Geoff Wigham

Dr Geoff Wigham

Job title: Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) Academic Subject Leader, School of Marine Science and Engineering (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: A402, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584655
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 232970

Role
Programme Leader - Marine Biology & Oceanography
Assessment Tutor
Director of Practical Provision
Management Team Member - Experiential Learning CETL
Developmental Manager for the Resource Laboratory (LAB+) development within CETL

Qualifications & background
1970 B.Sc. (Hons) Zoology, 1st Class – University of Reading
1974 Ph.D. University of Reading
1973 – 1976 Royal Society Research Fellow – University of Wales, Swansea
1976 – 1979 Lecturer in Marine Biology - University of Wales, Swansea
1979 - 1994 Senior Lecture in Marine Biology - University of Plymouth
1994 - Principal Lecturer in Marine Biology - University of Plymouth
1999 - 2002 Director of Marine Biology - St George's University, Grenada
1999 - Visiting Professor of Marine Biology - St George's University, Grenada

HSE Commercial Diving Certificate – Part IV
HSE Commercial Diving Certificate – Part III

Professional membership

Member of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
Member of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association

Teaching interests

Research interests
Biology and feeding of intertidal marine invertebrates; shell form and environmental stress in marine gastropod molluscs; molluscan taxonomy; bio-transfer of heavy metals through marine food chains; marine conservation and environmental impact assessment.