About us
About us

Solidsense Ltd was setup in 2018 by Dr Thomas Aspray as a sector specialist offering technical consultancy, applied research and specialist services to the organics recycling sector. 

As an independent company we work with industry partners, regulators and academia in order to strive to remain at the forefront of the rapidly evolving organics sector. 

Aside from our commercial work we seek out opportunities to further industry knowledge; publishing in peer-review journals, participating in the peer review process for relevant journals and, delivering conference presentations. We also support the training of future professionals through guest lectures and collaborating in national and international research projects/initiatives.


Company founder 

Thomas (Tom) has a PhD in microbiology and 15 years academic and industry experience. He has worked in or for SMEs and multi-national companies, as well as, national and international Universities and research institutions. Tom is a Chartered Scientist and Fellow of the British Society of Soil Science (BSSS). 

As a trained microbiologist Tom’s specialist interest and expertise is in measuring microbial activity in matrices such as soils, composts and digestates. Other expertise includes the application of molecular microbiology approaches to solid and liquid matrices and, culture based bioaerosol measurement approaches. Open access examples of Tom’s research can be found on Google Scholar and Researchgate.

Tom's relevant voluntary roles include being Honorary Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University and member of the British Standards Institution (BSI) AW20 'topsoil, growing media and turf' committee. He is also past chair of the Professional Practice Committee of the BSSS as well as board and trustee member of this society.
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