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Dr Mike Taylor

Head of Pesticides & Wildlife

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+44(0)131 244 8864

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michael.taylor@sasa.gsi.gov.uk

Dr Mike Taylor

Research interests/Areas of expertise

Mass Spectrometry
Pesticide Residue Analysis
Small Molecule Characterisation

Biography

B.Sc. (Hons.) University of Sunderland
Ph.D. University of Wales - Swansea
Head of Pesticides & Wildlife - SASA
Head of Chemistry - SASA
European Applications and Demonstration Laboratory Manager - Waters Corporation MS Technologies Centre
Analytical Services Manager - Enron Teesside Operations/Sembcorp Utilities (UK) Ltd.
Research Scientist - ICI Measurement Science Group

Publications

One of the authors of the Pesticide Poisoning of Animals Report series - view list of Pesticide Poisoning of Animals Reports - as well as the following publications:

Hughes J, Sharp E, Taylor MJ, Melton LM, Hartley G. In Press. Monitoring agricultural rodenticide use and secondary exposure of raptors in Scotland. Ecotoxicology.
Taylor MJ, Melton LM, Sharp E, Watson JE. 2013. A liquid chromatography-electrospray tandem mass spectrometry method for the determination of multiple pesticide residues involved in suspected poisoning of non-target vertebrate wildlife, livestock and pets. Analytical Methods. 5(1):248-259.
Taylor MJ. 2012. Monitoring Carbofuran Abuse in Scotland. Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches. :181-188.
Keenan GA, Melton LM, Sharp E, Giela A, Taylor MJ. 2011. The investigation of wildlife poisoning by Q-TOF MS using an atmospheric pressure solids analysis probe. Download: THE INVESTIGATION OF WILDLIFE POISONING ASAP final Feb2012.pdf (1.91 MB)
Keenan GA, Giela A, Taylor MJ, Watson JE, Riches E, Morphet J, Silcock P, Hancock P, Major H. 2010. A Case of Pesticide Poisoning: The Use of a Broad-Scope ToF Screening Approach in Wildlife Protection. LABMATE UK & Ireland. 35(6, July/August):4-6.
Sharp E, Giela A, Mulholland V, Taylor MJ. 2009. Combining Analytical Chemistry and DNA Barcoding techniques to identify chemicals and species involved in the poisoning of vertebrate wildlife in Scotland. Download: chem poster - Combining analytical chemistry and DNA barcoding.pdf (1.3 MB)
Taylor MJ, Sharp E. 2009. Fatal Attraction - Illegal Poisoning of Animals in Scotland. In Practice: Bulletin of the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. 64(June):12-13.
Taylor MJ, Sharp E, Melton LM, Giela A, Watson JE. 2009. Walk on the wild side: An Investigation into secondary poisoning of wild birds using LC-MS. Official Publication of the British Mass Spectrometry Society. Edition 60(November 2009):12-14.
Keenan GA, Taylor MJ, Fernández DU. 2008. A comparison of UPLC ToF MS and UPLC MSMS for the Determination of Pesticide Residues in Strawberry. Download: chem poster - Berlin 2008.pdf (1.67 MB)
Mulholland V, Sharp E, Giela A, Taylor MJ. 2008. Identification of animal tissue in support of WIIS. Download: Identification of animal tissue in support of WIIS.pdf (1.69 MB)
Taylor MJ, Keenan GA, Reid K, Fernández DU. 2008. The Utility of Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Ionisation Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry for Multi-Residue Determination of Pesticides in Strawberry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 22(17):2731-2746.
Keenan GA, Taylor MJ, Reid K, Fernández DU. 2008. UPLC-ESI-MS/MS vs TOF-MS vs Q-TOF-MS (TOF mode only) for the investigation of wildlife poisoning and the analysis of pesticides in food. Download: Chem poster - Lake Louise-Alberta 2008.pdf (1.21 MB)
Keenan GA, Reid K, Taylor MJ, Fenwick C. 2007. Investigating the performance and stability of rapid polarity switching during the quantitative UPLC-ESI-MS/MS analysis of complex mixtures. Download: chem poster - Lake Louise-Alberta 2007.pdf (4.09 MB)
Giela A, Sharp E, Taylor MJ. 2007. The analysis of anticoagulant rodenticides in animal tissue using HPLC-ESI-MS/MS detection and the environmental impact of their use on wildlife in Scotland. Download: Chem poster - Glasgow 2007.pdf (1.05 MB)
Sharp E, Taylor MJ, Giela A, Hunter K. 2007. The Environmental Impact of Anticoagulant Rodenticide Use on Wildlife in Scotland. Download: Chem poster - Portugal 2007.pdf (1.08 MB)
Reid K, Keenan GA, Taylor MJ. 2007. The rapid analysis of fungicide residues in crude extracts of fruit and vegetables using UPLC ESI-MS/MS detection. Download: chem poster 2 - Glasgow 2007.pdf (746.07 KB)
Keenan GA, Reid K, Taylor MJ. 2007. The separation and detection of over 100 pesticides in complex matrices in less than 4 minutes using UPLC-MS/MS. Download: chem poster - Edinburgh 2007.pdf (1.61 MB)
Hunter K, Taylor MJ, Sharp E, Melton LM, Le Bouhellec S. 2004. Determination of chloralose residues in animal tissues by liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B. 805(2):303-309.
Taylor MJ, Hunter K, Hunter KB, Lindsay DA, Blackie C, Le Bouhellec S. 2002. A simplified multi-residue method for the rapid screening and confirmation of pesticides present in fruit and vegetable crude extracts using isocratic HPLC separation combined with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Download: chem poster 3 - Rome 2002.pdf (251.07 KB)
Taylor MJ, Hunter K, Hunter KB, Lindsay DA, Le Bouhellec S. 2002. Multi-residue method for the rapid screening and confirmation of pesticides in crude extracts of fruit and vegetables using isocratic liquid chromatography with electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 982(2):225-236.
Sage AB, McCullagh M, Taylor MJ, Hunter K. 2002. Multi-residue screening of pesticides in fruit extracts by LC/MS - A comparative study using oa-TOF and tandem quadrupole mass spectrometry. Download: chem poster - Rome 2002.pdf (401.12 KB)
Sage AB, Pugh J, Williams J, Taylor MJ, Hunter K. 2001. Analysis of Pesticides in Fruit and Animal Extracts Using LC-oa-ToFMS. Download: chem poster - Chicago, USA 2001.pdf (518.89 KB)
Sharp E, Le Bouhellec S, Melton LM, Taylor MJ, Hunter K. 2001. Analytical Diagnosis of Chloralose Poisoning in Scottish Wildlife Crime Investigation. Download: Chem poster - Glasgow 2001.pdf (252.97 KB)
Sage AB, Pugh J, Williams J, Hunter K, Taylor MJ. 2001. Pesticide Residue Analysis of Fruit and Animal Extracts Using Liquid Chromatography-Orthogonal Acceleration Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (LC-oa-ToFMS). Download: chem poster - Micromass UK.pdf (211 KB)
Taylor MJ, Sharp E, Le Bouhellec S, Melton LM, Hunter K, Sage AB. 2001. The Determination of Chloralose Residues in Poisoned Birds of Prey. Download: Chem poster - Cambridge 2001.pdf (617.49 KB)
Tooze RP, Whiston K, Malyan AP, Taylor MJ, Wilson NW. 2000. Evidence for the hydride mechanism in methoxycarbonylation of ethene catalysed by palladium-triphenylphosphine complexes. Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions. (19):3441-3444.
Taylor MJ, Lindsay DA, Hunter KB, Hunter K. 2000. Multiresidue screening of pesticides in fruit and vegetables using HPLC and API mass spectrometry. 3rd European Pesticide Residue Workshop, Book of Abstracts . :100-101.
Scrivens JH, Taylor MJ, Harrison AG, Yates H. 1997. Analysis of Cyclic Oligomers of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) by Liquid Chromatography / Mass Spectrometry. Polymer. 38(10):2549-2555.
Harrison AG, Taylor MJ, Scrivens JH. 1997. Analysis of cyclic oligomers of polyethyleneterephthalate by liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. Polymer. 38(10):2549-2555.
Rollins K, Taylor MJ, Scrivens JH, Robertson A, Major H. 1993. The Characterisation of Synthetic Lubricant Formulations by Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry. Engine Oils and Automotive Lubrication. 80:116-124.
Rollins K, Taylor MJ, Scrivens JH, Robertson A, Major H. 1991. The Characterisation of Synthetic Lubricant Formulations by Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Synthetic Lubricants. 8(1):29-37.
Rollins K, Scrivens JH, Taylor MJ, Major H. 1990. The Characterisation of Polystyrene Oligomers by Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 4(9):355-359.

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