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Contact details

Group:

Ocean Technology and Engineering

Site:

Southampton

Email:

annsim at noc.ac.uk

Telephone:

+44 (0)23 8059 6632

Profile

Biography

I am the lab and project manager in OTE. I manage the Molecular and Microbiology Facility, where my primary role is to support the labs, and the researchers and students using them. I also currently manage three large projects.

I am an environmental microbiologist, with specialisation in molecular microbiology. I have a strong interest in lab and project management, and health and safety.

I received my BSc in Microbiology in 2007 from the University of East Anglia, and my PhD in 2011 from the Department of Physical Sciences at The Open University.

Roles

Lab manager for the Molecular and Microbiology Facility at NOC
Group Safety Advisor for OTE
Project manager/Delivery lead

Projects

I am currently involved in the the following projects:

CLASS Task 6.1 - delivery lead
TechOceanS - Ethics and Health & Safety lead

I have previously managed:

Cytochip (NE/P010970/1) - Improving Biosecurity in Aquaculture using High Speed, Low cost, Lab on a Chip Micro-Cytometry for the Surveillance of Harmful Algal Blooms.
CMEP III: Work Package 5 - Provision and installation of autonomous sensors and deployment infrastructure for monitoring ocean acidification, biogeochemistry, and nutrient runoff
CarCASS - Marine Sensor Development Capital Call: Carbonate Chemistry Autonomous Sensor System
MicroNET - Alleviating the “Sample to Sequence” Bottleneck Using Novel Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Nucleic Acid Extraction Technologies