Highest Degree
PhD (part-time) Harbour Porpoise Acoustics & Ecology; MSci Marine Resource, Development & Protection, BCom Business & Economics; HND Marine Engineerin
Job Type
Research
Data Management
Information Management & Library
Natural Resource Management
Operational Support (technical)
Commercial (Sales & Marketing)
Technical Advice & Consulting
Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Chemical Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Climatology
Meteorology
Fisheries
Aquaculture
Marine Biotechnology
Marine Products
Marine and Coastal Engineering
Policy
Law
Economics
Management
Pollution
Research Support Services
Activities
Clients have included the media, academia, government, consultancies, aquaculture, marine
renewable energy device or MRED (hydropower and windfarms), geophysical (seismic and drilling
exploration), oil and gas production (rigs, platforms, FPSOs, offshore support, guard and chase vessels), hydrographical survey, pipeline (laying, trenching and rock-dumping vessels), dredging (TSHDs, split-hopper barges and backhoe jack-ups) and construction industries.
Sea regions of study
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
North Sea
Gulf of Mexico
North Atlantic Ocean
Skills
Literature reviews, advice documents, and environmental risk assessments, on the effects of anthropogenic sound on marine mammals and other megafauna; general experimental or monitoring
study design and statistical analysis; marine mammal observation (MMO), protected species observation (PSO), and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) operation; PAM systems provider and technological research and development; T-POD and C-POD (cetacean click detector) operation and analysis; bioacoustic research; underwater sound measurement and noise-field propagation modelling; oceanographical sampling; distance sampling (statistical methodology to derive biological population estimates); foraging
ecology; photography (incl. underwater); scientific and commercial diving; all for scientific research and/or for compliance environmental monitoring in accordance with industry permit requirements.
