Secretary of 'International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists' (IUPAC) Division of Chemistry and the Environment (Division VI): 2013- Member of the UK delegation to the IUPAC council:2010- Invited referee : The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) : 2013-2014 Division representative on the Committee on Chemistry Education (CCE) . IUPAC Chair of the Subcommittee on Chemistry of Environmental Compartments Division of Chemistry and the Environment. IUPAC: 2008-2014 A Panel Member for the Research Council of Norway. 2009-2012 Panel: Responsive Mode Projects in Environment and Development (FRIMUF) A member of the of the editorial board of Work Based Learning e-Journal ISSN 2044-7868 http://wblearning-ejournal.com Member of executive committee of the Committee of Heads of Environmental Science (CHES) and a representative of Middlesex University. 1999- 2008