University of Hull contribution to the Element of the Week slot on the Andy Comfort Show on Radio Humberside

Andy Comfort

On Mondays’ during this year many staff at the University of Hull have been contributing to the Element of the Week slot on the Andy Comfort Show on Radio Humberside. This is in celebration of it being the International Year of the Periodic Table marking 150 years since Dmitri Mendeleev published his article on the periodic system of organising elements in the Russian Chemical Society. More information about the development of the periodic table can be found here.

The Element of the Week slot airs at 4.15pm each Monday and has included:

OCTOBER

Monday 7th – Dr Chris Armstrong, Teaching Fellow in Physical Chemistry, covered Fluorine

Monday 14th – Holly Wilkinson, PhD Student in Biomedical Science specialising in Wound Healing, covered Manganese

Monday 21st – Dr Barbara Guinn, Reader in Biomedical Sciences, covered Chromium

Monday 28th – Dr David Allsup, Senior Lecturer Haematology, Honorary Consultant Haematologist, will be covering Arsenic (David will hopefully be bringing a patient with him who has used Arsenic during treatment)

NOVEMBER

Monday 4th – Professor Mark Lorch, Professor of Public Engagement and Science Communication, will be covering Barium, Copper, Strontium (triple threat!)

Monday 11th – Jamie Southouse, PhD Student in Chemistry, will be covering Plutonium

Monday 18th – Professor Jeanette Rotchell, Professor in Aquatic Toxicology, will be covering Zinc

Monday 25th – Dr Rebecca Williams, Senior Lecturer in Geology, will be covering…TBC (yet to be decided!)

DECEMBER

Monday 2th – Professor David Bond, Director of Research Environmental Sciences, will be covering Gold

Monday 9th – Dr Isabel Pires, Lecturer in Biomedical Science, will be covering Potassium

Monday 16th – Professor Mark Lorch, Professor of Public Engagement and Science Communication, will be doing a round-up to end the series

The programs can be heard for 26 days after airing here.