Nicole Caputo
I am an Italian biologist with a Master’s Degree in Marine Biology at the Università Politecnica delle Marche (Ancona, Italy). During my studies I developed interest on phytoplankton diversity and ecology with a focus on Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and their impacts. After my master I had the opportunity to visit different laboratories and international […]
David Smyth
I am a PhD student at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Galway. My research focuses on the conservation of Lesser Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros), specifically I am looking at how variables in habitat composition, diet and interspecific competition can affect their occurrence and range in Ireland. This research uses a variety of methods including invertebrate recording, […]
Eleonora Cariolato
I’m an Italian marine biologist with a background in Natural Science, who graduated in 2020 with the International Master Degree in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) from the University of Ghent (Belgium). During my master, I had the opportunity to study at three different universities, The University of Oviedo (Spain), the Sorbonne University (France) and the […]
Carla de Cerff
I’m from sunny South Africa, currently doing a PhD in aquatic science. I graduated with a masters in Biological Sciences from the University of Cape Town, and spent some time working at a rehabilitation centre for injured sea turtles before coming to Galway. This has left me with a profound admiration for the complexity and […]
Jordan Singh Moss
My background is in epidemiology with a bachelor’s in veterinary bioscience, having experience in aquaculture vaccine development at Aqua Bio-Tech (Malta) and disease monitoring at the Wildlife Epidemiology Department of the Zoological Society of London (UK). I graduated in 2020 from an Erasmus Mundus MSc in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRsea). Since then, I worked at […]
Francesca Cucchi
I’m Francesca Cucchi, PhD student at the ATU and MI under the supervision of Luca Mirimin, Fiona Kavanagh, and Dave Clarke. I’m working within the PSP Safe Project, concerning food safety and the development of molecular tools for the detection of the toxic phytoplankton genus Alexandrium. My background is in biological science (BSc) and global change ecology […]
Sean O’Callaghan
I graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology from the then Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) in 2018 where I focused on developing a way to measure live Irish common dolphins using laser photogrammetry for my thesis. I continued my measurement work during my MSc in Conservation Behaviour also at GMIT […]
Madhuri Angel Baxla
Miguel Blázquez Hervás
I completed a BSc. in Biology at the Autonomous University of Madrid in 2017. My thesis was focused on ant behaviour ecology. In the same year, I joined the International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea) which took me to Oviedo, Ancona and, eventually, Galway (GMIT). For my master thesis, I studied the […]
Hayley Campbell
I hold an honours degree in Marine Science from the National University of Ireland, Galway (2016). I completed an International Master of Science in Marine Biological Resources (IMBRSea). As part of this programme, I studied in The University of the Algarve, Portugal (UAlg) (2017) and the MFRC in GMIT (2018). Following my masters, I worked […]