Dr Rachel Coppock

Rachel Coppock is a researcher within the Marine Ecology and Biodiversity group at PML and the University of Exeter, investigating microplastics in the marine environment. Specifically, she is interested in the bentho-pelagic link of microplastic transport through the water column and subsequent burial in marine sediments.

She completed her PhD in 2019 after graduating from a BSc in marine biology at Plymouth University, where her interest in microplastic pollution began. She has recently collected water and sediment samples from the Arctic to assess the distribution, abundance and burial rates of microplastics in Arctic marine environments.