People
Our team is made up of a diverse range of people from early career scientists to those with decades of experience and accolades, students, apprentices and visiting researchers. Our operations staff also play a crucial part in supporting our science and facilities. If you would like to be part of PML please visit our vacancies page or follow us on Twitter to be kept up-to-date with new opportunities.
I love doing research because it’s like detective work but without the blood. I like trying to find the little clues to how Nature works – clues that are often scattered, well hidden, but sometimes blindingly obvious yet ignored. For me this quest often involves first thinking of ways to build really big datasets, for example piecing together multiple studies into a meta-analysis, or mining old historical data sets and compiling them to build long time series.
Dr Angus AtkinsonMarine Ecologist
People directory
Nick Buckland OBE
Board Member
Mark Butcher
Board Member
Professor Lucy Carpenter MBE FRS
Board Member
Dan Crockett
Board Member
Dr Véronique Garçon
Board Member
Nigel Godefroy FCA
Board Member
Paul James
Board Member
Professor Tim Jickells OBE
Board Member
Dr Bev MacKenzie
Board Member
Professor Ralph Rayner
Board Member
Janice Timberlake
Chair of the Board
Dr Jyotika Virmani
Board Member
Professor Icarus Allen
Chief Executive of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory and PML Applications Ltd
Geri Laing
PA to the Directorate & Company Secretary Assistant
Duncan McFarlane
Legal Contracts Officer
Beverly Tremain
Director of Operations & Company Secretary
Professor Steve Widdicombe
Director of Science and Deputy Chief Executive
Professor Nicola Beaumont
Head of Science - Sea and Society
nijb@pml.ac.uk
Dr Jerry Blackford
Head of Science: Marine Systems Modelling
jcb@pml.ac.uk
Ben Calton
Head of Geospatial Applications - PML Applications Ltd
bac@pml.ac.uk
Professor Steve Groom
Head of Science - Earth Observation
sbg@pml.ac.uk
Professor Pennie Lindeque
Head of Science: Marine Ecology and Biodiversity
pkw@pml.ac.uk
Dr Tim Smyth
Head of Science - Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations
tjsm@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ruth Airs
Marine Biogeochemist and Head of Postgraduate Studies
ruai@pml.ac.uk
Dr Yuri Artioli
Marine Ecosystem Modeller
yuti@pml.ac.uk
Dr Angus Atkinson
Marine Ecologist
aat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth C. Atwood
Earth Observation Data Analyst
liat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Muchamad Al Azhar
Ocean Modeller
maz@pml.ac.uk
Amanda Beesley
Zooplankton analyst
abee@pml.ac.uk
Professor Tom Bell
Ocean-atmosphere biogeochemist
tbe@pml.ac.uk
Dr Lauren Biermann
Earth Observation Scientist
lbi@pml.ac.uk
Dr Zara Botterell
PhD Fellow
zab@pml.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Breimann
Analytical chemist
sabr@pml.ac.uk
Dr Stefanie Broszeit
Marine ecosystem services researcher
stbr@pml.ac.uk
Ian Brown
Marine Chemist
iaian2@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andrei Chuprin
Programmer
ach@pml.ac.uk
Dr James Clark
Marine Ecosystem Modeller
jcl@pml.ac.uk
Dr Dan Clewley
Earth Observation Research Software Engineer
dac@pml.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Cole
Senior Marine Ecologist and Ecotoxicologist
mcol@pml.ac.uk
Dr Rachel Coppock
Marine Ecologist
rac@pml.ac.uk
Dr Lee de Mora
Marine Ecosystem Modeller
ledm@pml.ac.uk
Dr Marius Dewar
Modeller
made@pml.ac.uk
Andrew Edwards-Jones
Social Scientist
aej@pml.ac.uk
Elaine Fileman
Plankton Ecologist
ese@pml.ac.uk
Dr Helen Findlay
Biological Oceanographer
hefi@pml.ac.uk
Dr James Fishwick
Head of Smart Sound Plymouth and Head of Operations and Technology, Western Channel Observatory
jrfi@pml.ac.uk
Professor Kevin Flynn
Marine Plankton Ecologist
kjf@pml.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas
Environmental Psychologist
egt@pml.ac.uk
Dr Giovanni Galli
Modeller
gig@pml.ac.uk
Dr Anwesha Ghosh
Microbial Ecologist
Carolyn Harris
Analytical Chemist
caha@pml.ac.uk
Dr Frances E. Hopkins
Marine biogeochemist
fhop@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ben Howey
Earth Observation Data Analyst
beh@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jackson
Remote Sensing and Ocean Optics Scientist
thja@pml.ac.uk
Dr Molly James
Marine Ecosystems Modeller
moja@pml.ac.uk
William Jay
Airborne Earth Observation Data Analyst
wja@pml.ac.uk
Dr Bror Jonsson
Senior scientist
brj@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Jordan
Earth Observation Scientist
tjor@pml.ac.uk
Dr Susan Kay
Numerical Modeller
suka@pml.ac.uk
Dr Vassilis Kitidis
Marine biogeochemist
vak@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gemma Kulk
Phytoplankton physiologist
gku@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andrey Kurekin
Marine Earth Observation Scientist
anku@pml.ac.uk
Dr Peter Land
Remote Sensing Scientist
peland@pml.ac.uk
Dr Angus Laurenson
Scientific Python Guru
anla@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gennadi Lessin
Marine System Modeller
gle@pml.ac.uk
Dr Yaru Li
Modeller
yli@pml.ac.uk
Dr Junfang Lin
Earth Observation Scientist
junl@pml.ac.uk
Dr Xiaohan Liu
Earth Observation Scientist
liux@pml.ac.uk
Dr Thomas Mansfield
Data Systems Architect
tma@pml.ac.uk
Dr Océane Marcone
Social Science Researcher
ocm@pml.ac.uk
Dr Nicola Martin
Senior Earth Observation Research Software Engineer
nima@pml.ac.uk
Dr Victor Martinez-Vicente
Bio-optical oceanographer
vmv@pml.ac.uk
Aser Mata
Earth Observation Scientist
asm@pml.ac.uk
Andrea McEvoy
Benthic Ecologist
ajmc@pml.ac.uk
Louise McNeill
Benthic Ecologist and Faunal Taxonomist
clmc@pml.ac.uk
Thomas Mesher
Macrofaunal Ecologist
thm@pml.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Millard
Digital Marine Biologist (Bioinformatician)
bmi@pml.ac.uk
Dr Peter Miller
Marine Earth Observation Scientist
pim@pml.ac.uk
Dr David Moffat
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Data Scientist
dmof@pml.ac.uk
Joana Nunes
Benthic Ecologist
jonu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Benjamin O'Driscoll
Data Visualisation and GIS Developer
bod@pml.ac.uk
Keila Guillen Oñate
Environmental Economist
kgu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Palmer
Lead for Environmental Digital Science
mpa@pml.ac.uk
Silvia Pardo
Earth Observation Scientist
spa@pml.ac.uk
Dr Helen Parry
Molecular Biologist and Physiologist
hech@pml.ac.uk
Dr Dale Partridge
Modeller
dapa@pml.ac.uk
Christine Pascoe
Ecotoxicologist
ckh@pml.ac.uk
Jani Pewter
Instrument and Data Technician
Dr Helen Powley
Modeller
hpo@pml.ac.uk
Dr Graham Quartly
Physical oceanographer (Remote sensing)
gqu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ana M Queirós
Senior Marine and Climate Change Ecologist
anqu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Andy Rees
Marine biogeochemist
apre@pml.ac.uk
Dr Olivia Rendón
Environmental Economist
ore@pml.ac.uk
Dr Mahasweta Saha
Marine Chemical Ecologist
msa@pml.ac.uk
Dr Sevrine Sailley
Ecosystem modeller
sesa@pml.ac.uk
Dr Shubha Sathyendranath
Merit Remote Sensing Scientist
ssat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Nick Selmes
Earth Observation Scientist
nse@pml.ac.uk
Professor Stefan Simis
Earth Observation Scientist (inland/coastal waters)
stsi@pml.ac.uk
Dr Jozef Skakala
Ecosystem modeller
jos@pml.ac.uk
Darren Snee
Data and Web Services Engineer
dsn@pml.ac.uk
Dr Paul J. Somerfield
Ecologist
pjso@pml.ac.uk
Emma Sullivan
Earth Observation Scientist
emsu@pml.ac.uk
Claire Szostek
Ecosystem Services Scientist
csz@pml.ac.uk
Dr Karen Tait
Microbial Ecologist
ktait@pml.ac.uk
Dr Liz Talbot
Marine Ecologist
sat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Glen Tarran
Marine microbial ecologist
gat@pml.ac.uk
Dr Varunan Theenathayalan
Earth Observation Scientist
vath@pml.ac.uk
Dr Gavin H Tilstone
Bio-optical oceanographer
ghti@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ricardo Torres
Systems Modeller Data Assimilation
rito@pml.ac.uk
Peter Walker
Remote Sensing scientist
petwa@pml.ac.uk
Dr Mark Warren
Remote sensing scientist
mark1@pml.ac.uk
Joanna Warwick
Post-doctoral researcher
jwd@pml.ac.uk
Michael Wathen
Research Software Engineer
miwa@pml.ac.uk
Dr Stephen Watson
Ecosystems Services Scientist
stw@pml.ac.uk
Claire Widdicombe
Plankton Ecologist
clst@pml.ac.uk
Dr Robert Wilson
Ecosystem Modeller
rwi@pml.ac.uk
E. Malcolm S. Woodward
Chemical oceanographer
emsw@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ming-Xi Yang
Chemical Oceanographer
miya@pml.ac.uk
Divya Viswam Ambili
MRes student
diam@pml.ac.uk
Shauna Corr
PhD student
shco@pml.ac.uk
Emilie Courtecuisse
PhD student
emc@pml.ac.uk
Jasmin Dorinda
PhD student
jaur@pml.ac.uk
Heather Emberson-Marl
MSc student
heem@pml.ac.uk
Daniel Ford
PhD Student
dfo@pml.ac.uk
Hannah Green
PhD Student
Anneliese Hodge
MRes student
aho@pml.ac.uk
Lucy Howarth-Forster
PhD student
George Manville
PhD student
Hayley McIlwraith
PhD student
Francesco Pallottino
PhD Student
fpa@pml.ac.uk
Paula Pereira
Research intern
ppe@pml.ac.uk
Sreelekshmy Shylaja
MRes student
srsh@pml.ac.uk
Natalie Smith
PhD student
nasm@pml.ac.uk
Oliver Thomas
PhD student
olth@pml.ac.uk
Chris Walkinshaw
PhD Student
chw@pml.ac.uk
Sian Coughlin
Head of Financial Services
Jacqueline Cullum
Accounts Officer
Justine Dolling
Financial Controller
Samantha Farrell
Contracts Administrator
Duncan McFarlane
Legal Contracts Officer
Mihaela Panaete
Accounts Officer
Dean Richards
Finance Manager
Marta Weremczuk
Accounts Officer
James Lord
Fundraising Development Officer
jal@pml.ac.uk
Lesley Nel
Fundraiser
lne@pml.ac.uk
Graham Beddoe
Quality Manager
Lee Merchant
Buildings and Facilities Manager
Dr Rachael Rees
Science Facilities Manager
Valerie Barlow
Human Resources Officer
Hannah Evans
HR Administrator
Elizabeth Hamilton
Human Resources Manager
Maddie Riley
Human Resources Administrator
Dr Ruth Calder-Potts
Research & Impact Services Officer
ruca@pml.ac.uk
Christina Devereux
Science Support Office Manager
chpb@pml.ac.uk
Suzanne Hawkins
Science Support Officer
suh@pml.ac.uk
Jessica Heard
Research & Impact Services Manager
jessh@pml.ac.uk
Meryl Hopper
Science Support Officer
mho@pml.ac.uk
Jennifer Lockett
Head of Integrated Research, Impact & Support Services
jelo@pml.ac.uk
Emily Widdecombe
Research & Impact Services Officer
ewi@pml.ac.uk
Cathy Woods
Science Support Officer
cwo@pml.ac.uk
Joe Bishop
Windows server systems & infrastructure specialist
Liam Gilbard
System and Applications Developer
Gary Holder
Head of ITG
John Jury
IT Customer Support Specialist
Dr Matt Frost
Head of International Office
mafr@pml.ac.uk
Thecla Keizer
Deputy Head International Office & International Marketing and Business Development Executive
tke@pml.ac.uk
Tristan Jaycock
Marine engineer
trj@pml.ac.uk
Andrew Pawley
Engineer
scme@pml.ac.uk
Andrew Perkin
Manager/Skipper
ajpe@pml.ac.uk
Georgina Ramm
Deputy Skipper and Ships Science Officer
gra@pml.ac.uk
Gary Stevens
Skipper/Mate
gstev@pml.ac.uk
Dawn Ashby
Senior Communications Officer
daas@pml.ac.uk
Kelly-Marie Davidson
Senior Communications Officer
kdav@pml.ac.uk
Daniel Jones
Head of Marketing & Communications
dajo@pml.ac.uk
Thecla Keizer
Deputy Head International Office & International Marketing and Business Development Executive
tke@pml.ac.uk
Megan Thompson
Web Project Assistant
mth@pml.ac.uk
Jon White
Webmaster
jowa@pml.ac.uk
Ari Winfield
Digital Communications & Social Media Specialist
awi@pml.ac.uk
Ben Calton
Head of Geospatial Applications - PML Applications Ltd
bac@pml.ac.uk
Samuel Fawcett
Applied Scientist - PML Applications Ltd
saf@pml.ac.uk
Tim Fileman
Head of Centre for Coastal Technologies - PML Applications Ltd
twf@pml.ac.uk
Kim Hockley
Project Manager
khock@pml.ac.uk
Maria Igoshina
Project Support Officer - PML Applications Ltd
mai@pml.ac.uk
Dr Dimitrios Kaloudis
Head of the Centre for Environmental Solutions - PML Applications Ltd
dka@pml.ac.uk
Natasha Lloyd
Business Development Manager - PML Applications Ltd
nll@pml.ac.uk
Emmanuel Nwokocha
Python Developer - PML Applications Ltd
eik@pml.ac.uk
Dr Tom Vance
Chief Operating Officer - PML Applications Ltd
thva@pml.ac.uk
Anna Yunnie
Principal Consultant - PML Applications Ltd
anyu@pml.ac.uk
Professor Jim Aiken
Emeritus Fellow
ja@pml.ac.uk
Mike Allen
Honorary Fellow
mial@pml.ac.uk
Professor Manuel Barange
Honorary Fellow
maba@pml.ac.uk
Michael Bedington
Honorary Fellow
mbed@pml.ac.uk
Dr Zara Botterell
PhD Fellow
zab@pml.ac.uk
Robert Brewin
Honorary Fellow
robr@pml.ac.uk
Jorn Bruggeman
Honorary Fellow
jbr@pml.ac.uk
Stefano Ciavatta
Honorary Fellow
sci@pml.ac.uk
Dr Peter Claridge
Emeritus Fellow
pnc@pml.ac.uk
Professor Bob Clarke
PML Fellow, PRIMER-E
krc@pml.ac.uk
Giorgio Dall'Olmo
Honorary Fellow
giorgd@pml.ac.uk
Sarah Dashfield
Emeritus Fellow
sldas@pml.ac.uk
Professor Stephen de Mora
Emeritus Fellow
sjdm@pml.ac.uk
Dr Joanna L Dixon
Honorary Fellow
jod@pml.ac.uk
Patrick Downes
PhD Fellow
patd@pml.ac.uk
Martin Edwards
Honorary Fellow
maed@pml.ac.uk
Dr Jose Fernandes
Honorary Fellow
jfs@pml.ac.uk
Lora Fleming
Honorary Fellow
lfl@pml.ac.uk
Dr Roger Harris
Emeritus Fellow
rph@pml.ac.uk
Dr Anthony Hawkins
Emeritus Fellow
ajsh@pml.ac.uk
Professor Tom Hutchinson
PML Fellow
thom1@pml.ac.uk
Professor Carole Llewellyn
Honorary Fellow
call@pml.ac.uk
Dr David Lowe
Emeritus Fellow
dml@pml.ac.uk
Professor Fauzi Mantoura
Emeritus Fellow
rfcm@pml.ac.uk
Jacqueline Maud
PhD Fellow
jama@pml.ac.uk
Professor Michael Moore
Emeritus Fellow
mnm@pml.ac.uk
Sarah Nelms
PhD Fellow
san@pml.ac.uk
Professor Philip Nightingale
Emeritus Fellow
pdn@pml.ac.uk
Jan Penreath
Emeritus Fellow
jpen@pml.ac.uk
Professor Jan Pentreath
PML Fellow
jpen@pml.ac.uk
Professor Robin Pingree
Emeritus Fellow
rdp@pml.ac.uk
Dr Luca Polimene
Honorary Fellow
luca@pml.ac.uk
Dr Marie-Fanny Racault
PML Honorary Fellow, based at University of East Anglia
Assistant Professor Dionysios Raitsos
Honorary Fellow
dra@pml.ac.uk
Professor James Readman
Emeritus Fellow
jwre@pml.ac.uk
Dr Rebecca Shellock
PhD Fellow
res@pml.ac.uk
David Smith
Emeritus Fellow
djds@pml.ac.uk
Dr Emily Stebbings
PhD Fellow
emst@pml.ac.uk
John Stephens
Honorary Fellow
jastep@pml.ac.uk
Professor Arnold Taylor
Emeritus Fellow
aht@pml.ac.uk
Torsten Thiele
Honorary Fellow
tth@pml.ac.uk
Dr Carol Turley
PML Fellow
ct@pml.ac.uk
Dr Reg Uncles
Emeritus Fellow
rju@pml.ac.uk
Dr Richard Warwick
Emeritus Fellow
rmw@pml.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Watson
Honorary Fellow
Professor John Widdows
Emeritus Fellows
jwid@pml.ac.uk
Fiona Beckman
POGO Communications Officer
fbe@pml.ac.uk
Karolina Iwaniak
POGO Accounts Officer
kiw@pml.ac.uk
Laura Ruffoni
POGO Administrative Assistant
laru@pml.ac.uk
Dr Sophie Seeyave
POGO Chief Executive Officer
ssve@pml.ac.uk
Graham Beddoe
Quality Manager
Louise Baker
Receptionist
loba@pml.ac.uk
Stephanie Raw
Receptionist
sra@pml.ac.uk
Josie Ashford
Cleaner
joas@pml.ac.uk
Michael Ashford
Laboratory Cleaner
mias@pml.ac.uk
Louise Baker
Receptionist
loba@pml.ac.uk
Lee Merchant
Buildings and Facilities Manager
Stephanie Raw
Receptionist
sra@pml.ac.uk
Anthony Staff
Deputy Services Manager
ajst@pml.ac.uk
Mark Wilson
Technical Services Assistant
mawi@pml.ac.uk