ROBERT SNEATH
Director
Robert Sneath is a renowned odour expert, well known for his extensive experience in the field of odour research and measurement. Robert founded Silsoe Odours in 2005. Under his leadership, it was the first odour laboratory to gain accreditation by UKAS to ISO17025 as a testing laboratory for the measurement of odour concentration following BSEN13725.
Robert has been a UK member of the EU CEN working group TC264 WG2 “Odours” since 1995. The workgroup developed the European CEN odour measurement standard, BSEN13725:2003.
He is also currently the UK representative for the CEN working group TC 264 WG2, which is now revising, updating and extending the standard following 15 years of successful implementation.
During his career, Robert has overseen various research projects, including development of odour monitoring instrumentation and IPPC projects for the Environment Agency. He was previously Head of the Odour Laboratory and Senior Research Scientist in the Environment Group at the Silsoe Research Institute, which had an international reputation for its research. He worked on many DEFRA-funded projects on odour and emission control from agricultural wastes.
Robert has been a member of numerous scientific committees, including: NOSE 2016, AIDIC, 5th International Conference on Environmental Odour Monitoring & Control, 5th IWA Odour and Air Emissions Conference 2013 and 4th IWA Conference on Odours and VOCs 2011.
He also acted as a Tutor in the Environment Agency EA T515 Advanced Biowaste Courses (2013-6), T104 Odour Training for Regulation Courses (2012-6) and 2908 Odour & Bioaerosol Assessment Course (2013).
Robert is author or co-author of many scientific papers published in peer review journals or in international conference proceedings and reports.
Selected Publications
1. VERA BARBOSA; PHIL HOBBS; ROBERT SNEATH; JOANNA BURGESS; ET AL, Investigating the Capacity of an Activated Sludge Process to Reduce Volatile …Water Environment Research; Aug 2006; 78, 8; ProQuest Science Journals pg. 842
2. A.TAMER VESTLUND*, G.H.DREW*, B.JEHLICKOVA*, P.OLSEN**, R.SNEATH°, S.TYRREL*, P.J. LONGHURST*, G.JORDINSON°° AND S.J.T. POLLARD, (2007) Comparison of odour and bioaerosol emissions and dispersion from three composting sites in Scotland, In press
3. O. PAHL, A.G. WILLIAMS, R.W. SNEATH (2002) Reduction Of Ammonia and Odour Emissions From Pig Slurry Under Slats Using Oil And Foam Layers. Environmental Technology Vol. 23. Pp395-403
4. SNEATH, R.W. European Odour Concentration Measurements by Dilution Olfactometry. Invited presentation at ECRO2002, Erlangen, Nurenburg, Germany. 23-27 July 2002
5. Robertson, Hoxey, Demmers, Welch, Sneath, Stacey, Fothergill, Filmer, Fisher; Commercial-scale studies of the effect of broiler-protein intake on aerial pollutant emissions. Biosystems Engineering (2002) 82 (2) 217-225
6. Sneath. R.W. & Persaud. K.C. Chapter 15 Correlating electronic nose and sensory panel data. In “Handbook of Machine Olfaction”. Eds Pearce, Schiffman, Nagle, Gardner. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KgaA, Boschstrase 12, 69469 Weinheim, Germany. WILEY-VCH, 377-397
7. SNEATH, R. W. (2003) Quality control of olfactometry at SRI and in Europe. International Workshop on Odour Measurement, Beppu City, Oita, Japan, 23-24 June 2003, 6pp
8. BURTON,. C. H. SNEATH, R. W. (2001) Measurement and Control of offensive odours. In 5o Curso de Ingenieria Ambiental, Aplicacion agricola de residos organicos Jaue Boixadera & M. Rosa Teira (eds.) Lleida,