Phil Hosegood is an observational physical oceanographer with more than 20 years experience in collecting and interpreting measurements from a diverse range of dynamic regimes in the marine environment. He has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed publications and more than 40 conference abstracts. Phil obtained his PhD cum laudefrom Utrecht University after studying the processes that drive enhanced turbulent mixing over continental slopes. 
He then spent two years working at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington, Seattle, studying the influence of submesoscale processes on the oceanic surface mixed layer. Since his appointment at Plymouth University Phil has received numerous research grants, several as Principal Investigator, to investigate the near coastal shelf sea environment, exchange processes at the continental shelf, upper ocean submesoscale dynamics, and the implications of oceanographic processes on the regional ecosystem in the Chagos archipelago, Indian Ocean. 
He has participated in several ocean-going cruises and led JR311 aboard the RRS James Clark Ross during which his team made the first purposeful measurements of submesoscales in the Southern Ocean. Most recently, he has led three multidisciplinary cruises to the central Indian Ocean to study the oceanographic drivers of ecosystem change in a large, tropical marine protected area.
At present, Phil's research focusses on the role played by physical oceanographic processes in shaping the marine ecosystem throughout the tropical Indian Ocean with particular attention directed towards the role of internal waves in modulating deep coral bleaching, manta movement and fish schooling behaviour over seamounts. Phil is currently a member of, and previously led, the Marine Physics Research Group that brings together scientists within the university that have a common interest in understanding the physics that influence the dynamics and physical properties of the marine environment.

• Programme Director of the BSc Oceanography & Coastal Processes: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-oceanography-and-coastal-processes
• Member of the Marine Physics Research Group: www.marinephysics.org
• Member of the Marine Institute (www.plymouth.ac.uk/marine)

 

•  Member of American Geophysical Union
• Peninsula Research Institue for Marine Renewable Energy 

PhD/MPhil supervision (ongoing):

• Harvey Cairns: 'Understanding the role of dynamical oceanographic mechanisms driving habitat use at tropical atolls: a numerical modelling approach', Bertarelli Foundation, 2022 - present
• Ted Robinson: 'Oceanographic drivers of ecosystem variability throughout British Indian Ocean Territory', Garfield Weston Foundation, 2019 - present
• Clara Diaz: 'Investigating the distribution and diversity of mesophotic reefs in British Indian Ocean Territory', Garfield Weston Foundation, 2019 - present 
• Joanna Harris: 'Oceanographic drivers of manta movements and ecology in British Indian Ocean Territory', Garfield Weston Foundation, 2019 - present
• Danielle Eager: 'Identifying and quantifying pelagic biomass over seamounts in the Chagos Archipelago in relation to local oceanographic processes', Garfield Weston Foundation, 2019 - present

PhD supervision (completed):

• Jaimie Cross: 'The Dynamics of Suspended Particles in a Seasonally Stratified Shelf Sea'. NERC-funded, 2009 - 2012
• Ed Steele: '3D Turbulence Structure in the Sea', SMSE funded, 2011 - 2015
• Sam Cox: ''Physical drivers of predator foraging in the marine environment', NERC-funded, 2011 - 2016
• Megan Sheridan: 'Dynamics of small-scale coastal plumes', SMSE-funded, 2012 - 2018
• Marcus Zannachi: 'Physical controls on primary production in marginally stratified shelf seas', NERC-funded, October 2013 - 2019.
• Llucia Mascorda Cabre: 'Oceanographic impacts of offshore mussel farms', 2019 - present
• Maxine King: 'Deciphering submarine slope processes in the Ross Sea, Antarctica', SoBAMS, 2018 - present

*** Nominated 'Most Inspirational Teacher' SSTAR awards, 2011, 2016***
I teach on a number of modules across the BSc Marine Science programme and lead two modules: 

• OS201 Global Ocean Processes: This module teaches students about the major oceanographic processes that influence the ocean circulation and have implications for biogeochemical processes throughout the marine environment.
• OS206 Researching the Marine Environment: This module teaches students advanced practical skills appropriate to their specific degree. We train students to be able to independently conduct fieldwork with minimal supervision, including instrument programming, preparation, deployment and recovery, in addition to project planning and management.