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Biography

Tim has a BSc in Environmental Science from University College Cork (2005), a PhD from Dublin City University (2012), and subsequently held several postdoctoral positions at DCU and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), before joining the Environmental Sciences programme at University College Cork (UCC) as a lecturer in 2016. In this capacity, Tim contributes widely to teaching, and leads an active research group in Environmental Science. During his time at UCC, Tim has led the development of a range of new initiatives, including introducing international fieldtrips into the Environmental Science undergraduate programme, and an MRES in Environmental Science at UCC in 2018.
Tim is also a former Director (2021 - 2023) of the UNEP Global Environmental Monitoring System for Freshwater (UNEP GEMS/Water) Capacity Development Centre (CDC), a centre established at UCC in 2015 to provide global capacity development in water quality monitoring and assessment. In this capacity, Tim had responsibility for the development and delivery of a wide range of capacity development products globally, including PGDip and MSc courses, continuous professional courses, free eLearning courses, design and delivery of global workshops, and design and delivery of a range of technical guidance documents on the subject of Freshwater Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment. ‍

Research Interests

Tim’s current research focuses on environmental monitoring and environmental contamination, with a particular emphasis on aquatic environments. Ongoing projects include monitoring metal contamination in fish products in Nigeria, metal contamination in Irish urban soils, effects of floods and droughts on nutrient mobility in Irish soils, and citizen science approaches to environmental monitoring. Past projects have focused on the development of sensor technologies in environmental monitoring, understanding biofilm development and diatom growth in aquatic environments, and the effect of biomimetic and bio-inspired micro and nano-structured surfaces on biofilm development.

Research Grants

	Project	Funding Body	Start Date	End Date	Award
	Macroinvertebrates as a novel biomonitor for nanoparticles in freshwater systems	Irish Research Council	01-OCT-18	30-SEP-22	€102,125.00
	Less HG - Assessment of the environment and health impacts arising from mercury-free dental restorative materials (as collaborator).	Environmental Protection Agency	01-OCT-18	01-OCT-20	€150,000.00
	Flexible Environmental Monitoring Platforms: FLEXIMON (as collaborator)	Marine Institute	01-APR-18	01-APR-19	€77,243.03
	Antifouling Materials for Environmental Sensors (AMES)	Irish Research Council			€6,000.00
	Royal Irish Academy (now re-named Charlemont Grants)	Royal Irish Academy			€2,500.00
	Support for ICES ASC Conference	Marine Institute	21-AUG-13	12-NOV-13	€750.00
	SmartBay Ireland National Infrastructure Access Program Award 2015	Marine Institute			€25,000.00
	NAP 181 Antifouling materials	Tyndall National Institute National Access Programme

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Publications

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Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2024)	'Innovative solutions for global water quality challenges: insights from a collaborative hackathon event' Igor Chernov, Melchior Elsler, Thomas Maillart, Caterina Cacciatori, Simona Tavazzi, Bernd Manfred Gawlik, Yuliya Vystavna, Afroditi Anastasaki, Carolyn DuBois, Stuart Warner, Merrie Beth Neely, Windi Muziasari, Kilian Christ, Tommaso Abrate, Anham Salyani, Timothy Sullivan (2024) 'Innovative solutions for global water quality challenges: insights from a collaborative hackathon event'. Frontiers In Water, 6 [DOI] [Details]
	(2024)	'Still waters and deep: Habitat characteristics, density and distribution of a lake-dwelling population of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera' Simon Harrison, Kieran Cowhig & Timothy Sullivan (2024) 'Still waters and deep: Habitat characteristics, density and distribution of a lake-dwelling population of the freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera'. Global Ecology And Conservation, 54 (e03130) [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Metals in urban soils of Europe: A systematic review' Binner H;Sullivan T;Jansen MAK;McNamara ME; (2023) 'Metals in urban soils of Europe: A systematic review'. Science of The Total Environment, 854 [DOI] [Details]
	(2022)	'Characteristics of wastewater originating from dental practices using predominantly mercury-free dental materials' Binner, Hannah;Kamali, N.;Harding, Mairead;Sullivan, Timothy (2022) 'Characteristics of wastewater originating from dental practices using predominantly mercury-free dental materials'. Science of The Total Environment, 814 :152632 1-8 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2022)	'The role of water quality monitoring in the sustainable use of ambient waters' DV Chpman & Timothy Sullivan (2022) 'The role of water quality monitoring in the sustainable use of ambient waters'. One Earth, [DOI] [Details]
	(2021)	'Thiophilicity is a determinant of bioaccumulation in benthic fauna' O'Callaghan, Irene; Fitzpatrick, Dara; Sullivan, Timothy (2021) 'Thiophilicity is a determinant of bioaccumulation in benthic fauna'. Environmental Pollution, 294 :1-7 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2020)	'Applying citizen science to monitor for the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2: a review' Quinlivan L.;Chapman D.V.;Sullivan T. (2020) 'Applying citizen science to monitor for the Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 6.3.2: a review'. Environmental Monitoring And Assessment, 192 (4) [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Shedding the load: moulting as a cause of variability in whole-body metal concentrations' O’Callaghan, Irene; Sullivan, Timothy (2020) 'Shedding the load: moulting as a cause of variability in whole-body metal concentrations'. Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 40 (6):725-733   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2020)	'Recent Developments in Biomimetic Antifouling Materials: A Review' Sullivan T;O'Callaghan I; (2020) 'Recent Developments in Biomimetic Antifouling Materials: A Review'. Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland), 5 (4) [DOI] [Details]
	(2020)	'Validating citizen science monitoring of ambient water quality for the United Nations sustainable development goals' Quinlivan, Lauren; Chapman, Deborah V.; Sullivan, Timothy (2020) 'Validating citizen science monitoring of ambient water quality for the United Nations sustainable development goals'. Science of The Total Environment, 699 [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2019)	'The freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus as a model biomonitor of environmental pollution: A review' O'Callaghan, Irene; Harrison, Simon; Fitzpatrick, Dara; Sullivan, Timothy (2019) 'The freshwater isopod Asellus aquaticus as a model biomonitor of environmental pollution: A review'. Chemosphere, 235 :498-509   [DOI] [Full Text] [Details]
	(2019)	'Antifouling and Fouling-Release Performance of Photo-Embossed Fluorogel Elastomers' Kommeren, S., Guerin, A.J., Dale, M.L., Ferguson, J., Lyall, G., Reynolds, K.J., Clare, A.S., Bastiaansen, C.W. and Sullivan, T., (2019) 'Antifouling and Fouling-Release Performance of Photo-Embossed Fluorogel Elastomers'. Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering, 7 (11) [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'The problem of agricultural diffuse pollution: Getting to the point' Harrison, S;McAree, C;Mulville, W;Sullivan, T (2019) 'The problem of agricultural diffuse pollution: Getting to the point'. Science of The Total Environment, 677 :700-717 [DOI] [Details]
	(2019)	'Cell Shape and Surface Colonisation in the Diatom Genus Cocconeis—An Opportunity to Explore Bio-Inspired Shape Packing?' Timothy Sullivan (2019) 'Cell Shape and Surface Colonisation in the Diatom Genus Cocconeis—An Opportunity to Explore Bio-Inspired Shape Packing?'. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Occurrence of Selected Metals in Wastewater Effluent and Surface Water in Ireland' Jones, L;Sullivan, T;Kinsella, B;Furey, A;Regan, F (2017) 'Occurrence of Selected Metals in Wastewater Effluent and Surface Water in Ireland'. Analytical Letters, 50 :724-737 [DOI] [Details]
	(2017)	'Marine diatom settlement on microtextured materials in static field trials' T Sullivan and F Regan (2017) 'Marine diatom settlement on microtextured materials in static field trials'. Journal Of Materials Science, [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Rapid Prototyped Biomimetic Antifouling Surfaces for Marine Applications' O' Neill, Paul and Barrett, Alan and Sullivan, Timothy and Regan, Fiona and Brabazon, Dermot (2016) 'Rapid Prototyped Biomimetic Antifouling Surfaces for Marine Applications'. Materials Today, 3 (2):527-532 [Details]
	(2016)	'Versatile Self-Cleaning Coating Production Through Sol-Gel Chemistry' Power, AC;Barrett, A;Abubakar, J;Suarez, LJ;Ryan, L;Wencel, D;Sullivan, T;Regan, F (2016) 'Versatile Self-Cleaning Coating Production Through Sol-Gel Chemistry'. Advanced Engineering Materials, 18 :76-82 [DOI] [Details]
	(2016)	'Tunable surface topography in fluoropolymers using photo-embossing' Kommeren, S;Sullivan, T;Bastiaansen, CWM (2016) 'Tunable surface topography in fluoropolymers using photo-embossing'. RSC Advances, 6 :69117-69123 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'Data analysis from a low-cost optical sensor for continuous marine monitoring' Kevin Murphy, Timothy Sullivan, Brendan Heery, Fiona Regan (2015) 'Data analysis from a low-cost optical sensor for continuous marine monitoring'. Sensors And Actuators B: Chemicalsensors And Actuators B: Chemical, 214 :211-217 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	'A low-cost autonomous optical sensor for water quality monitoring' Murphy, K;Heery, B;Sullivan, T;Zhang, D;Paludetti, L;Lau, KT;Diamond, D;Costa, E;O'Connor, N;Regan, F (2015) 'A low-cost autonomous optical sensor for water quality monitoring'. Talanta, 132 :520-527 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Detection and classification of anomalous events in water quality datasets within a smart city-smart bay project' Zhang, Dian and Sullivan, Timothy and Briciu Burghina, Ciprian Constantin and Murphy, Kevin and McGuinness, Kevin and O'Connor, Noel E and Smeaton, Alan F and Regan, Fiona (2014) 'Detection and classification of anomalous events in water quality datasets within a smart city-smart bay project'. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 7 (1\&2):167-178 [Details]
	(2014)	'Characterization and anti-settlement aspects of surface micro-structures from Cancer pagurus' Sullivan, T;McGuinness, K;O'Connor, NE;Regan, F (2014) 'Characterization and anti-settlement aspects of surface micro-structures from Cancer pagurus'. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 9 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Determination of spatial and temporal variability of pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations in a seasonally hypoxic semi-enclosed marine basin using continuous monitoring' Sultivan, T;Byrne, C;Harman, L;Davenport, J;McAllen, R;Regan, F (2014) 'Determination of spatial and temporal variability of pH and dissolved oxygen concentrations in a seasonally hypoxic semi-enclosed marine basin using continuous monitoring'. Analytical Methods, 6 :5489-5497 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Continuous high-frequency monitoring of estuarine water quality as a decision support tool: a Dublin Port case study' Briciu-Burghina, C;Sullivan, T;Chapman, J;Regan, F (2014) 'Continuous high-frequency monitoring of estuarine water quality as a decision support tool: a Dublin Port case study'. Environmental Monitoring And Assessment, 186 :5561-5580 [DOI] [Details]
	(2014)	'Bioinspired synthetic macroalgae: Examples from nature for antifouling applications' Chapman, J;Hellio, C;Sullivan, T;Brown, R;Russell, S;Kiterringham, E;Le Nor, L;Regan, F (2014) 'Bioinspired synthetic macroalgae: Examples from nature for antifouling applications'. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 86 :6-13 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Antifouling performances of macro-to micro-to nano-copper materials for the inhibition of biofouling in its early stages' Chapman, James and Le Nor, Laurianne and Brown, Robert and Kitteringham, Eolann and Russell, Sonia and Sullivan, Timothy and Regan, Fiona (2013) 'Antifouling performances of macro-to micro-to nano-copper materials for the inhibition of biofouling in its early stages'. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1 (45):6194-6200 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'High resolution monitoring of episodic stratification events in an enclosed marine system' Sullivan, T;Broszeit, S;O'Sullivan, KPA;McAllen, R;Davenport, J;Regan, F (2013) 'High resolution monitoring of episodic stratification events in an enclosed marine system'. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science, 123 :26-33 [DOI] [Details]
	(2013)	'Antifouling performances of macro- to micro- to nano-copper materials for the inhibition of biofouling in its early stages' Chapman, J;Le Nor, L;Brown, R;Kitteringham, E;Russell, S;Sullivan, T;Regan, F (2013) 'Antifouling performances of macro- to micro- to nano-copper materials for the inhibition of biofouling in its early stages'. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 1 :6194-6200 [DOI] [Details]
	(2011)	'Biomimetic Design Of Novel Antifouling Materials For Application To Environmental Sensing Technologies' Sullivan, Tim and Regan, Fiona (2011) 'Biomimetic Design Of Novel Antifouling Materials For Application To Environmental Sensing Technologies'. [Details]
	(2011)	'The characterization, replication and testing of dermal denticles of Scyliorhinus canicula for physical mechanisms of biofouling prevention' Sullivan T;Regan F; (2011) 'The characterization, replication and testing of dermal denticles of Scyliorhinus canicula for physical mechanisms of biofouling prevention'. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 6 (4) [DOI] [Details]

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Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	'Biofouling And Biofilm Prevention On Aquatic Sensors' T. Sullivan , A. Barrett, A.C. Power AND F. Regan (2017) 'Biofouling And Biofilm Prevention On Aquatic Sensors' In: P.S. Murthy (eds). Biofilms in Environment: Process Applications and their control. India: Narosa. [Details]
	(2012)	'Characterisation of Nano-antimicrobial Materials' Sullivan, Timothy and Chapman, James and Regan, Fiona (2012) 'Characterisation of Nano-antimicrobial Materials' In: Springer. [Details]

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Books

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	Nanoparticles in anti-microbial materials: Use and characterisation. Chapman, James and Regan, Fiona and Sullivan, Timothy (2012) Nanoparticles in anti-microbial materials: Use and characterisation. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry. [Details]

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Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2016)	MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS O'Neill, P;Barrett, A;Sullivan, T;Regan, F;Brabazon, D (2016) Rapid prototyped biomimetic antifouling surfaces for marine applications MATERIALS TODAY-PROCEEDINGS , pp.527-532 [DOI] [Details]
	(2015)	OCEANS 2015-Genova Zhang, Dian and Sullivan, Timothy and O'Connor, Noel E and Gillespie, Randy and Regan, Fiona (2015) Coastal fog detection using visual sensing OCEANS 2015-Genova , pp.1-5 [Details]
	(2013)	Martech 2013 5th International Workshop on Marine Technology Sullivan, T and Regan, F (2013) Challenges and opportunities associated with monitoring marine anoxic zones with autonomous sensors \_an irish perspective Martech 2013 5th International Workshop on Marine Technology [Details]
	(2013)	Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Multimedia analysis for ecological data Zhang, Dian and O'Connor, Edel and Sullivan, Timothy and McGuinness, Kevin and Regan, Fiona and O'Connor, Noel E (2013) Smart multi-modal marine monitoring via visual analysis and data fusion Proceedings of the 2nd ACM international workshop on Multimedia analysis for ecological data , pp.29-34 [Details]
	(2013)	Martech 2013 5th International Workshop on Marine Technology Sullivan, T and Regan, F (2013) Can modification of surface topography represent a viable method of biofouling control in marine environments? Martech 2013 5th International Workshop on Marine Technology [Details]

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Other Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2011)	'Combating bio-fouling of sensors and environmental platforms in the marine environment' Regan, Fiona and Sullivan, Timothy and Briciu, Ciprian and Chapman, James (2011) 'Combating bio-fouling of sensors and environmental platforms in the marine environment' Instrument. Viewpoint, 11 . [Details]

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Professional Activities

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Journal Activities

	Journal	Role	To / From
	Journal Of Ocean Technology	Member of Editorial Board	-
	Science Of The Total Environment	Guest Editor	-
	Journal Of Marine Science And Engineering	Guest Editor	-
	Aquaculture International	Referee	-
	Bioinspiration & Biomimetics	Referee	-
	Colloids And Surfaces B-Biointerfaces	Referee	-

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Professional Associations

	Association	Function	From / To
	Environmental Sciences Association of Ireland	Member and former committee member	01-JAN-09 /
	Association for Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography	Member	/
	Royal Society of Chemistry	Member	01-JAN-08 / 01-JAN-18
	Global Lake Observation Network	Member	01-JAN-10 /

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Languages

	Language	Reading	Writing	Speaking
	Spanish	Functional	Basic	Functional

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Teaching Activities

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Teaching Interests

Tim teaches widely in the undergraduate Environmental Science programme, and coordinates the undergraduate Environmental Sciences International residential field trips. He also contributes at postgraduate level to the MSc in Applied Environmental Geology and Co-ordinates the MRes in Environmental Sciences (more details here: https://www.ucc.ie/en/bees/courses/postgrad/mresenv/)