Miss Cordelia Roberts

PhD Researcher in Environmental Genomics and Microbial Oceanography. 

The roles of fungi in aquatic systems, both freshwater and marine have long been overlooked in comparison to their roles in terrestrial environments. There is a growing awareness of their potential ecological and biogeochemical roles within freshwater and pelagic oceans. Fungal sequences represent a large proportion of eukaryotic sequences in aquatic systems, yet a lack of true estimates on aquatic fungal diversity and biomass supports that they are clearly understudied, their roles unclear and therefore underrepresented in biogeochemical ecosystem models.

The aim of my PhD is to begin to identify the role that saprotrophic marine fungi play in the biological carbon pump and to characterise the molecular machinery behind saprotrophic degradation of particulate matter in the oceans. 

Qualifications

BSc.(Hons) Marine Biology and Oceanography with Exchange Year. First Class Honours. University of Plymouth, UK and Universität Bremen, DE. 

MRes Marine Biology. Distinction. University of Plymouth and Marine Biological Association, UK. 

Research interests

Environmental Genomics 

Microbiology

Mycology 

Biological Oceanography 

Reports & invited lectures

Young Marine Biologist Summit 2019 Keynote Speaker 'Snow underwater? There's snow such thing' Marine Biological Association, UK.