Marine

Marine

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- Professor Louise Allcock   louise.allcock@universityofgalway.ie 

Deep-sea biology and cephalopod (octopus, cuttlefish and squid) biology

- Professor Peter Croot   peter.croot@universityofgalway.ie  

Climate change in the marine environment, marine biogeochemistry, chemical speciation, marine bio-optics, geoengineering, primary productivity – picoplankton, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), trace metal chemistry, open ocean environments

- Dr Liam Morrison   liam.morrison@universityofgalway.ie 

Environmental pollution, water quality, drinking water, marine science, microplastics, seaweed and seagrasses

- Professor Olivier Thomas   olivier.thomas@universityofgalway.ie 

Marine biodiscovery, seaweeds, sponges, metabolomics, drug discovery, climate change, harmful algal blooms, cyanobacteria, and aquaculture. Professor Thomas has also written for The Conversation

- Dr Brian Ward   bward@universityofgalway.ie    

Role of the ocean in climate, ocean-atmosphere exchange of carbon dioxide, ocean robotic instrumentation, and surface ocean physics