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Staff working for and represented by the Marine Institute

Marine Institute operations team

Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS

Director of the Marine Institute

Professor of Marine Biology
Dr Martha Hall

Marine Institute Project Manager
Karen Hood-Cree

Project Manager

Marine Institute Senior Administrator

Marine Institute strategy team

Mr Kevin Forshaw

Director of Industrial and Strategic Partnerships

Industrial and Strategic Partnerships
Professor Alex Nimmo Smith

Professor of Marine Science and Technology

Engineering and the marine environment & Marine Institute Consultancy Group
Dr Martyn Hann

Associate Head of School (PG Education)

Engineering and the marine environment & Marine Institute Consultancy Group
Dr Sanjay Sharma

Associate Professor in Intelligent Autonomous Control Systems

Engineering and the marine environment
Dr Daniel Merrifield

Associate Professor of Fish Health and Nutrition

Marine biology, ecology and conservation
Professor John Spicer

Professor

Marine biology, ecology and conservation
Dr Simon Ussher

Associate Professor of Marine and Analytical Chemistry

Marine biogeochemistry
Professor Mark Fitzsimons

Professor of Environmental Chemistry

Marine biogeochemistry
Dr Christopher Smart

Associate Professor (Reader) in Palaeontology

Marine geosciences
Dr Michelle Harris

Associate Professor in Earth Sciences

Marine geosciences & Marine Institute Consultancy Group
Dr Mark Holton

Associate Professor in Human Geography

Coastal geography and marine policy
Dr Stavros Karamperidis

Lecturer in Maritime Economics

Shipping and maritime business
Dr Kimberly Tam

Associate Professor in Cybersecurity

Shipping and maritime business
Dr Mandy Bloomfield

Associate Professor in Modern and Contemporary Literature

Marine culture
Mr Jason Lowther

Associate Professor of Law

Marine and maritime law

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