On leaving school in 1963 I worked as a technician in the plankton section of the marine fisheries laboratory in Aberdeen, completing an honours degree at Aberdeen University betwen 1972 and 1973, before moving to The Plymouth Marine Laboratory in 1977. In 1999 I transferred across to the MBA and was awarded a PhD in … Read more
I have worked as a marine scientist for over 55 years, mainly at the Marine Biological Association but with a period of 13 years as Professor of Marine Biology at Bangor University. My research interests include: the environmental effects of hydrothermal vents, hydrocarbon seeps and submarine ground water seeps (including their roles in geochemical cycles … Read more
I am a PhD researcher specialising in how organic nutrients sustain shelf sea productivity. My research aims to characterise dissolved organic nutrient pools and examine how these are used by coastal phytoplankton communities. To investigate my research aims, I will collect and analyse field samples using analytical chemistry techniques and microbiological experiments. These methods will … Read more
I am a NERC-funded (ARIES) PhD student at the University of Plymouth and Marine Biological Association. My project aims to disentangle the complex relationships between diatoms, their bacterial microbiota and parasitic marine fungi and is co-supervised by Professor Michael Cunliffe, Dr Katherine Helliwell and Dr Miriam Reverter. My work will combine laboratory and fieldwork components … Read more
I am excited to have joined the Site Services team and look forward to supporting the MBA in this role. My academic background is in Marine Biology and Oceanography, having graduated from the University of Plymouth in 2024. In my spare time I enjoy windsurfing, cimbing, sea swimming, cycling, sailing and spending time on Dartmoor.
The Marine Biological Association
The Laboratory,
Citadel Hill Plymouth,
Devon
PL1 2PB, UK
The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom is a registered charity in England and Wales (1155893), and is a company limited by Royal Charter (RC000865). The Marine Biological Association conducts, promotes and supports scientific research into all aspects of life in the sea.