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Organisation profile
At the heart of our teaching philosophy is the desire to give you programmes that are driven by research-informed teaching and are at the leading edge in their fields. We want you to be hands-on with as much of our equipment as possible, to develop skills as well as knowledge.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Tim Absalom
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences - Senior Technician, Technician
Person: Non-Academic
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Regional scale oceanographic mechanisms driving particle transport in the equatorial Atlantic
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator)
1/03/24 → 28/02/25
Project: Research
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SMILES: Surface Mixed Layer Evolution at Submesoscales
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator), Taylor, J. R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Sallee, J. B. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Torres, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
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A comparative study of word embedding techniques for classification of star ratings
McNeile, C., Wojtys, M. & Abdelmotaleb, H., 1 Feb 2026, In: Expert Systems with Applications. 297, Part A, 129037.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A manifesto for plant science education
Alvey, E., Paterlini, A., Williams, M. E., Cerfonteyn, M. E., Dobbie, S., Dodsworth, S., Dunbar, S. D., Headland, L. R., Kolesnikova, A., Kumar, P., Manrique, S., Mansfield, C., Stroud, S., Woodhouse, S., Ashton, H., Benitez-Alfonso, Y., Breeze, E., Byers, K. J. R. P., Chetariya, C. P. & Dyson, B. C. & 23 others, , 1 Mar 2026, In: Plants People Planet. 8, 2, p. 422-432 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Angle-based formation stabilization and maneuvers in port-Hamiltonian form with bearing and velocity measurements
Li, N., Borja, P., van der Schaft, A. & Scherpen, J. M. A., Jan 2026, In: Automatica. 183, 112638.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Water waves: mathematical theory & applicaitons
Stuhlmeier, R. (Organiser)
5 Sept 2019 → 6 Sept 2019Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
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Water waves: mathematical theory & applications
Stuhlmeier, R. (Organiser)
8 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Excellence Scholarship for Mathematics Students at the University of Plymouth
Gray, J. (Recipient), 27 Nov 2019
Prize: Scholarship
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Appointed Expert on Marine Ecotoxicology for the Third United Nations (UN WOA III), Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of Sea (2023)
Jha, A. (Recipient), Apr 2023
Prize: Appointment
Press/Media
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Bacterial Enzyme Keeps Rotifers’ Transposable Elements in Check
4/03/22
1 Media contribution
Media story
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Hurricane Erin Is Heading Out to Sea. People Are Riveted Anyway
21/08/25
1 Media contribution
Media story
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Twisters follows a superstar storm chaser – obsession with extreme weather has a deep underlying psychology
24/07/24
1 Media contribution
Media story
Datasets
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Data for: "Thresholds of wave forcing: Implications for atoll reef dynamics under sea level rise"
Lindhart, M. (Creator), Masselink, G. (Creator), Holsclaw, A. (Creator) & Scott, T. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 25 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.24382/f4b20024-dae5-4f07-886d-af3c6df06dd7, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/55/
Dataset
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Data from: A bird’s eye view on turbulence: Seabird foraging associations with evolving surface flow features
Lieber, L. (Creator), Langrock, R. (Creator) & Nimmo-Smith, W. A. M. (Creator), ZENODO, 6 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kh189325b, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.kh189325b and one more link, https://zenodo.org/records/4667876 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Fatty acid composition of 32 cold-water algal strains cultured under different conditions to support the interpretation of in situ algal FA data from the MOSAiC expedition 2019/2020
Schmidt, K. (Creator), Graeve, M. (Creator), Hoppe, C. (Creator), Rokitta, S. (Creator), Welteke, N. (Creator), Menendez, C. R. (Creator), Probert, I. (Creator), Brenneis, T. (Creator), Belt, S. T. (Creator), Atkinson, A. (Creator), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Schmidt, K. (Contributor), Graeve, M. (Contributor), Hoppe, C. (Contributor), Rokitta, S. (Contributor), Welteke, N. (Contributor), Menendez, C. (Contributor), Probert, I. (Contributor), Brenneis, T. (Contributor), Belt, S. T. (Contributor), Atkinson, A. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor) & Centre, U. P. D. (Contributor), NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre, 14 Dec 2023
DOI: 10.5285/bb4b1e74-d5af-4a73-9174-62a01807c641, https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01808
Dataset
Student theses
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A Biased Competition Computational Model Of Spatial And Object-based Attention Mediating Active Visual Search
LANYON, L. J. (Author), Denham, S. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Denham, M. (Other Supervisor) & Bugmann, G. (Other Supervisor), 2005Student thesis: PhD
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A biogeochemical study of nutrient dynamics in artificial soil
Schofield, K. (Author), Fitzsimons, M. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)), Tappin, A. (Other Supervisor), Pettitt, T. R. (Other Supervisor) & Rollinson, G. K. (Other Supervisor), 2015Student thesis: PhD
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