Oliver Trevelyan

Feature Writer

B.Sc. Hons Chemical Engineering

Born into a farming family in Africa, Oliver completed his education in England. A graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Surrey, he has 25 years of experience in industrial water treatment in the UK and abroad dealing with customers from shop floor to board level. He has worked extensively in steam system controls and energy management. Oliver writes on science, engineering, and the environment.

Outside work Oliver is a keen rugby fan, rows in a pilot gig for Looe Rowing Club and enjoys exploring his local area with an energetic dog. He is renovating a Grade 2 listed home and garden in rural Cornwall

Articles from Oliver

Scanning Helium Microscopy: An Overview

Scanning Helium Microscopy: An Overview

With advances in nanotechnology and the desire to see smaller and smaller components of many substances, creatures, cells, etc., there have been massive developments in microscopy in recent years.

9 Apr 2022

Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Overview

Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Overview

It is now possible to see the structures of life forms as small as viruses with a Transmission electron microscope. This article looks at this in more detail.

25 Feb 2022

The Chemistry of Essential Oils

The Chemistry of Essential Oils

The first thing to know about essential oils is that "essential" refers to the fact that they have an essence, not necessarily that we can't do without them.

25 Feb 2022

How does Heavy Metal Toxicity Impact the Gut?

How does Heavy Metal Toxicity Impact the Gut?

Scientists and medics increasingly recognize the gut or digestive system as vitally important in human physical and mental health.

16 Feb 2022

Can Sleep Improve Your Immunity?

Can Sleep Improve Your Immunity?

The importance and function of sleep and its interdependence with the immune system are not fully understood.

18 Dec 2021

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Creating Biomaterials that can Heal bone

Techniques which can reduce healing time and minimize surgery will be beneficial, which means that research into biomaterials that support these goals is essential.

13 Dec 2021

Errors in Chemical Analysis

Errors in Chemical Analysis

An error in chemistry may be a mistake, but could also include normal unavoidable inaccuracies associated with measurements in an experiment in a lab.

27 Oct 2021

Understanding Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry

Understanding Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry

The quality of the analysis carried out by a laboratory can have implications in many, many areas.

15 Oct 2021

A Guide to Understanding Surfactants

A Guide to Understanding Surfactants

Surfactants are all around us and we all use natural and synthetic surfactants every day. Here, we look at what surfactants are in more detail.

6 Oct 2021

An Overview of Nanochemistry

An Overview of Nanochemistry

Nanochemistry is the chemistry of very small particles which it turns out is sometimes different from normal chemistry with nanoparticles.

8 Sep 2021

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