Media directory

This is a directory of academic staff who are available, through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on their areas of expertise. 
  • Professor Melanie Austen
    Professor of Ocean and Society
    • Climate change
    • Marine ecosystem services
    • Marine environment
    • Environmental economics
    • Marine natural capital
    • Marine management
    • Marine biodiversity
    • Marine ecosystems
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS
    Director of the Marine Institute
    • Marine pollution
    • Plastic pollution
    • Marine debris
    • Microplastics
    • Marine biology
    • Plastics
    • Government policy
    • Marine litter
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop
    Associate Professor of Marine Conservation
    • Climate change
    • Marine policy
    • Marine conservation
    • Fishing
    • Plankton
    • Marine environment
    • Government policy
    • Marine Strategy Framework Directive
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Ming Dai
    Associate Head of School - Mechanical Engineering
    • Marine renewable energy
    • Marine engineering
    • Marine propulsion and hydrodynamics
    • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Clare Embling
    Associate Professor of Marine Ecology
    • Marine renewable energy
    • Marine conservation
    • Habitat mapping
    • Marine vertebrate ecology
    • Biological oceanography
    • Bioacoustics
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Martin Attrill
    Professor of Marine Ecology
    • Biodiversity
    • Marine ecology
    • Aquatic organisms
    • Invertebrates
    • Seabeds
    • Marine conservation
    • Climate
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Philip Hosegood
    Associate Professor in Physical Oceanography
    • Marine renewable energy
    • Physical oceanography
    • Marine protected areas
    • Human element
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Ian Selby
    Director of Sustainable Geoscience
    • Sustainability
    • Georesources
    • Georesource governance
    • Georesource development and management
    • Marine minerals
    • Sand and gravel
    • Marine resource development
    • Marine infrastructure development
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Simon Ingram
    Associate Professor of Marine Conservation
    • Marine mammal conservation
    • Dolphins
    • Marine mammal behaviour
    • Cetacean conservation
    • Cetacean ecology
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Jahir Rizvi
    Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering
    • Marine vessels
    • Computational modelling of marine vessels and electronics
    • Reliability and failure analysis of micro-joints
    • Thermal management for marine electronics
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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