"An investigation of the relationship between 'in service' roughness of marine coatings and their impact on boundary layer flow dynamics/drag and ship operational efficiency"
Student: Frank Bagley
Project Leader(s): Prof. Tony Clare, Drs Simon Benson and Paul Hamblett
Contact: tony.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsor(s): AkzoNobel
"Development of a novel UV-C antifouling system: application to niche areas"
Student: Paul Whitworth
Supervisory team: Prof Tony Clare; Dr Nick Aldred (Essex University); Dr Kevin Reynolds (AkzoNobel)
Contact: tony.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsor(s): Dstl
"Biofouling invertebrates and their larvae as vectors of antimicrobial resistance and marine pathogens"
Student: Jessica Clarke
Supervisory Team: Prof Tony Clare; Dr Nick Aldred (Essex University); Dr Andrew Nelson (Northumbria University); Dr Thomas Vance (PML Applications Ltd; CASE partner)
Contact: tony.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsor(s): NERC ONE Planet DTP
"Biogeographical variation in the sponge core microbiome"
Student: Sakinah Hussain Al-Haddad
Supervisory team: Prof Tony Clare and Dr Gary Caldwell
Contact: tony.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsor: Kuwait
"Future biofouling"
Student: Ainsley Hatt
Project Leader(s): Prof. Lloyd Peck (British Antarctic Survey), Prof Tony Clare, Prof Melody Clark (BAS)
Contact: tony.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Sponsor(s): NERC IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Programme
The aim of this project is to understand how biofouling of marine structures will be affected under future climate warming.
References:
Ashton, G.V., Morley, S.A., Barnes, D.K.A., Clark, M.S., Peck, L.S. (2017) Heated settlement panels show 1°C warming drives species assemblage level responses in Antarctica’s marine shallows. Current Biol. 27, 2698-2705.
Barnes, D.K.A., Ashton, G.V., Morley, S.A., Peck, L.S. (2021). 1 °C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna. Commun. Biol. 4, 208.