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| 2023/24 | ||||||||
 | Dina Ahmed, PhD (co-supervised with Dr Louise Horsfall, University of Edinburgh) Project: Development of novel lignin-metal nanoparticle composites as anti-corrison and antifouling solutions Profile | |||||||
 | Zuzanna Gajda-Meissner, PhD (co-supervised with Prof Teresa Fernandes) Project: Ecotoxicology of engineered nanoparticles towards safer nanotechnology Funding: FP7 NanoSolutions Profile | |||||||
| 2022/23 | ||||||||
 | Glenn Jacob Bodholdt Jessen, MSc, PhD Project: Impact of climate change on ecotoxicological biomarker endpoint baselines Funding: Heriot-Watt James Watt Scholarship | |||||||
 | T-Jay Acres, MSc Project: Baseline oxidative stress endpoints in deep-sea fish | |||||||
 | Finlay Barclay, BSc Project: Role of microplastics as vectors for environmental trace metal pollutants. | |||||||
 | Leon Forte-Doddrell, BSc Project: Role of microplastics as vectors for environmental trace metal pollutants. | |||||||
 | Victoria O’Neil, BSc Project: Plastic litter associated with stranded macro algae in the Firth of Forth. | |||||||
 | Amy Frood, BSc Project: Plastic litter associated with stranded macro algae in the Firth of Forth. | |||||||
 | Elinor Spencer, BSc Project: Climate Change and Eutrophication: The Influence of Climate Change on Eutrophication – Comparative Study of the Baltic and North Sea | |||||||
| 2021/22 | ||||||||
 | Craig Stenton, PhD (co-supervised with Prof Karen Diele, Edinburgh- Napier University) Project: Impact of multiple stressors (noise & chemicals) on the early life stages of marine invertebrates. Funding: MASTS Prize studentship Profile | |||||||
 | Lukas Baumann, MSc Project: Optimising DMSO concentrations for the cryopreservation of trout whole blood for Comet assay assessment | |||||||
 | Callum McDevit, MSc Project: The effect of pH change brought about through bubbling of CO2 in seawater, on oxidative stress biomarkers in the European Flat Oyster (Ostrea edulis) | |||||||
 | Ailish Coban, MSc Project: Priority Substances and Renewable Energy: An Investigation into Changing Policy | |||||||
| 2020/21 | ||||||||
 | Ed Bolger, PhD (co-supervised with Prof Karen Diele, Edinburgh-Napier University) Project: Impact of noise associated with the construction of marine renewable energy installations on the early life stages of marine invertebrates. Funding: MASTS Prize studentship | |||||||
 | Hannah Jacob, MSc Project: Microplastic in Estuarine Sediments Worldwide: Abundances and Methodology | |||||||
 | Kimberley Trussler, MSc Project: The effects of increasing temperature on a variety of fish species using biomarkers: A systematic review | |||||||
| Ailish Cobban, BSc Project: The Effects of Fluoxetine Exposure on Aquatic Species from Different Trophic Levels | |||||||
 | Cara Smith, BSc Project: A Comparison of Water Quality in the Firth of Forth between the 1970s and 2020 | |||||||
 | Ryan Barker, BSc Project: An assessment of algal assemblages on the intertidal rocky shores of Granton in relation to historical instances of pollution | |||||||
| 2019/20 | ||||||||
 | Naif Hassan S Ashri, PhD Project: Marine Ecotoxicology of Sediment-Associated Carbon Nanotubes Funding: Saudi Government Profile | |||||||
 | Jack Suggitt, BSc, MSc Investigating the Baseline Effects of Climate Change on the genus Mytilus) | |||||||
 | Thomas Deed, BSc The Effect of Multiple Stressors on Mussels (Mytilus edulis) as measured by the Comet assay | |||||||
 | Rohan Crichton, BSc Comet assay assessment of DNA damage of haemolymph and gill cells in Mytilus edulis induced by multiple stressors | |||||||
 | Lauren Routlegde, BSc Possible contamination and distribution of microplastics in sediments at the North West Highlands Geopark, Scotland | |||||||
 | Isaac Lonie, BSc Project: Microplastics in the North West Highlands Geopark | |||||||
 | Holly Johnannessen, BSc. Project: Determining the abundance and distribution of sedimentary microplastics in the North West of Scotland | |||||||
| 2018/19 | ||||||||
 | Antonia Hennicke, MSc Project: Impact of climate change on ecotoxicological biomarker endpoint baselines in mussels | |||||||
 | Emmy Cooper-Young, MSc Project: Impact of climate change on ecotoxicological biomarker endpoint baselines in European oysters | |||||||
 | Lucy Dallas Grindall, MSc Project: Effect of Small Oil and Gas Subsea Developments on Benthic Communities in the North Sea. An Analysis of Physico-chemical and Biological Parameters | |||||||
 | Aline Hess, MSc Project:Comparison of shark abundance and distribution over time in different kelp densities using baited remote underwater video (bruv) around dyer island, South Africa | |||||||
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| 2017/18 | ||||||||
 | Zoe Lawrence, BSc, MSc Project: microplastics in commercial shell fish | |||||||
 | Clara Blaehr-Johnson, MSc Project: Impact of Climate Change on ecotoxicological biomarkers | |||||||
 | Glenn Jessen, MSc Project: Impact of Climate Change on ecotoxicological biomarkers | |||||||
 | Rebecca Talbot, MSc Project: Microplastics in the Guajaquil, Ecuador | |||||||
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| 2016/17 | ||||||||
 | Clara MacKenzie, PhD (co-supervised with Drs Jo Porter and Bill Sanderson) Project: Vulnerability of Modiolus reefs to climate change: from mechanisms to management strategies Profile | |||||||
 | Simon Little PhD (co-supevised with Prof Teresa Fernandes) Project: FP7 NANOSOLUTIONS. Toxicity of nanomaterials, silver and titanium dioxide, in sediment and aqueous exposures Contact: | |||||||
 | Ria Devereux, MSc Project: microplastics in pelagic megaplankton | |||||||
 | Pauline Dusseau, MSc Project: Multiple stressors of coral reef health in Oman | |||||||
 | Megan Northway, MSc Project: Microplastic contamination in the Hebrides and Shetland Islands | |||||||
 | Matthew Jackson, MSc Project: Oxygen super-saturation and resilience to temperature stress in fish | |||||||
 | Ruta Praneviciute, MSc Project: Disease-related stress biomarkers in fish gills | |||||||
 | Andrew Deery, BSc Project: Microplastic contamination in Intertidal Sediments of the Southern Fife Coast. | |||||||
 | Carla Holmes, BSc Project: Microplastic Contamination in Intertidal Sediments of the Firth of Forth – South Shore. | |||||||
 | Zoe Lawrence, BSc Project: Microplastic Contamination in In tertidal Sediments of the Firth of Forth – North Shore | |||||||
 | Christos Pappoulis, BSc Project: Harmful Algal Blooms in the Aegean Sea | |||||||
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| 2015/16 | ||||||||
 | Julian Blumenröder, MSc Project: Microplastics in sediments of the Firth of Forth | |||||||
 | Pauline Sechet Project: Microplastics in sediments of the Firth of Forth | |||||||
 | Rachel Wood, BSc Project: Microplastics in Firth of Forth shore sediments | |||||||
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| 2014/15 | ||||||||
 | Hassein Alnashiri, PhD (co-supervised with Prof Teresa Fernandes) Project: Marine ecotoxicology of copper nanoparticles Funding: Saudi Government | |||||||
 | Virginia Echavarri Bravo, PhD Project: Marine Ecotoxicology of Silver nanoparticles Virginia is now a Post-Doctoral Research at the University of Edinburgh. Contact: Virginia.Echavarri@ed.ac.uk | |||||||
 | Majed Al-Shaeri, PhD Project: Marine ecotoxicology of carbon nanotubes Majed is now lecturer at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah Profile | |||||||
 | Matthew Smedley, MSc Project: Impacts of Thermal and Hypoxic Stress on the Horse Mussel (Modiolus modiolus) | |||||||
 | Anneka Watson, MSc Project: Toxicity of glass wool to Mytilus edulis; the influence of ocean acidification | |||||||
 | Neil Mearns, MSc Project: Microplastics in the marine environment – towards a Scottish baseline | |||||||
 | Shanna Paterson, MSc Project: Microplastics in the marine environment – towards a Scottish baseline | |||||||
 | Philip Turner, MSc Project: Genotoxic potential of sediment along coastline (SE Gulf of Trieste) In collaboration with National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia | |||||||
 | Margaret Miller, BSc Project: Comparing Neutral Red Retention Microscope and Microplate Assay Techniques in Detecting Engineered Nanomaterial damage in the cells of Mytilus edulis | |||||||
 | Shea Connor, BSc Project: Marine environmental immunotoxicology of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. | |||||||
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| 2013/14 | ||||||||
 | María Eugenia García Neira, MSc Project: Effects of oil pollution on flatfish: interspecies comparison of CYP1A activity and bile PAH-metabolite concentrations in dab and plaice collected from Scottish waters. In collaboration with Marine Scotland. | |||||||
 | Blažka Smiljanic, MSc Project: Potential impact of Climate Change on baseline ecotoxicological biomarkers. In collaboration with National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station, Piran, Slovenia Blažka has secured a position as shellfish cultivation research associate at NFC Marine Centre (UNI), Shetland http://www.nafc.ac.uk | |||||||
 | Kirsty Todd, BSc Project: Marine ecotoxicology of oilfield chemicals | |||||||
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| 2012/13 | ||||||||
 | Omar Mohammed Alharbi, PhD Project: Environmental impact of Oil production discharge Funding: Saudi Government Omar is now the Saudi government representative at the UN on environmental sustainable development | |||||||
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| 2011/12 | ||||||||
 | Claire Bankier, MSc Project: Marine ecotoxicology of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Claire went to do a PhD at UCL. | |||||||
 | Calum Stronach, BSc Project: Marine ecotoxicology of oilfield chemicals Calum went on to become diving officer at the British Antarctic Survey. | |||||||
 | Océane Guillemet, Intern Project: Ecotoxicological impact of silver nanoparticles on marine microbial communities Océane went to work as a Technical Consultant with International Centre for Coastal Ecohydrology (ICCE), Faro, Portugal LinkedIn profile | |||||||
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| 2010/11 | ||||||||
 | Majed Al-Shaeri, MSc Project: Ecotoxicological synergisms of single-wall carbon nanotubes | |||||||
 | Bryony Carr, MRes Project: Correlating Microtox® data with metazoan biomarkers of toxicity | |||||||
 | Fiona Mc Cluskey, MRes Project: Comparative study of dispersants in single-walled carbon nanotube toxicology | |||||||
 | Rebecca Grieve, BSc Project: Marine ecotoxicology of oilfield chemicals (Best Applied Marine Biology Dissertation 2010/11) | |||||||
 | Adrien Largeau, Intern Project: Marine ecotoxicology of drilling mud | |||||||
 | Rupika Singh, Intern Project: Impact of environmental factors on baseline Comet assay data. | |||||||
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| 2009/10 | ||||||||
 | Iain Hannah, MSc Project: Ecotoxicological impact of silver nanoparticles on marine microbial communities | |||||||
 | Dina Ahmed, MRes Project: Ecotoxicology of oil industry-related nanomaterials | |||||||
 | Reinier ‘Dutch’ Zoutenbier, BSc, MSc Project: Impact of environmental factors on baseline Comet assay data Dutch went on to do our MSc Programme Marine Resource Development and Protection (MRDP) and is now an environmental consultant with RoyalHaskoningDVH Contact: | Mireia Fontcuberta, MRes Project: Toxicity of produced water | ||||||
 | Bastien Queste, MSc PhD Project: Ecotoxicology of engineered nanomaterials Bastien went on to do a PhD at the University of East Anglia, where he is now a Senior Research Associate | |||||||
 | Fanchon Wright, MSc Project: Ecotoxicology of engineered nanomaterials Fanchon went on to work for Frontier as an Assistant Research Officer on their Madagascar Marine Research Project (http://www.frontier.ac.uk/) | |||||||
 | Michael Woods, MSc Project: Ecotoxicology of engineered nanomaterials | |||||||
 | Gavin Turner, BSc, PhD Project: Genotoxic effects of exposure to engineered nanomaterials. Gavin has since completed a PhD with the Scottish Association of Marine Science in Oban. | |||||||
 | Samamtha Colvin, BSc Project: Genotoxic effects of exposure to engineered nanomaterials | |||||||
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| 2007/08 | ||||||||
 | Emilie Sinet MSc Project: Preservation methods of field collected bivalve DNA for the purpose of delayed DNA strand break assessment using the Comet assay. Emilie worked as an environmental business consultant for Oil & Gas UK and now works for Nexen Inc. | |||||||
 | Cordelia Denby, MSc Project: An investigation of the recovery of the marine environment from a spill of driling mud. Cordelia now works for Kite Innovation supporting their growing portfolio of FP7 projects. | |||||||
 | Kate Rooney, BSc Projects: DNA strand breaks in marine invertebrates as a biomarker of exposure to sediment-associated contaminants Kate is now an Assistant Manager and Outreach Coordinator for Ocean Spirits Inc on Grenada | |||||||
 | Stuart Cuthertson, BSc Projects: Macrofaunal communities in contaminated and clean sediments of the Forth Estuary | |||||||
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