Publications

Effect of pre-lab information on chemical spillage on volume subsequently spilled : a randomized controlled trial, meta-analysis and comparison with improvement through repetition

Stark Moray S, Robertson Stephen A, Tsokou Aimilia M

ACS Chemical Health & Safety Vol 30, pp. 333-339 (2023)

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.3c00054

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Research Interests

I have undertaken university-level research for many years, supervising 14 PhD students to successful completion (9 as lead supervisor), as well as many Masters and BSc project students.

Publication summary statistics

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-2175-2055   

Scopus Author ID: 7202293009  

• Publications 27   Citations 478   H Index 10

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• Publications 37   Citations 664           H Index 13

Safety-related peer-reviewed reseach publications (* corrresponding author)

M. S. Stark,* S. A. Robertson and A. M. Tsokou, Effect of Pre-lab Information on Chemical Spillage on Volume Subsequently Spilled: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Meta-analysis, and Comparison with Improvement through Repetition, ACS Chemical Health and Safety 30(5), 333-339 (2023) DOI:10.1021/acs.chas.3c00054

M. S. Stark,* A. M. Tsokou and A. Howells Chemical spillage as a model for accident causation, Journal of Chemical Education  98, 50-56 (2020) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00116

A. M. Tsokou, A. Howells and M. S. Stark* Measuring & Reducing Chemical Spills by Students: a Randomised Controlled Trial of Providing Feedback, Journal of Chemical Education 96, 2180-2187 (2019) http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00262

A. J. Waker^*, M. S. Stark, J. B. Hunt, Microdosimetric Investigation of A D₂O‑moderated Cf²⁵² Source, Rad. Prot. Dos., 23, 245‑248 (1988)

M. S. Stark*, A. J. Waker, J. B. Hunt, Determination of Fluence to Dose Equivalent Conversion Factors for Am‑Be and Cf²⁵² Sources from Microdosimetric Measurements, Rad. Prot. Dos., 18, 141‑146 (1987) https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a079896

Recent & Notable Publications in other fields 

J. E. Ruffell, T. J. Farmer, D. J. Macquarrie, M. S. Stark* The Autoxidation of Alkenyl Succinimides - Mimics for Polyisobutenyl Succinimide Dispersants, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 19649–19660 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b02780

A. S. A. Alwehaibi, D. J. MacQuarrie, M. S. Stark,* Effect of spruce-derived phenolics extracted using microwave enhanced pyrolysis on the oxidative stability of biodiesel, Green Chemistry 18, 2762-2774 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1039/C5GC02520F 

T. I. J. Dugmore, M. S. Stark,* Effect of Biodiesel on the Autoxidation of Lubricant Base Fluids, Fuel, 124, 91-96 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2014.01.039

M. S. Stark,* J. J. Wilkinson, J. R. Lindsay Smith, A. Alfadhl, B. A. Pochopien, Autoxidation of Branched Alkanes in the Liquid Phase, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.: 50, 817–823, (2011)

M. S. Stark,* R. J. Gamble, C. J. Hammond, H. M. Gillespie, J. R. Lindsay Smith, E. Nagatomi, M. Priest, C. M. Taylor, et al., Measurement of lubricant flow in a gasoline engine, Trib. Lett., 19, 3, 163-168 (2005)

M. S. Stark,* Addition of Peroxyl Radicals to Alkenes and the Reaction of Oxygen with Alkyl Radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 122, 4162-4170 (2000).

M. S. Stark,* Epoxidation of Alkenes by Peroxyl Radicals in the Gas Phase: Structure-Activity Relationships, J. Phys. Chem. 101, 8296-8301 (1997).

M. S. Stark*, J. T. H. Harrison and C. Anastasi, Formation of Nitrogen Oxides by Electrical Discharges and Implications for Atmospheric Lightning, J. Geophys. Res. 101, D3, 6963-6969 (1996)

Invited Safety-related keynote & plenary lectures

M. S. Stark, Chemical Safety Education, Second Int. Symposium on Chemical Safety, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (20th April 2013) (Invited Plenary Lecture)

M. S. Stark, Fire Safety in Chemistry Labs, Second Int. Symposium on Chemical Safety, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (20th April 2013) (Invited Plenary Lecture)

M. S. Stark, Major Factors in Lab Fire Safety, S-Labs Conference, University of Liverpool  (18^th June 2013) (Invited Lecture)

M. S. Stark, Major Factors in Lab Fire Safety, S-Labs Scotland Conference, University of Edinburgh  (23^rd August 2013) (Invited Lecture)

M. S. Stark, Chemical Safety in Universities, Heads of Chemistry UK Meeting, Royal Society of Chemistry, Burlington House, London (14^th November 2012) (Invited Lecture)

Invited keynote & plenary lectures in other fields

M. S. Stark, The Chemistry of Lubricant Degradation, BP Castrol-RSC International Symposium on Tribology and Lubricants, (Invited Lectures)
Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China (19 November 2013) & Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China (21 November 2013)

M. S. Stark, Lubricant Degradation in Automotive Engines, BALTTRIB' 2011, Kaunas, Lithuania (17-19 November 2011) (Invited Plenary)

M. S. Stark, J. J. Wilkinson, P. M. Lee, J. R. Lindsay Smith, et al., The Degradation of Lubricants in Gasoline Engines, Additives 2005, Dublin (April 2005) (Invited Keynote Speaker)