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.
From an early age I was fascinated by the sea and the way it is driven by the ever-changing weather. Working at PML nearly 25 years has deepened my interest and understanding of the marine environment and I consider myself privileged to be able to continually ask different questions about how things work; and sometimes coming up with the answers.
Professor Tim SmythHead of Science - Marine Biogeochemistry and Observations
People directory
Nick Buckland OBE
Trustee
Mark Butcher
Trustee
Dan Crockett
Trustee
Dr Véronique Garçon
Trustee
Nigel Godefroy FCA
Trustee
Dr Bev MacKenzie
Trustee
Janice Timberlake
Chair of the Board (of Trustees)
Dr Jyotika Virmani
Trustee
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
Professor Jerry Blackford
Head of Science: Marine Systems Modelling
jcb@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
Professor Matthew Palmer
Head of Science - Digital Innovation & Marine Autonomy
mpa@pml.ac.uk
Professor 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
Professor 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
Deep S. Banerjee
Modelling Scientist
dba@pml.ac.uk
Amanda Beesley
Zooplankton analyst
abee@pml.ac.uk
Professor Tom Bell
Ocean-atmosphere biogeochemist
tbe@pml.ac.uk
Dr Zara Botterell
PhD Fellow
zab@pml.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Breimann
Analytical chemist
sabr@pml.ac.uk
Dr Stefanie Broszeit
Senior marine ecosystem services scientist
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
Senior 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
Dr Yanna Alexia Fidai
Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Scientist
Elaine Fileman
Plankton Ecologist
ese@pml.ac.uk
Professor Helen Findlay
Biological Oceanographer
hefi@pml.ac.uk
Professor James Fishwick
Head of Smart Sound Plymouth and Head of Operations and Technology, Western Channel Observatory
jrfi@pml.ac.uk
Professor Kevin Flynn
Plankton ecophysiology modeller
kjf@pml.ac.uk
Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas
Environmental Psychologist
egt@pml.ac.uk
Dr Samantha Garrard
Marine Ecosystem Services Researcher
sga@pml.ac.uk
Carolyn Harris
Analytical Chemist
caha@pml.ac.uk
Dr Frances E. Hopkins
Marine biogeochemist
fhop@pml.ac.uk
Dr Molly James
Marine Ecosystems Modeller
moja@pml.ac.uk
William Jay
Geospatial Research Software Engineer
wja@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
Plankton 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 Rebecca Millington
Regional-Global Biogeochemical Modelling Scientist
rmi@pml.ac.uk
Dr David Moffat
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Data Scientist
dmof@pml.ac.uk
Anthony B. Ndah
Ecosystem Scientist
andah@pml.ac.uk
Joana Nunes
Benthic Ecologist
jonu@pml.ac.uk
Dr Benjamin O'Driscoll
Data Visualisation and GIS Developer
bod@pml.ac.uk
Dr Keila Guillen Oñate
Environmental Economist
kgu@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
Professor Ana M Queirós
Marine and climate change ecologist
anqu@pml.ac.uk
Professor Rees
Marine biogeochemist
apre@pml.ac.uk
Lloyd Rees
Centre for Marine Biofouling and Corrosion Operations Manager
lre@pml.ac.uk
Dr Olivia Rendón
Senior Environmental Economist
ore@pml.ac.uk
Dr May Rodriguez
Earth Observation Scientist
mro@pml.ac.uk
Dr Saskia Rühl
Digital Marine Biologist
sru@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
Emma Sullivan
Earth Observation Scientist
emsu@pml.ac.uk
Dr 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 Gavin H Tilstone
Bio-optical oceanographer
ghti@pml.ac.uk
Dr Ricardo Torres
Systems Modeller Data Assimilation
rito@pml.ac.uk
Professor Osvaldo Ulloa
Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellow
osqu@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
Senior Ecosystems Services Scientist
stw@pml.ac.uk
Claire Widdicombe
Plankton Ecologist
clst@pml.ac.uk
Dr Juliane Wihsgott
Digital Oceanographer
jwi@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
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
PhD 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
Catherine Philip
PhD student
cph@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
Mihaela Panaete
Accounts Officer
Dean Richards
Finance Manager
Marta Weremczuk
Accounts Officer
James Lord
Head of Fundraising
jal@pml.ac.uk
Lesley Nel
Fundraiser
lne@pml.ac.uk
Lee Merchant
Buildings and Facilities Manager
Dr Rachael Rees
Science Facilities Manager
Valerie Barlow
Human Resources Officer
Hannah Evans
HR Advisor
Elizabeth Hamilton
HR Operations Manager
Michael R
Head of People & Culture
Maddie Riley
HR Advisor
Aiden Taylor
Human Resources Advisor
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
Elin Meek
Research and Impact Service Officer
eme@pml.ac.uk
Cathy Woods
Science Support Officer
cwo@pml.ac.uk
Tim Andrews
Linux Engineer
Joe Bishop
Windows server systems & infrastructure specialist
Joshua Clapton
Junior IT Support Technician
Liam Gilbard
System and Applications Developer
Gary Holder
Head of ITG
John Jury
IT Customer Support Specialist
Professor 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
Amy Kenworthy
Ocean Acidification Research for Sustainability (OARS) Project Manager
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
Safety Advisor / Crewmember
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
Dr Tristan Biggs
Applied Research Scientist
tbig@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
Lloyd Rees
Centre for Marine Biofouling and Corrosion Operations Manager
lre@pml.ac.uk
Tom Rees
Applied Marine Technician
tre@pml.ac.uk
Matt Smith
Marine Field Technician
msm@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
Professor Martin Edwards
Ocean Ecologist (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
Professor Jan Pentreath
Emeritus 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
Jenny Thompson
OBON Programme Assistant
Phoebe Doyle
Receptionist
phdo@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
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