Research fellow and lecturer at School of BEES and AFDC. Research interests include aquatic animal health (marine invertebrates and gannets), immunology and life cycle studies of shellfish parasites and disease-causing pathogens. Diagnostic techniques, cytology, histology, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), quantitative PCR and in situ hybridisation (ISH), are routinely used to screen for pathogens.

Aquatic animal healthShellfish health and diseasePathogen life cycleReservoirs of infectionHost and pathogen population geneticsShellfish restoration

Undergraduate (BSc) teaching: · ZY2005 Invertebrate Diversity. This module provides an in depth theoretical knowledge of selected invertebrate animal groups. Lecture on “Urochordata, Tunicates/Sea squirts” (2hr) · ZY3019 Adaptations to Extreme Environments- this module examines the different types of adaptations of animals, in response to extreme environments. Lecture on “Desert Adaptations” (2hr), Student Seminars examiner (6hr) · ZY2007 Practical Invertebrate Skills- this module provides the opportunity to gain necessary practical skills in identification and morphology of selected invertebrate animal groups, including relating structure to function. Practical (3hr) & Field trip (5hr) ZY4022 Parasitology-this module provides insight into key principles and concepts in parasitology and develop skills in a variety of key laboratory techniques. Lecture (2hr) & Practical (6hr) Postgraduate (MSc Marine Biology) teaching: · BL6016 Marine Ecology and Conservation. This module examines the main characteristics of the marine environment, its key biological processes an in depth knowledge of a range of marine biomes and their conservation. Lecture on “Plankton and Life Cycles” (3hr), “Deep Sea” (2hr), “Seawater Chemistry” Laboratory Practical (3hr), "Invasive species and Aquaculture" (1hr) and “Bonamia ostreae infection in the European oyster” (1hr) BL6020