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309 Craig Mair

School of Ocean Sciences

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Menai Bridge LL59 5AB

Wales, UK

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I am a lecturer in biological oceanography and an observational marine scientist with broad research interests lying at the interface between physical oceanography and marine ecology. I am interested in the following themes: marine optics and primary productivity; abiotic conditions and physical processes influencing the biogeography, structure, and function of marine ecosystems (both on the continental shelf and in the deep ocean); physical oceanographic phenomena and marine animal behaviour; ocean structure and circulation, global ocean change, and their implications for climate regulation and biophysical ecology.

I have a background in physics and ocean sciences, completing a Ph.D. (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ, Wales) in 2015 on tidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for benthic algae. I completed post-docs in deep-sea research at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ and at the University of Bergen (Norway), before returning to the UK to work on an ocean-atmosphere climate change project, ArctiCONNECT (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ-Oxford), and an Agulhas leakage project, QUICCHE (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ). My lectureship at Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ commenced in 2024.

Research Areas: Marine Ecology; Ocean Physics; Earth System Science and Climate Change.

• PhD: Physical Oceanography (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ)
  2015
• BSc: Ocean Science (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ)
  2010
• Other: Physics (University of Durham)
  2008

Teaching

• Produced an undergraduate textbook 'Tides: A Very Short Introduction' (OUP, 2019) together with Prof. D.G. Bowers
• Sponges lecture, BNS 1002 Organismal Diversity, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ (2017)
• Marine Optics Short Course, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique (2012)
• Many and various teaching assistant/demonstrating/school's outreach roles.

Supervision

Nuffield Research Placement Students:

• Bryn Harris (2016) - deep-sea research
• Gokul Krishna (2017) - deep-sea research

NERC Research Experience Placement Students:

• Richard Anderson (from Uni. Strathclyde; 2017) - water masses/sponge biogeography project

ERASMUS Research Internships:

• Florian Barge (from ENSTA-Bretagne; 2022) - Arctic wind forcing changes with sea-ice decline

M.Sc. Students:

• Christina Thiele (2013) - tidal light variation effects on the behaviour of starfish
• Heidi Meyer (2017) - spatial patterns and community composition of an Arctic sponge ground
• Mel Decker (2023) - Spatial distribution of the tidal modulation of seabed light
• Seren Jones (2024) - Light and the foraging behaviour of diving seabirds

Ph.D. Students:

• Heidi Meyer (2018-22) - Arctic deep-sea sponge ground ecosystems

2024

• Published
  Marsh, R., Dey, D., Lenn, Y.-D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jul 2024, In: Climate Dynamics. 62, 8, p. 8227-8253 27 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• Published
  Meyer, H. K., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M., Xavier, J. R., Ribeiro, P. A., Glenner, H., Birkely, S.-R. & Rapp, H. T., 1 Jan 2023, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 191, 1 p., 103920.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• Published
  Busch, K., Slaby, B. M., Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E. M., Sipkema, D., Pita, L., Schupp, P. J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 2 Sept 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5160 .
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Samuelsen, A., Schrum, C., Yumruktepe, V. C., Daewel, U. & Roberts, E. M., 24 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• Published
  Beazley, L., Kenchington, E., Murillo, F. J., Brickman, D., Wang, Z., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M. & Rapp, H. T., 7 Jan 2021, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 657, p. 1-23
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jun 2021, EDP Sciences.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• Published
  Hanz, U., Roberts, E. M., Duineveld, G., Davies, A., van Haren, H., Rapp, H. T., Reichart, G.-J. & Mienis, F., 1 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 126, 3, e2020JC016776.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G., Meyer, H. K., Samuelsen, A., Rapp, H. T. & Cardenas, P., 4 Feb 2021, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 659, p. 75-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• Published
  Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Mienis, F. & Rapp, H. T., 9 Jun 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Busch, K., Hanz, U., Mienis, F., Mueller, B., Franke, A., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 8 Jul 2020, In: Biogeosciences. 17, 13, p. 3471-3486
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Bowers, D. G., Roberts, E. M., Hoguane, A. M., Fall, K. A., Massey, G. M. & Friedrichs, C. T., May 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 125, 5, 9 p., e2020JC016172.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Morrison, K. M., Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T., Colaco, A. & Pham, C. K., 23 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 1 Feb 2020, Oxford University Press. 168 p. (Very Short Introductions)
  Research output: Book/Report › Book

2019

• Published
  Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Davies, A., 1 Nov 2019, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 153, 103137, 103137.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Roberts, E., Mienis, F., Rapp, H. T., Hans, U., Meyer, H. & Davies, A., Aug 2018, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 138, August, p. 98-113
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Roberts, E., Bowers, D. & Davies, A., Jan 2018, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 1, p. 91-106
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• Published
  Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G. & Davies, A. J., 1 Apr 2014, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 132, p. 116-129
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• Published
  Bowers, D., Roberts, E., White, M. & Moate, B., 2013, In: Continental Shelf Research. 58, p. 12-20
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 09/01/2023 – 30/04/2023 (Finished)

Grant Awards:

• ‘Researcher like me…’ – Supporting diversity in our research community through relatable role models and exemplar pathways to success (2024) - £2000 - (PI: Emyr Martyn Roberts, Co-I: Prof. Shelagh Malham; Prof. Yueng-Djern Lenn; Dr. Lynda Yorke; Gwyn Roberts; Dr. Tracey Lloyd (all Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ×ÊÁÏ); Prof. Philip Asare (University of Toronto, Canada)). HEFCW Enhancing Research Culture

• ReAct - Revealing Climate Change Activism and Bias in Environmental Scientists (2023) - approx. £19,000 - NERC cross-discipline (Linguistics, Psychology, Ocean/Earth Sciences; PI: Emyr Martyn Roberts) research for Discovery Science

• EQUINOR Industry-Sponsored Research Project (2019) - approx. 1,000,000 NOK - investigation of hydrothermal vent sites near mid-ocean ridges (proposal contribution; grant currently managed by Dr. Pedro Ribeiro, University of Bergen)
• NERC Research Experience Placement Grant (2017) - approx. £2,500 - 8-week stipend for a student to work under my supervision mapping sponge species to water masses in the Nordic Seas

Projects (worked on):

• NERC-NSF QUICCHE project (Jan-Mar 2024)
• NERC-funded ArctiCONNECT project (2021-2023)
• EU Horizon 2020-funded SponGES project (2016-2020)
• NERC-funded BRITICE CHRONO and CLAM projects (2015-2016)
• NERC-funded DTP project (Ph.D.; 2010-2015) - Tidal modulation of seabed light
• NERC/MoD-funded project (2010) - Application of remote sensing to the measurement of marine particle sizes and their relation to turbulence.