Ian Farrar

My name is Ian Farrar, and I am a former student of St. Johns Comprehensive School in Epping, Essex.  I currently live in Pennsylvania, USA, where I am employed as a Principle Scientist for an environmental consulting company. 

 Whilst attending St. Johns, I studied eight GCSEs, including Science and Technology.  This was followed by three ‘A’ levels (Geography, Physics and Chemistry) from Epping Forest College in Loughton, Essex.  A few years later, I attended Anglia Ruskin University and completed an undergraduate degree in Geology.  During my studies at Anglia, I spent one year as an exchange student at Marshall University in West Virginia, USA.  After completing my undergraduate degree at Anglia, I returned to Marshall University for a graduate degree in Physical Science. 

 My professional career began in the midst of my graduate studies in the USA.  While taking part-time classes during the summer, I was also employed as a part-time intern for a gas company in West Virginia.  I worked for their Environmental Remediation program, which was responsible for cleaning up contaminated land sites owned by the gas company.  This intern position led to full time employment as a GIS (Geographical Information Systems) Database Administrator and Environmental Remediation Coordinator. 

 After spending six years in the USA, I returned to the UK and worked as an Environmental Remediation Consultant for various companies.  The purpose of my job was to manage projects that cleaned up contaminated land sites across England.  I worked in London for a period of time, then later moved to Shrewsbury, Shropshire.  More recently, I moved back to the USA where I currently work as a Principal Scientist for Applied Geology and Environmental Science, Inc. (AGES).”