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Picture of our honorary research fellow and former colleague Ruth Brennan

Dr Ruth Brennan

Honorary Research Fellow
Expertise

Environment-society relationships; art-science collaborations; marine governance and policy; ecosystem approach

Susannah Calderan on fieldwork with acoustic probe

Susannah Calderan

Honorary Research Fellow in Marine Mammal Ecology
Expertise

Marine mammal ecology; acoustics

Dr James Clive Angus Craik

Honorary Research Fellow
Expertise

Seabirds breeding on small islands; bird-ringing; entomology (esp moths and armyworms)

Image of Prof John Day with flasks filled with micro algae

Professor John Day

Honorary research fellow
Expertise

Ex situ conservation and exploitation of protistan (microalgal & protozoan) and cyanobacterial biodiversity

A laughing Dr Stefan Gary during an informal presentation

Dr Stefan F Gary

Honorary Research Fellow in Physical Oceanography
Expertise

large-scale ocean circulation; ocean climatologies; Lagrangian pathways

Dr Leakey aboard a research vessel as principal scientific officer

Dr Raymond Leakey

Honorary Research Fellow
Expertise

Microbial ecology; polar oceanography; biogeochemistry; research vessels

Photo of David Meldrum in Antarctica with two penguins and the research vessel in the background

Professor David Meldrum FInstP

SAMS Honorary Fellow
Expertise

Polar instruments; satellite communication; autonomous instruments; sub-sea communications cables

Pedro Morua on fieldwork taking photos of seaweed on his phone

Dr Pedro Murúa

Honorary Research Fellow
Expertise

Seaweed propagation; diversity of algal diseases; seaweed immunity

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