Mr Patrick Campbell

Biography

Employment history 

Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK

2011               Curator (Grade 4 Senior Curator) Sci level 3, Reptiles

1988 - 2011   Curator (Grade 5 Scientific Officer) Sci level 2,  Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles

1988 - 1991   Curator (Grade 6 Assistant Scientific Officer), Fish 

1986 - 1988   Laboratory Assistant (Grade 7),  Zoology

Qualifications 

1992     BSc. (Hons) Biological Sciences, University of London, London. UK

Duties, Achievements and Expertise:

Summary of duties:

• Maintain and improve curatorial standards
• Combat decay including pest control and environmental monitoring
• Incorporate new material and facilitate accessibility to collection including visitor supervision and the maintenance of an active loan system.
• Answer enquiries 
• Manage and build tissue collections, receive and manage voucher specimens
• Manage and build Lower Vertebrate skeleton collections
• Museum Radiography Equipment and Laboratory Manager (RPS)
• Museum Dermestarium Laboratory Manager 
• Senior Fire Marshall
• Licensed Performance Coach
• Multicultural Forum Chair

A selection of current projects:

• Collection management
  • Collections Storage Infrastructure Programme (CSIP): 
    • Wildebeest Large Vertebrate Preparation Facility Project: To re-house the Zoology collections currently housed in the Zoology Store room 1 to NHM standards:
    • Wildebeest Wandsworth Specimen re-housing programme: To re-house large fish and reptile specimens at Wandsworth (oversized residual specimens moved as part of CSIP: Wildebeest Large Vertebrate Preparation Facility Project: Phase 1)
    • Molecular Collections Facility Project: To facilitate a new specialised and centralised molecular storage facility (MCF) which will provide an integrated approach to the management and maintenance of molecular collections.
  • Skeleton collection enhancement project:  To proactively acquire targeted (and other) fish specimens caught by participants of the 79th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo for the NHM fish skeleton collection (July 2011):
  • Reptile and Amphibian skeleton collection conservation and enhancement Project
  • Barcoding -  Identification Verification Project

Selected Achievements/projects:

• Collection Management

  • Collections Storage Infrastructure Programme (CSIP): Wildebeest Large Vertebrate Preparation Facility Project: Phase 1: To re-house the Zoology collections currently housed in the Zoology Store room 1 to NHM standards: the decant from Zoology Storeroom 1 to Off site facility completed.
  • Collections Storage Infrastructure Programme (CSIP):  Molecular Collections Facility Project: To facilitate a new specialised and centralised molecular storage facility (MCF) which will provide an integrated approach to the management and maintenance of molecular collections: MCF Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS).

• Collections acquisitions

  • Gulf of Mexico skeletal fish collection 2011
  • Southern Ocean deep sea fish collection  2010 
• Exhibitions
  • The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring gallery 6 enhancement Project 2008-9
  • The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum at Tring Fish gallery 3 enhancement Project
• Education
  • Fish Skeleton Collection and the Archaeological Fish Resource Project – for training in fish bone identification and analysis. 2009-2011 (Digital online resource produced)
• Consultancy
  • Fish Taxonomy and Curation CPD (September 2009) Marine Science and Fisheries Centre, Ministry of Fisheries

Expertise

Fieldwork/Marine Contracts Expertise

• BSAC Advanced Diver and Instructor
• Boat Handling, National Powerboat levels 1, 2 and 3
• Land Rover Experience
• Chainsaw
• ATV Driver

Professional Roles

Conferences

• Collections Management:
  • Joint meeting of SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections) and NSCA (The Natural Science Collections Alliance) San Francisco, California Sustainable Museums/Sustaining Collections, May 23-28, 2011(Delegate)
  • NatSca (Natural Sciences Collections Association) 'Coping with Collections deterioration' 4 March 2011 Newcastle UK(Delegate)
  • Daubenton Study trip to Museum of Natural History, Paris 2010
  • EuroFISHBOL 2 2^nd workshop of the European Regional Working Group of FISH-BOL 1st -2nd June 2010, Braga, Portugal (Delegate/Participant)
  • SPNCH (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections) : Bridging Continents - New Initiatives and Perspectives in Natural History Collections; (LUMC): 6-10 July  2009; National Natural History Museum Naturalis and Leiden University Medical Centre, (Invited participant)
  • Frozen Tissue Workshop 6-7th October 2009, NHM London (Speaker)
  • AHRC/ EPSRC Science and Heritage programme: Understanding Complex Structures, the conservation, display and interpretation of lace and natural objects workshops, Victoria and Albert Museum2008 (Delegate/Participant)
  • Fish-Bol meeting in Sicily April 2008 (Speaker/Workshop Leader informing the international audience about the preservation, packaging and sending of voucher specimens)
  • 2007 Real World Science conference: Natural History Museum (Delegate)
  • NatSca (Natural Sciences Collections Association) conference Liverpool 27-27th April 2006 (Delegate)
  • NatSca (Natural Sciences Collections Association) Dublin National Museum of Ireland 26-28th April2004 (Delegate)
  • 2005-2006 Consortium for the Barcode of Life FISH-BOL workshop (Participant)
  • 2005 SPNHC (Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections) Realising Standards Conference, NHM, UK (Speaker/Guide)
  • BCG (Biology Curators Group)/NatSca (Natural Sciences Association) Inaugural Conference Manchester 7-8th April 2003 (Delegate)
  • NatSca (Natural Sciences Collections Association) conference USA (New York and Washington, AMNH and Smithsonian) February 2002 (Delegate)
  • Methods of managing Spirit Collections (Budapest) June 2000

Conferences Pre-2000

• BGC (Biology Curators Group)/
  • Budapest Hungarian Museum 9-12th Nov 2000 (Delegate)
  • Holland 29th October 1999
  • NHM Skin and Bones March 25th-27th 1999 (Delegate)
  • Paris 7-10 November (Delegate)
  • Belgium November 8th 1995 (Delegate)
  • Holland November 2-6th 1994 (Delegate)

Public Understanding of Science 

• 2010, 2008 (8 July) plus regularly NHM Members sessions 
• 2003 – Present: Nature Live sessions:
  • Nature Live sessions May 2010, September 2010 Behind the Scenes at the NHM, Flesh Eating beetles, Fishy Objects for ID
• 2008 The Variety Show (DC2 Film NHM)
• 2008 NHM fundraising film DVD 
• 2006 'BBC Inside Story' (Thames work)
• 2004 (August) Radio 5 Live, The Guardian, The Telegraph Beetles)
• 2000 GMTV, BBC radio, Nickelodeon (Collections Move)
• The Big Welcome
• Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC) tours/ talks

Multicultural forum related:

• “The Sound of Conversation”: A Pecha Kucha on Diversity conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum 28 March 2011 (Delegate)

Teaching and training provided

• Curation/Museum work
  • 2011 Curator from University of Wroclaw Institute of Zoology, Poland (Government funded)
  • 2010 Leonardo Da Vinci training
  • 2009 Zoology Curation Consultancy Training (student from Oman)
  • 2009 Daubenton Training (Curators, European museums)
  • 2006, GC University, Lahore, student)
  • 2005 AUB Training Lebanese students
• Radiography
  • Radiography: NHM staff/Visitors
• Taxonomy
  • 2005 MSc in Imperial College/NHM Systematics and Taxonomy
  • 2008 Training in systematics for the UK’s International Biology Olympiad team of sixth formers as organised by the Institute of Biology
  • 2009 (and annually) 6th Form Days sessions 

Fund raising and corporate support

• A selection of VIP tours/Media event
  • 2011 ‘How It Works’ Second Nature
  • 2010 present BBC Museum Lives 
  • 2010 Waterhouse Times (Museum Lives)
  • 2008 -10 Young Graduates for Museum and Galleries (YGMG) 5 support and internships supervised
  • 2009 14 September HRH Prince William of Wales, Sir David Attenborough and associated VIPs opening event of the new Darwin Centre - tank room tours
  • 2008 21st April Young Graduates for Museum and Galleries 4 (YGMG) Launch at NHM, Flett theatre Main Speaker 
  • 2008 Ceiling Project Artists
  • ICON films – The Dermestarium
  • 2005 NatureFirst interview
  • 2004 ‘ Museum Welcomes Smallest Employees’ (Flesh eating beetles) Multiple media coverage
  • 2004 National Geographic magazine
  • 2004 Rare sharks find 
  • 2004 Sturgeon media involvement
  • 2004 Museum of the Year Award Gulbenkian Prize 

Consultancy

• Radiography Suite and Dermestarium use (e.g. Synthesys, various external radiography requests)

Grants

• 2009 April Arts and Humanities Council Joint Successful Application for additional funding to support collaborative research training provision for doctoral students; The Archaeological Fish Resource Project

Professional membership 

• SPNHC - The Society For The Preservation of Natural History Collections
• Natsca - Natural Sciences Collections Association
• BCG (Biology Curators group) member as Curator of all Voucher specimens
• CBOL- Fish-Bol.org - Fish Barcode of Life Initiative  http://www.fishbol.org/

Fieldwork

Professional Diving (SCUBA)

• Benthic Orchid III RAF/NHM Post-Tsunami Dive Expedition, Thailand Jan-Feb 2008
  • • Role: Science Officer, NHM representative and Dive Leader
• 2007 Starfish survey, Spain
  • • Role: Diver, part of 4 man team, conducting underwater searches to find the burrowing starfish, Astropecten.
• 2006 Marine Biological Survey Cliffe Lagoons, UK 1 (Marine Contracts fieldwork)
  • • Role: Diver, collecting and sifting macro invertebrate samples
• Marine Biological Survey Portland Harbour, UK (Marine Contracts fieldwork)
  • • Role: Diver, collecting and sifting macro invertebrate samples
• 2003 To investigate the Mineralogical content of shallow subtitle hydrothermal vents off Milos. (Diver and Underwater photographer)
  • • Role: Diver, underwater photographer, collecting water samples from hydrothermal vents for analysis

Other

• Building the collection: The 79th Alabama Fishing Rodeo 2011: Attending, and preparing fish skeletons to be subsequently completely stripped  by beetles and incorporated into the NHM Fish Skeleton collection.
• Eel Reservoir Surveys: Fyke net fishing survey to investigate eel populations:
  • • 2010 Hangingfield Reservoir
    • 2010 Grand Junction Reservoir
    • 2009 Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir
      • Role: Co-leader, collaborating with Dr Paul Clark on survey work Hangingfield reservoir (UK),
    • 2007 Rivers Fields development British Gas Pipeline survey, Barrow UK 
      • Role: Co-participant, collecting macro invertebrate samples from seabed, sifting, labelling and preserving samples, using ATV (All Terrain Vehicle) between specific sites.
• 2005-2007 Commercial Exploitation of the Thames Mitten Crab
  • • Role: Co-Leader of 3 man 13 month Project, setting nets out to catch mitten crabs for examination (including weighing, sexing and testing for harmful chemicals).

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  Thai dive

  RAF/NHM Post-Tsunami Dive Expedition, Thailand Jan-Feb 2008
  (Science Officer, NHM representative and Dive Leader).
  
  Since 2006 the RAF, with scientific support of the NHM, have carried out a series of expeditions to the Andaman coast of Thailand. The aim was to develop and expand the methodology (based on Reef Check) to monitor both the immediate impacts and recovery from the 2004 Tsunami and also the long term health of various tourist diving sites in the Similan Islands, South Andeman Sea, Thailand with particular reference to increased sea surface temperatures, global warming, and anthropogenic stressors, in particular, tourist diving. 

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  Astropecten starfish - one of only two found

  2007 Survey of Starfish (Astropecten johnstoni) Spain  
  (Diver, part of a 4 man team - including Dr Paul Clark, Dr Nick Evans, Mrs Jenny Evans)
  
  Searching for, what turned out to be, the very elusive burrowing starfish Astropecten johnstoni, for collection and analysis, which has, in recent years, suffered a reduction in number due to being hit by a wasting disease. The chief culprit being bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
  

Publications

Selected Publications

• Wintner, S. P., Natanson, L. J., Johansson, F., Piercy, A., CAMPBELL, P., De Maddalena, A., Gulak, S., Human, B., Cigala Fulgosi, F, Ebert, D., Fong, J., Hemida, F., Mollen, F. H., Vanni, S., Burgess, G. H., Compagno, L. J .V., Wedderburn-Maxwell. J., 2008. Ontogenetic vertebral growth patterns in the basking shark Cetorhinus maximus.  Marine Ecology Prog. Ser.361: 267-278
• Paterson, G. L. J., Kendall, M. A., Aryuthaka, C. Evans, N. J.,Monthum, Y., Jittanoon, C., CAMPBELL, P., Noble, L. R. and O’Neill, K. M., 2011. Tsunami impacts in the marine environment: review and results from studies in Thailand. In Gower D.J., Johnson K.G, Richardson J.E., Rosen B.R., Rüber, L. & Williams S.T. Biotic (Eds) Evolution and environmental change in Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press.
• Clark P.F., CAMPBELL P., Smith B., Rainbow P.S., Pearce D. and Miguez R.P. 2008. The commercial exploitation of Thames mitten crabs: a feasibility study. A report for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by the Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, England. DEFRA references FGE 274. pp. 1-81 + appendices 1-6.
• Evans, N.J. and CAMPBELL, P. 2008. Science Report, Marine Research Expedition: Benthic Orchid 3.
• Evans, N. J., Tittley, I., Robbins, S. M., Bamber, R., Huxley, R., CAMPBELL, P., Salvador, A., Spurrier, C. J. 2008. Rivers Fields Development onshore pipeline environmental recovery monitoring programme, Summer –Autumn 2007. Natural History MuseumConsultancy Report to ConocoPhillips No. ECM 771E/08. 83pp.
• Evans, N.J., Clark, P.F., Campbell, P.D., and Evans, L.P., 2008. Survey for starfish (Astropecten) at selected sites in the vicinity of Almunecar, western Mediterranean, Spain. 12th-24th September 30th November, 3rd-4th December 2007. Report for the Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London and the Zoological Museum of Zurich.
• Campbell, P. 2008. Taxidermy Workshop. 13th February 2007. NatSCA News. Issue 14. pp. 13-18.

• Hunt, K., Campbell, P. and Clark, P. 2010. Report on fyke net fishing survey to investigate European eel populations in the Queen Elizabeth II and Grand Junction reservoirs.
• Hunt, K., CAMPBELL, P. and Clark, P. 2009. Report on fyke net fishing survey to investigate eel populations in Queen Elizabeth II Reservoir, Surrey. Natural History MuseumReport.
• Evans, N.J., Campbell. P, 2008. Survey of the status of coral reefs at various tourist dive sites at Similan Islands, 5, 6 and 9 and development of a methodology for long term monitoring by non-specialist divers. Natural History Museum Consultancy Report.
• Campbell, P. April 2008. Submitting Voucher Specimens For The Natural History Museum Collection. PDF report for Fishbol 2008.
• CAMPBELL, P. Royal Air Force/NHM Marine Research Expedition Benthic Orchid III 17 January to 4th February 2008. Department of Zoology Annual Report 2007/8.
• CAMPBELL P., Crimmen O. & Bamber R. N. 2002. Identification of species on Maureen Alpha video, May 2002. Report No. ECM 736E/02, The Natural History Museum, London 3 pp. (D)
• Campbell, P. Report contribution written for Biology Curators Group (BCG trip to Leiden (for BCG magazine issue 18 August 2000)