International Marine Litter Research Unit team
Meet our team and collaborators
Researchers
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![Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS Professor in Marine Biology]( "Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS")
Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS
Professor in Marine Biology
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![Dr Vikki Cheung Project Manager]( "Dr Vikki Cheung")
Dr Vikki Cheung
Project Manager
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![Dr Nathaniel Clark Lecturer in Physiology]( "Dr Nathaniel Clark")
Dr Nathaniel Clark
Lecturer in Physiology
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![Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones Honorary Associate Researcher]( "Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones")
Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones
Honorary Associate Researcher
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![Dr Lee Durndell Associate Professor in Clean Energy Transitions]( "Dr Lee Durndell")
Dr Lee Durndell
Associate Professor in Clean Energy Transitions
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![Mr Jason Lowther Associate Professor of Law]( "Mr Jason Lowther")
Mr Jason Lowther
Associate Professor of Law
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![Dr Freija Mendrik Research Fellow]( "Dr Freija Mendrik")
Dr Freija Mendrik
Research Fellow
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![Professor Sabine Pahl Honorary Professor of Applied Social Psychology]( "Professor Sabine Pahl")
Professor Sabine Pahl
Honorary Professor of Applied Social Psychology
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![Dr Flo Parker-Jurd Associate Research Fellow (National Highways)]( "Dr Flo Parker-Jurd")
Dr Flo Parker-Jurd
Associate Research Fellow (National Highways)
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![Professor Steven Rowland Emeritus Professor]( "Professor Steven Rowland")
Professor Steven Rowland
Emeritus Professor
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![Dr Michael Wilde Associate Professor in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry]( "Dr Michael Wilde")
Dr Michael Wilde
Associate Professor in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
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![Dr Philip Warburton Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology]( "Dr Philip Warburton")
Dr Philip Warburton
Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology
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![Professor Kayleigh Wyles Professor of Environmental Psychology]( "Professor Kayleigh Wyles")
Professor Kayleigh Wyles
Professor of Environmental Psychology
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![Dr Sarah Gall Lecturer in Marine Conservation]( "Dr Sarah Gall")
Dr Sarah Gall
Lecturer in Marine Conservation
PhD students
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![Madeleine Steer - PhD student]()
Madeleine Steer ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ PhD student
Funding NERC Industrial CASE (UKWIR).Quantifying the influence of waste water treatment on the release of microplastics to the environment, 2018 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ present.
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![Namrata Pandey ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ PhD student]()
Namrata Pandey ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ PhD student
Defining the biological importance of micro and nano-plastics on liver and gastrointestinal health, 2023 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ present. Funded by Faculty of Health, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.
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![Lucy Howarth-Foster- PhD student]()
Lucy Howarth-Forster ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ PhD student
Funding NERC CDT SuMMeR, Revealing the hidden identity and toxicity of priority chemical pollutants released during microplastic degradation and additive leaching in marine and coastal environments, 2023 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ present.
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![Mr Chun Choi, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ]()
Chun Choi - PhD student
Investigation of the release and behaviour of plastic nanofibers to air and the marine environment.
Completed PhD students
- Dr Alex Leaton, Marine plastic pollution could a liability scheme be effective to make the polluter pay, 2021 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2025
- Dr Maja Grünzner, Behavioural approaches to the microplastics problem and potential solutions, 2021 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2025
- Dr James Delaney Remote sensing sensitivity of marine and terrestrial plastic litter, 2019 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2026
- Riko Kimura, MRes Ecotoxicological impact of vehicle tyre wear particles, 2024 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2025
- Dr Zara Botterell, Funding NERC Env East DTP, Bioavailability of microplastics to zooplankton, 2017 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2021.
- Dr Chris Walkinshaw, Funding NERC Env East DTP, Does microplastic pollution pose a risk to marine life and food security? 2018 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2021.
- Dr Sohvi Nuojua, Funding UK Charity and ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ, Marine Litter: Can behavioural sciences help reduce land-based waster entering the oceans? 2017 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2021.
- Dr Imogen Napper, Funding self, Plastics in the marine environment. 2014 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2018.
- , Funding EU Mares, Microplastic distribution and ecological interactions across latitudinal gradients, 2015 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2018. Marine Scientist in the Caribbean.
- Dr Stephanie Wright, Funding Defra, Physical effects of microplastics on marine life. 2011 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2015. Research assiciate UCL.
- , Funding FCT, Portugal. Microplastics in the environment. 2011ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2015. Independent Scientist, Portugal.
- Dr Nicolas Biber, Funding: Self. Distribution and effects on microplastics in the environment. 2009 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2015 (part time).
- , PhD 2015 Monitoring microplastics in the marine environment. 2009 ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ 2014. Funding Defra. Now working at the Met Office in Exeter.
- Dr Kayleigh Wyles, PhD 2014 Rocky Shores: From habitat threat to marine awareness and restorative experiences. Funding NERC/ESRC. Associate Professor Lecturer in Psychology, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.
- Dr Luke Holmes, PhD 2013, The role of plastic production pellets in the transport and availability of trace metals in the marine environment. Funding: ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Studentship. Now post doctoral research fellow at the ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ.
- , PhD 2008, Environmental consequences of microscopic plastics in marine habitats, Funding: Leverhulme Trust. Now Senior Research Associate University of NEW South Wales, Australia.
Former research staff
- ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ now lecturer in Analytical Chemistry University of Surrey.
- Dr Ana Catarino ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ RealRiskNano project.
- Dr Stephen Summers ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ working on the RealRiskNano project ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ now at Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.
- Dr Anna Sanchez-Vidal ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ University of Barcelona.
- ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ worked on the Marlisco project ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ now a research fellow at the University of Greenwich.
- ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ“ worked on ME 5416: Potential for microplastics to cause harm in the marine environment funded by Defra NOW at CEFAS.
- Dr Stewart Niven
UK Collaborators
- Pennie Lindeque, ÂÌñ»»ÆÞ Marine Laboratory, UK
International Collaborators
- Anthony Andrady, North Carolina, USA
- Dr Amy Lusher, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway
- Rachel W Obbard, Dartmouth, USA
- Dr Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Barcelona, Spain
- Martin Thiel, Chile