Overview
Professional memberships
- Member of the British Ecological Society (BES) since 2022.
- Member of the International Society of Chemical Ecology since 2021.
- Member of the Metabolomics Society since 2021.
- Member of the International Coral Reef Society since 2020.
Roles on external bodies
- Editorial board member for Coral Reefs since 2021.
- Editorial board member for Aquatic Sciences since 2023
- Reviewer for UKRI grants, Horizon 2020 and Ohio Sea Grant.
- Reviewer for several scientific journals: https://publons.com/researcher/1503662/miriam-reverter/
Supervised research degrees
I am currently supervising three PhD students, 1 ResM and 2 MRes:
- Corin Schofield (ARIES-funded PhD, DOS, October 2024 -): Bouncing back from macroalgal-dominated reefs: microbial and chemical effects of algal removal and coral transplanting.
- Caitlin Dye (ARIES-funded PhD, 2nd supervisor, October 2024 - ): Complex relationships: exploring the role of the diatom microbiome in host-parasite interactions.
- Matthew Doherty (CRISP-funded PhD, 3rd supervisor, October 2024 - ): What key ecological and environmental mechanisms drive coral resilience to marine heatwaves?
- Molly Blyth (ResM, DOS, September 2024 - ): Understanding the impacts of soft coral dominance on hard corals in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
- Beatrice Cantieri (MRes, DOS, January 2025, MRes): Thermal resilience of Halimeda: assessing the impact of ocean warming on a key reef-building alga.
- Ethan Quah (MRes, 2nd supervisor, January 2025-): Physiological and metabolomic responses of the kelp Laminaria digitata to the bryozoan Membranipora mebranacea biofouling.
Recently graduated students:
- Ana Coelho Ferreira (Res M, DOS, June 2025): Coral reef fishes in different hard and soft coral-dominated reef habitats.
- Constance Little (MRes, DOS, September 2024): Linking organismal physiology with environmental health: heat-stress associated changes in coral holobionts metabolic profiles.
- Laura Paling (MRes, DOS, September 2024): Investigating the impacts of allelopathy from the sponge Lamelodysidea herbacea from Moorea, French Polynesia on Acropora pulchra and Pocillopora acuta.
- Graham Sharpe (MRes, DOS, September 2024): Spatiotemporal metabolomic and morphological variation in the cosmopolitan intertidal sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis: exploring bioindication potential.
- Luke Herring (MRes, DOS, September 2024): Studying the metabolomic response of different populations of Acropora pulchra and Acropora aspera to thermal stress for restoration purposes.
- Harriet Jameson (MRes, 2nd supervisor, September 2023): Venom allocation, haemolytic capability and metabolite content in the venom of the lesser weever fish, Echiichthys vipera (Cuvier, 1829).
Teaching interests
I am module leader for:
- MBIO226: Experimental Marine Biology Field Course (B.Sc. Marine Biology, 2nd year).
I also teach on:
- MBIO120 Introduction to Marine Biology (1st year)
- MBIO123 Marine Biology Field Course (1st Year)
- MBIO229 Methods in Marine Biology (2nd Year)
- MBIO329 Marine Biology and Evolutionary Approach (3rd Year)
- MBIO327 Marine Ecology (3rd Year)
- MBAM5106 Advanced Research in Marine Biology (MRes)
I also supervise around 8 undergraduate student projects a year on varied topics such as coral reef ecology, marine metabolomics and chemical ecology
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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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
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SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Drivers of coral reef benthic changes and implications on ecosystem functioning and services
Reverter, M., 17 Sept 2024, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Vol. 62. (Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A roadmap to understanding diversity and function of coral reef-associated fungi
Roik, A., Reverter, M. & Pogoreutz, C., 23 Jun 2022, In: FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 0, 0Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Trade-offs in a reef-building coral after six years of thermal acclimation
Roik, A., Wall, M., Dobelmann, M., Nietzer, S., Fiesinger, A., Reverter, M., Brefeld, D., Schupp, P. J., Jackson, M., Rutsch, M. & Strahl, J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 949, 174589.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coral reef benthic community changes in the Anthropocene: Biogeographic heterogeneity, overlooked configurations, and methodology
Reverter, M., Helber, S. B., Rohde, S., Goeij, J. & Schupp, P. J., Mar 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 6, p. 1956-1971Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bleaching of Reef Organisms: Current Knowledge, Challenges, and Future Directions into the Anthropocene
Dube, C., Pogoreutz, C., Reverter, M., Boitel, C., Mills, S. C., Acqua, A., Hédouin, L. & Brahmi, C., 1 Oct 2025, The Future of Coral Reefs: Evidence from Research. Planes, S. (ed.). Springer , p. 41-72 32 p. (Coral Reefs of the World).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review