Dr Leon Barron is a Reader in Analytical & Environmental Sciences at Imperial College London. He leads the Emerging Chemical Contaminants team within the Environmental Research Group focusing on the detection, monitoring and impacts of chemicals in the environment. This includes new methodologies to identify, monitor and understand population health and environmental exposure to novel environmental pollutants via waste water, drinking water and air, but also impacts of these substances in surface/ground water, soil and wildlife. Underpinning this research are novel developments in (bio)analytical chemistry including advanced sampling technologies, separation science, (high resolution) mass spectrometry and in silico prediction/data interpretation tools. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences and the Higher Education Academy.