- B509, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
- +44 1752 584915
- martin.coath@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Dr Martin Coath
Associate Lecturer
Doctoral College
Biography
Biography
I am an associate lecturer for the Doctoral College in Plymouth, Senior Researcher at the University of Lapland (Arctic Centre), and Academic Adviser for education projects at Canterbury Christ Church University.
My original research interests addressed the building of computer models of sensory systems in a field that could broadly be called computational neuroscience. Now I am involved in climate change and educational research.Qualifications
B.Sc. (Hons, Chemistry)
Professional membership
MBCS
Research
Research
Research interests
Climate change, public engagement theory and practice, auditory neuroscience, bio-inspired computation, the perception of music, and science communication.
Grants & contracts
ALAVLSI EU FET 2001-2005
EmCAP EU FET 2005-2008
COLAMN EPSRC 2008
SCANDLE 2009-2011
Creative practice & artistic projects
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Music, Science, and the Brain. Symposium. UoP, Sept. 08.
Other academic activities
I have a long standing commitment to transdisciplinary outreach and something usually called 'public engagement with science' - although I see no clear distinction between the two.
In the last few years I have helped measure the acceleration due to gravity with the help of under 10s in a public park, given the pre-concert talk at the last night of the Cheltenham Music Festival (about science and the violin), and helped out with a maths exploration day at a primary school in Cornwall. I have been to Eastern Europe, South America, Asia, and an island in the Indian Ocean to run workshops with academics, doctors and teachers. The aim of these sessions is to develop communication skills and transdisciplinary approaches to research, engagement and teaching.
I am easy to google because 'Martin Coath' is not such a common name. There is just one other in Plymouth (much younger than me) and one other who is a ornithologist in Kent who has quite a few hits so beware!
Links
My own personal space on the web is here, my publications are here and you can find out more or less everything by following these links if you go far enough.