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Meet the experts at 36Zero Consultants—the team dedicated to redefining heat stress management. We see immense potential in every moment to protect and enhance worker safety and well-being, and we bring that commitment to everything we do. Our specialized training and rigorous standards ensure we have the industry’s top professionals worldwide, supporting every level of operation. Our leadership team is composed of a diverse group of individuals with deep expertise and a shared vision for a safer, healthier future for workers exposed to extreme conditions.

James Russell OSHA Heat Illness


James is an expert in heat stress management with extensive experience guiding large organisations and government agencies worldwide, notably aiding Qatar during the World Cup construction to protect workers in extreme heat. His work in high-stakes environments has led to impactful institutional changes, setting new standards for managing heat stress risks. Known for his collaborative approach, he works closely with management, workers, and contractors alike, offering practical advice and insights.


James’s on-the-ground methods include conducting site visits, delivering customised training sessions, and performing in-depth heat and hydration audits. His commitment goes beyond immediate safety, advocating for proactive, data-driven protocols that ensure early intervention and continuous monitoring. Through his work, James champions long-term frameworks that redefine workplace safety, setting benchmarks that safeguard workers' health in extreme climates globally.

Dr Lee Taylor BSc (Hons), PhD FACSM, FECSS, FHEA, CSci, AES


Dr Taylor is a globally impactful and world-leading researcher-practitioner in the human thermal stress space, delivering evidence-based policy change across the public and private sectors. This includes the challenges of high-performance sport, clinical practice, and occupationally orientated projects. His speciality is complex project delivery through the influence and management of myriad and often globally disparate stakeholders – through which – evidence-based policy change and optimised employee/athlete health, safety and performance are achieved. Dr Taylor’s heat-related expertise remains competitively sought across the globe. 

His research expertise and practice have directly informed world-class athletes and teams’ heat-related preparations for, and their success at, major sporting tournaments across the globe (e.g., Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Qatar 2022 World Cup, World Athletics Championships at Qatar 2019 and Bucharest 2023, etc.). Indeed, Dr Taylor’s commissioned research from FIFA, UEFA, World Athletics, and many other globally recognisable and impactful organisations/governing bodies, have directly informed policy and practice change at numerous World Cups, World Championships and Olympics Games (at athlete, team, and tournament governance levels). 

Away from high performance sport Dr Taylor has completed commissioned heat-aligned research for the Ministry of Defence, leading to fundamental changes in working and occupational practices. His heat-related expertise is sought as an expert witness in Military and other legal proceedings, including but not limited to, Military Court Martials. Further, having spent nearly 10 years within the Middle East and East Asia he has consulted on many sensitive infrastructure projects, across the energy (particularly Oil and Gas), construction (residential, commercial and industrial, including stadiums) and transport (air, water and land) sectors, to improve employee health, safety and performance within extremes of heat and humidity.

Dr Taylor delivers evidence-informed heat-related policy change through characterisation of work-based demands, efficacy testing of a variety of evidence-informed employee-centred interventions (e.g., cooling, acclimation/acclimatisation, nutrition and hydration, etc.) and educational solutions. This tried and tested formula has improved employee/athlete health, safety and performance across the largest infrastructure projects on the globe and at the pinnacle of high-performance sport. This has been achieved through governmental and world-governing body level engagement from both occupational and high-performance sport perspectives.

If you are interested in Dr Taylor’s scientific publications related to thermal stress and human performance, please check out his ResearchGate page: https://tinyurl.com/mr2dz3b6 

Les Chroboczynski MSc LDN


An accomplished M.Sc. and postgraduate clinical dietitian with expertise in heat stress evaluation, research and mitigation. After many successful years in operations, decided to leverage his skills and dedication and focus on heat stress management.


With a background in working with high-profile clients in the Middle East and Europe, Les has become a trusted expert in acquiring and analysing data as well as in comprehensive heat stress risk assessment and a member of several advisory panels.


Experienced in conducting training and coaching sessions, equipping individuals with the knowledge and tools needed for proper hydration and heat stress mitigation. 


Assertive and enthusiastic, with extensive knowledge of process optimization, proven experience in operations and an unsurpassed work ethic. Passionate about workers' welfare, initiated changes and supported clients in implementing actions to protect the health of the workers exposed to extreme heat and dehydration.
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