Active Projects (2024)
Sandman – A novel technology to understand environmental changes in marine sediments (2024-2028): UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to develop new technologies and approaches to better understand and quantify benthic biogeochemical processes in marine sediments and to monitor and counteract anthropogenic impacts on the seafloor
ATLANTIS- Atlantic Climate and Environment Strategic Science (2024-2029): Atlantis is NOC's strategic program to enhance the long-term, large-scale ocean observation systems and the ocean value-chain that contributes to key national and international programmes and priorities. The aim of the programme is to provide evidence, tools and knowledge to support the ambition for healthy, biologically diverse and resilient marine environments, a sustainable blue economy and communities safe from natural hazards
FOCUS - Future states of the global coastal ocean: understanding for solutions (2022-2026): The aim of this (Inter-)National Capability project is to develop global understanding of the impacts of climate change and direct human activities on the coastal ocean at the regional to local scale of human interaction, Co-I, WP lead
MOET - Managing the environmental sustainability of the offshore energy transition: a solutions-based approach (2021-2027): MOET will assess the environmental sustainability of offshore wind, blue and green hydrogen, and carbon capture and storage for selected test areas of the UK offshore, and will develop solutions for planning the technology and infrastructure of the offshore energy transition. It will also assess public understanding and acceptance of those technologies
ULTRA- Ultramafic-hosted mineral Resource Assessment (2020-2025): NERC Highlight Topic to study ultramafic-hosted seafloor massive sulphides deposits at the Semenov vent field at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Co-I
At-Sea -Autonomous techniques for anthropogenic structure ecological assessment (2021-2024): At-Sea is a part of the NERC-funded INSITE programme and trials the concept of using autonomous submarines for high-tech, low-impact monitoring to pick up any potential environmental impacts at these industrial sites, Co-I
Previous Projects while at NOC
NutSEd- A novel approach to measure nutrient fluxes in permeable sediments (2022-2023) - NERC Exploring the Frontiers, PI
FLYING NODES - Sensor enabled seabed landing AUV nodes for improved offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) monitoring, UKCCSRC Flexible Funding, (2021-2022), PI
HADAL SENSORS - New capabilities for measuring organic matter degradation in the deepest oceans on Earth (2020- 2022), NERC Seedcorn, PI
STEMM-CCS - Strategies for environmental monitoring of marine Carbon Capture and Storage (2016-2021), EU H2020, Co-I
CHIMNEY - Characterisation of major overburden leakage pathways above sub-sea floor CO2 storage reservoirs in the North Sea, NERC Highlight Topic, (2016-2021)
LOCTAE - Land-Ocean Carbon Transfer, NERC National Capability Program, (2016-2021)
ETI project - Measurement, Modelling and Verification of CO2 Storage, (2015-2017), Co-I
QICS -Quantifying and Monitoring Potential Ecosystem Impacts of Geological Carbon Storage, NERC, Directed Research Program (2010-2014)
ECO2 – Sub-seabed CO2 Storage: Impact on Marine Ecosystems, (2011-2014), EU FP7