Liam Strachan
I am currently working as a Research Assistant on the BIM Whelk Bait Project. We are developing a sustainable alternative bait to be used in the whelk fishery in Ireland, decreasing overall demands and pressure on existing bait species such as brown crab being used at present. As a budding researcher I am fortunate to […]
Erin Molloy
I completed my undergraduate degree in Zoology at University College Cork in 2017 and completed my masters in Applied Marine and Fisheries Ecology at the University of Aberdeen (Scotland) in 2019. I am currently working as a research assistant on a BIM funded project focused on developing vaccines against amoebic gill disease in farmed Salmon. […]
George Short
My research is focussed on the big picture of how aquatic ecosystems function and how that may be changing due to human impacts. I enjoy working on holistic studies which use a combination of methods to gain an understanding of which organisms live in a particular marine habitat, and how they all interact. At GMIT, […]
Dr María Pérez Tadeo
I hold a B.Sc. in Marine Sciences (University of Vigo), an international M.Sc. in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (Ghent University), and I completed a Ph.D. in Aquatic Sciences at the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre in ATU (2018-2022), supervised by Dr. Joanne O’Brien and Dr. Martin Gammell. My doctoral research was focused on the factors […]
Sally O’Meara
Hi there! I’m a graduate of GMIT with a BSc (Hons) in Applied Freshwater and Marine Biology. I work in the MFRC as a seabird research assistant. Most of my work involves carrying out boat based seabird surveys in both offshore and inshore waters, where I document their abundance and distribution which helps inform management […]
Alessio Volpato
I joined the Agro-ecology and Rural Development (ARD) group within the MFRC as research assistant in 2019. I work on various projects including the Farm-Eco and Hen Harrier projects, assisting postgraduate students during their laboratory and field work. I hold a BSc and MSc in Environmental Science from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice (Italy). My […]
Dr Julien Carlier
I joined the MFRC in 2020 as Post-doctoral researcher on the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine funded HNV_FarmForBio project. This role includes assessing ecosystem quality and modelling incentives to maintain and enhance high value nature farmland and forest in Ireland. I hold an Honours degree and PhD in Environmental Science at ITSligo. My […]
Dr Emma Gray
I completed a MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Modelling at the University of Manchester in 2015 and then went on to complete my PhD in Geography at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in 2019. My research has focused on the impacts of long-term climatic changes and extreme weather events on phytoplankton communities within […]
Dr Elena Pagter
I completed my Marine Biology BSc at the University of California, Santa Cruz. There my interest in marine pollution was fostered in Santa Cruz while engaging with the public on marine research at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center. I completed the international MSc in Marine Conservation and Biodiversity. My PhD project has been funded by […]
Dr Michelle McCormack
I graduated with an Honours degree in Human Physiology from NUIG in 2003. I obtained a Masters in Clinical Chemistry and Haematology from the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2005 and completed my PhD there in 2008. My doctoral research focused on the proteomic analysis of diabetic cell lines, particularly in the […]
