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Profile summary
I am deputy programme leader for the BSc (Hons) Marine Biology and Oceanography at the University of Plymouth. I am also an active academic researcher working on various topics related to conservation and sustainable management of the deep sea and High Seas, and marine habitat mapping.
Roles on external bodies
- Co-lead of the UN endorsed Challenger 150 Ocean Decade Programme
- Member of the NERC Marine Facilities Advisory Board
- Member of the NERC Upscaling Autonomy Working Group
- Member of the NOC Association Board
- Member of the Science Advisory Board for Ascension Island MPA
- Member of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's Working Group on Deep-Sea Ecology
- NERC peer review college member
- Co-Chair of the SCOR working group (2020–2022)
- Chair of the Challenger Society Deep Sea Special Interest Group (2018 to present)
Supervised research degrees
Amelia Bridges - PhD PhD title "Ecological studies of the South Atlantic deep sea to inform sustainable management". 2022
Erin Browne - ResM title "A step towards automating real-time collection of ecological data on observational platforms : a pilot study on deep-sea benthic species Syringammina fragilissima" 2022
Poppy Hesketh Best - PhD title "Deep-sea discovery - mining marine environments for novel biologics" 2021
Molly James - PhD "Mechanisms of vertical movement in meroplankton: A primer of dispersal" 2021.
Nils Piechaud - PhD "The application of autonomous underwater vehicles to the study of benthic ecology" 2020.
Kirsty McQuaid - PhD The application of predictive modelling to marine spatial planning associated with deep-sea mining, 2020.
Rebecca Ross - PhD Investigating the role of larval dispersal models in the development of an 'ecologically coherent' network of deep sea marine protected areas, 2016
Charlotte Marshall - PhD Species distribution modelling to support marine conservation planning, 2011
Jaime Davies - PhD Mapping Deep-Sea Features in UK Waters For Use in Marine Protected Area Network Design. 2011
Rebecca Jefferson - PhD Communicating Marine Environmental Health: Connecting Science, Social and Policy Values, 2010
Erin Browne - ResM title "A step towards automating real-time collection of ecological data on observational platforms : a pilot study on deep-sea benthic species Syringammina fragilissima" 2022
Poppy Hesketh Best - PhD title "Deep-sea discovery - mining marine environments for novel biologics" 2021
Molly James - PhD "Mechanisms of vertical movement in meroplankton: A primer of dispersal" 2021.
Nils Piechaud - PhD "The application of autonomous underwater vehicles to the study of benthic ecology" 2020.
Kirsty McQuaid - PhD The application of predictive modelling to marine spatial planning associated with deep-sea mining, 2020.
Rebecca Ross - PhD Investigating the role of larval dispersal models in the development of an 'ecologically coherent' network of deep sea marine protected areas, 2016
Charlotte Marshall - PhD Species distribution modelling to support marine conservation planning, 2011
Jaime Davies - PhD Mapping Deep-Sea Features in UK Waters For Use in Marine Protected Area Network Design. 2011
Rebecca Jefferson - PhD Communicating Marine Environmental Health: Connecting Science, Social and Policy Values, 2010
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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Underwater Image Enhancement Based on Neural Rendering
Bazazian, D. (PI - Principal Investigator) & Howell, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/05/23 → 31/10/23
Project: Internal
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Oceanographic drivers of ecosystem variability in the Chagos Archipelago, Phase 1
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator), Foster, N. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Embling, C. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Howell, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Attrill, M. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/09/19 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
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Intergenerational Codesign of Novel technologies In Coastal communities (ICONIC)
Jones, R. (PI - Principal Investigator), Aly, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Bazazian, D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Gaudl, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Veliz Reyes, A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Baxter, R. (RF - Research Fellow), Hagen, O. (RF - Research Fellow), Varga, M. (RF - Research Fellow), Zhang, L. (RF - Research Fellow), Asthana, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Howell, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Maudlin, D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Ifeachor, E. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Willis, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Zhou, S.-M. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/11/22 → 30/04/25
Project: Research
Research output
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Deep-sea ecosystems of the North Atlantic Ocean: discovery, status, function and future challenges
Allcock, A. L., Amon, D. J., Bridges, A. E. H., Colaço, A., Escobar-Briones, E., Hilário, A., Howell, K. L., Mestre, N. C., Muller-Karger, F. E., Priede, I. G., Snelgrove, P. V. R., Sealey, K. S., Xavier, J. R., Addamo, A. M., Amaro, T., Bandara, G., Bax, N., Braga-Henriques, A., Brandt, A. & Brix, S. & 52 others, , Dec 2025, In: Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 226, 104580.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Impact of growth conditions on the abundance and diversity of cultivable bacteria recovered from Pheronema carpenteri and investigation of their antimicrobial potential
Conway, J., January, G. G., Muddiman, K. J., Dorrington, R., Howell, K. L. & Upton, M., 7 Nov 2025, In: FEMS Microbes. 6, xtaf016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Practical application of artificial intelligence for ecological image analysis: Trialling different levels of taxonomic classification to promote convolutional neural network performance
Bridges, A. E. H., Cross, E., Graves, K. P., Piechaud, N., Raymont, A. & Howell, K. L., Sept 2025, In: Ecological Informatics. 88, 103146.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predicting the Distribution of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago
Diaz, C., Howell, K. L., Graves, K. P., Bolton, A., Hosegood, P., Robinson, E. & Foster, N. L., 2 Apr 2025, In: Ecology and Evolution. 15, 4, e71130.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Psychrotrophic Antarctic marine bacteria as potential reservoirs for novel antimicrobial genes
Hwengwere, K., January, G. G., Howell, K. L., Peck, L. S., Upton, M. & Clark, M. S., 15 Apr 2025, In: FEMS Microbes. 6, xtaf004.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Global, open-access benthic & pelagic datasets (30m+) - Bridges and Howell (2025)
Bridges, A. (Creator) & Howell, K. (Creator), ZENODO, 27 May 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15487410, https://zenodo.org/records/15487410
Dataset
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Sampling Effort Metadata for the Central and South Atlantic Offshore and Deep-Sea Benthos
Bridges, A. E. H. (Creator), Atkinson, L. (Creator), Butt, S. (Creator), Doti, B. L. (Creator), Jones, D. O. B. (Creator), Lauretta, D. (Creator), McQuaid, K. A. (Creator) & Howell, K. L. (Creator), ZENODO, 30 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7381493, https://zenodo.org/records/7381493
Dataset