Career history

• 2018-;  Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technolgy,  Norwegian University of Life Sciences , Norway.
• 2017-; Project Engineer,  Animalia AS , Norway.
• 2017-;  Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Technology,  Liverpool, John Moores University , UK.
• 2013-2016;  Reader in the Department of Built Environment,  Liverpool, John Moores University , UK.
• 2010-2013; Senior Lecturer in The School of Built Environment, Liverpool, John Moores University, UK.
• 2010-2011;  PGCert in Higher Education, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
• 2008-2010; Research Assistant in Non-Invasive Microwave Sensing Techniques, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
• 2005-2008; PhD in Wireless Sensor Networks and their Industrial Applications, Liverpool, John Moores University, UK.
• 2002-2005; BSc in Computer and Multimedia Systems, University of Liverpool, UK.

Research Interests

• Development of sensor technologies for the meat industry value chain
• Robotics and automation
• Livestock management, behavioral analysis, EEG measurement, well-being monitoring and control
• Asset tracking technologies and supply chain management
• Microwave spectroscopy, and development of microwave-based sensors for industrial and medical applications
• Wireless sensor networks (WSN) and systems
• Environmental and structural health monitoring
• Wearable sensor systems
• Building performance and occupancy monitoring
• Algal growth, yield and composition enhancement and sensing

While I update this profile from time to time, you can visit http://www.alex-mason.co.uk/ for an up-to-date view of my research work, projects and publications.