Research Projects
ASPIRE-Accelerated Seaweed Production for an Innovative and Robust Seaweed Aquaculture in Europe (2022-2024)
ASPIRE is funded through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship of the European Union . The project will pioneer strain selection for the red seaweed Palmaria palmata to ensure access to high performing strains for a prosperous seaweed aquaculture. The project will identify both genetic as well as biochemical markers for the selection of nutritious, fast growing, and stress resistant strains.
Beyond Biofuel project (2020-2024)
Beyond biofuel is a multi-disciplinary project funded through the Science Foundation Ireland and based in the lab of Prof Nessa O’Connor at Trinity University in Dublin, Ireland. The project will test new methods for the cultivation of seaweed in Ireland. This project will utilise seaweed biomass to develop new biomedical products. Furthermore, it will also quantify the role of seaweed farming for mitigation of effects of climate change and ocean acidification and model its future impact in the North Atlantic.
Impact of climate change on production and trophic transfer of essential fatty acids in the coastal food web (2017-2021)
This project was funded through a PostDoctoral fellowship of the German Research council and conducted in the lab of Prof. Catriona Hurd in the I institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Tasmania, Australia.
The project delivered the first assessment of the impacts of ocean warming and ocean acidification on production and trophic transfer of the key health-benefitting LC-PUFA in a laboratory based coastal model community.
Suitability of Australian seaweeds as a sustainable resource of omega-3 fatty acids (2016-2016)
This project was funded through a PostDoctoral fellowship of the Australian Endeavour programme and conducted in the lab of Prof. Catriona Hurd in the I institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Tasmania, Australia.
The project delivered an assessment of the suitability of Australian seaweeds as a source of omega-e fatty acids.