Profiles
Mr Franz Bauer
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
I am a PhD student working on Marine Eco-Engineering. My project focuses on "Retrospective optimisation of multifunctionality on coastal urban infrastructure" and is funded by the NERC ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership.
My research interests include experimental benthic ecology and architectural design. I hope to combine these two fields of interest during my PhD project by investigating the interactions between benthic species communities and the structural complexity of their habitat. My aim is to develop novel design strategies to improve the sustainability and ecological multifunctionality of coastal infrastructure.
Supervisory team:
My research interests include experimental benthic ecology and architectural design. I hope to combine these two fields of interest during my PhD project by investigating the interactions between benthic species communities and the structural complexity of their habitat. My aim is to develop novel design strategies to improve the sustainability and ecological multifunctionality of coastal infrastructure.
Supervisory team:
- Dr Mick Hanley (Director of Studies 2024-present) - University of Plymouth
- Dr Louise Firth (Director of Studies 2022-2024) - University College Cork
- Dr Antony Knights - University College Cork
- Dr Andy Foggo - University of Plymouth
- Dr John Griffin - Swansea University
- Austin Brown - Arup
Qualifications
MSc Biological Oceanography- Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel / GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany (2019-2022)
BSc Biosciences- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany (2015-2018)
BSc Biosciences- Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany (2015-2018)
Publications
Publications
Journals
Firth LB, [...], Bauer F, et al. (2024). "Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: An update on the state-of-the-art". Proceedings of the ICE - Maritime Engineering, [in press]. doi:10.1680/jmaen.2023.003
Bauer F, Knights AM, Hanley ME, Griffin JN, Foggo A, Brown A, Firth LB. (2024). "Topography-based modulation of environmental factors as a mechanism for intertidal microhabitat formation: A basis for marine ecological design". Marine Pollution Bulletin, 202, 116358. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116358
Bauer F, Ritter M, Siljeg A, Gretschel G, Lenz M. (2022). "Effects of artificial light at night on the feeding behaviour of three marine benthic grazers from the Adriatic Sea are species-specific and mostly short-lived". Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185, 114303. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114303