FOI 031-21 Response
Please confirm whether you've conferred a PhD to Siouxsie Wiles (possibly known as Susanna
Wiles). The likely dates of conferral are 1998 to 2005 but please provide any information up to and
including 2021.
PhD conferred 2002
If such a degree has been conferred please provide details of her thesis, including title, date submitted,
number of pages and supervisors of her thesis.
Title of thesis: BIOMATE: Development of Custom-Designed Bioluminescent
Sensors for Toxicity Testing
Date submitted
November 2001
Number of pages 201
Supervisors Prof Mark Bailey and Dr Jim Philp
Also please provide a reason why her thesis is not available on your website if there is a thesis.
If possible please also provide the thesis, preferably by return email. If that's not possible please
advise how to access her thesis.
The reference is available online
here: https://www.napier.ac.uk/research-and-
innovation/research-search/outputs/biomate-development-of-custom-designed-
bioluminescent-sensors-for-toxicity-testing A copy of the thesis in paper format is now held in the University’s Library, please
find the details online here:
https://napier.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma9923745370
202111&context=L&vid=44NAP_INST:44NAP_ALMA_VU1&lang=en&search_scope
=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any
,contains,wiles&offset=0
Given that it’s been approximately 20 years since the submission of the thesis I am
unable to provide you with a reason why the usual procedures for transferring it to
the library weren’t followed.
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