This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'PhD thesis'.


 
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.