Andrew graduated from Bristol University with a BSc Honours degree in Biology in 2000, and carried on working at Bristol as a research assistant in molecular parasitology. He then moved to Exeter University to begin his NERC funded PhD focusing on the population structure of brown trout in Dartmoor National Park. Andrew completed his PhD in 2006 and continued working on salmonid population structure at Exeter as part of an EU funded InterReg project entitled the "Atlantic Salmon Arc Project". This research had the eventual aim of using genetic markers to assign salmon caught at Sea back to their natal populations.

Andrew began working at the MBA in November 2008 as a postdoctoral researcher investigating the stock structure of skates and rays. This work is supported by the NERC Oceans 2025 programme of Strategic research. The research uses molecular markers, specifically mitochondrial sequencing and microsatellites to explore the population structure and connectivity in understudied and vulnerable species of skate.

CONTACT DETAILS

email: andiff@MBA.ac.uk
telephone: +44 (0) 1752 633274

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Griffiths, A.M., Sims, D.W., Cotterell, S.J., El Nagar, A., Ellis, J.R., Lynghammar, A., McHugh, M., Neat, F.C., Pade, N.G., Queiroz, N., Serra-Pereira, B., Rapp, T., Wearmouth, V.J., Genner, M.J. (2010) Molecular markers reveal spatially-segregated cryptic species in a critically endangered fish, the common skate Dipturus batis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 277, 1497-1503.

A.M. Griffiths, I. Koizumi, D. Bright & J. Stevens. A case of isolation by distance and short-term temporal stability of population structure in brown trout (Salmo trutta) within the River Dart, southwest England. Evolutionary Applications. 2009

A.M. Griffiths, D. Bright & J. Stevens. Complete mitochondrial control region sequences indicate a distinct variety of brown trout in Aral Sea (Salmo trutta oxianus). Journal of Fish Biology 74. 2009

T.S. Coe, P.B. Hamilton, A.M.Griffiths, D.J. Hodgson, M.A.Wahab & C.R. Tyler. Genetic variation in strains of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and the implications for ecotoxicology studies. Ecotoxicology 18. 2009

J.L. Horreo, G. Machado-Schiaffino, A. Griffiths, D. Bright, J.Stevens & E. Garcia-Vazquez. Identification of differential broodstock contribution affecting genetic variability in hatchery stocks of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Aquaculture 280. 2008.

Griffiths, A.M. Sims, D.W. Johnson, A. Lynghammar, A. McHugh, M. Bakken T. & Genner, M.J. 2011. Levels of connectivity between longnose skate (Dipturus oxyrinchus) in the Mediterranean Sea and north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Conservation Genetics

Serra-Pereira, B. Moura, T. Griffiths, A.M. Serrano, L.S. Gordo & Figueiredo, I. 2011. Molecular barcoding of skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae) from the southern Northeast Atlantic. Zoologica Scripta 40: 76-84

Griffiths, A.M., Machado-Schiaffino, G. Dillane, E. Coughlan, J. Horreo, J. Bowkett, A. Minting, P. Toms, S. Roche, W. Gargan, P. McGinnity, P. Cross, T. Bright, D. Garcia-Vazquez, E. & Stevens, J. 2010. Genetic stock identification of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) populations in the southern part of the European range. BMC Genetics 11: 31