A day in the life of a research scientist: Tom Salter
Tom Salter has spent the past two and a half years working for Dstl as a research scientist. He talks to James Berressem about his typical day
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and exists to supply the best, impartial, scientific and technical research and advice to the MoD and other government departments. Its workforce of 3500 scientists and engineers are located at three main sites. Based at the Fort Halstead site in Kent, Tom is a member of the explosives detection equipment team, which develops innovative equipment to detect and identify explosives such as TNT. He specialises in the application of spectroscopy in the detection of explosives.
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