Richard Kirby

Dr Richard Kirby

Job title: Marine Institute Research Fellow, Marine Institute (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: Room 35, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill,
Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PB
Postal address: Room 35, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill,
Plymouth, Devon, PL1 2PB
Telephone: +44 (0)1752 633231
Facsimile: +44 (0)1752 633102
Email: richard.kirby@plymouth.ac.uk

Role

Marine Institute Research Fellow, 2011 onwards, Senior Lecturer University of Plymouth.

Leader of the Secchi Disk project www.sechidisk.org

Royal Society Research Fellow, 2003-2011, Senior Lecturer University of Plymouth.

Qualifications & background

BSc. Zoology, University of Exeter 1986.

PhD Genetics, University College, London 1992.

Broad interest in the application of molecular biology to questions in evolutionary ecology.

Author of the popular book: Ocean Drifters, a secret world beneath the waves. ISBN 1904239102

Research interests

Molecular Plankton Ecology.

Two main areas of research interest.

i) In collaboration with the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, Plymouth. The study of the plankton over meaningful spatial scales using molecular genetic methods to understand their biodiversity and ecology.

ii) In collaboration with A.S. Clare (University of Newcastle). The molecular characterisation of barnacle settlement cues and their role in the evolution of barnacles and their gregarious behaviour.

UoP Research group membership

Marine Biology & Ecology Research Centre (MBERC)

Other research

The impact of climate change on plankton communities.

Links

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