCom plus’ a Journal of the Radio Society of Great Britain, Vol No.1 pp 22-30, May 2015. http://rsgb.org/main/blog/front-page-news/2015/04/30/radcom-plus-vol-1-1/

38. Dr Chris Barnes 'A newly discovered battery explosion hazard' RadCom, June 2016, Volume 92, No.6 pp 26-27.

39. How the Magnetic North Pole and Energetic Particle Precipitation Control Earth’s Climate, By Dr Chris Barnes, Bangor Scientific and Educational Consultants, Wales, UK, LL57 2TW. E-mail doctor.barnes@yahoo.co.uk , April 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.31223/X54X67

40. C. Barnes, "How the Magnetic North Pole and Energetic Particle Precipitation Control Earth’s Climate," International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences, Vol.13, Issue.2, pp.1-13, 2025 https://isroset.org/pdf_paper_view.php?paper_id=3830&1-ISROSET-IJSRPAS-10389.pdf

41. Chris Barnes, “Confirming that Modern Global Warming is Predominantly Geomagnetically Driven - a Study Employing Latitudinal bands” ," International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences, Vol.13, Issue.3, pp.1-17, 2025. https://www.isroset.org/pdf_paper_view.php?paper_id=3882&1-ISROSET-IJSRPAS-10497.pdf

42. Chris Barnes, “A New Method of Assessing Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide after Accounting for the Effects of Magnetic Pole Shift” International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences, Vol.13, Issue.5, pp.01-05, 2025. https://www.isroset.org/pdf_paper_view.php?paper_id=3960&3-ISROSET-IJSRPAS-10652.pdf

43. Chris Barnes, “Some new Models of Earth’s Temperature Anomaly across various Epochs Predicting Present Warming with Ice Age Validity Testing and a Data set Bias examination” ” International Journal of Scientific Research in Physics and Applied Sciences, Vol.13, Issue.5, pp.05-17, 2025. https://www.isroset.org/pdf_paper_view.php?paper_id=3962&5-ISROSET-IJSRPAS-10671.pdf

44. Chris Barnes, “ Multiple Regression Study about Breast Cancer, implications for all Women, especially Africans and Asians moving to cold, cloudy climates”, submitted to International Journal of Scientific Research in Biological Sciences (IJSRBS), November 2025.

Aside of this peer reviewed international publications, I also have over 100 self -published internet publications please see:

http://www.drchrisbarnes.co.uk

RECENT PATENTS:

GB 2597481 : Self -powered, self-sustaining apparatus to accelerate the growth of a plant or rooting of a cutting, Granted 24th May 2023.

GB 257772: Electronic system to bring about changes in the physiology of a single plant or a plurality of plants, Granted 9^th June 2021.

GB 2547271: A Contact Free Blood Assessment Device and Method, Granted 22^nd July 2020.

LANGUAGE SILLS :

English: Fluent, first language. JMB UTE with spoken English.

French: Conversationally quite fluent, reading well, writing fair.

Welsh: Some conversational, some reading, writing a little.

Swedish, German, Spanish/Italian: A smattering.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

All variations of MS Windows and Office

HTML and FTP

Various specialist math and radio and engineering software.

DOS,

Q-basic,

Small Basic,

Mad Cow Basic,

Some Harvard Assembler,

A little VB,

A little JAVA

R-studio

Also, I have some experience in most other commonly used school programming training GUI environments, such as Scratch.

Educational VLE systems : Canvas/ Adobe Connect/Adobe Classroom/LMS/ ISAMS

Numerous Radio CPS systems

OTHER SKILLS, HOBBIES, AND INTERESTS:

1. Amateur Radio.

2. Property Renovation /D.I.Y/ Gardening + landscaping.

3. Hill walking.

4. Bengal and Savannah Cats

5. Writing poetry.

6. Social- media, Blogs and Self –Publication.

Last Updated November 2025