nuig biogeoscience research group

Prof. Colin Brown

Director, Ryan Institute

Environmental, Marine and Energy Research

Ext. 2691 
Phone: +353 (0)91 492 691
Email:  colin.brownnuigalway.ie

Research Interests: offshore renewable energy; underwater acoustic methods for seabed sediment properties; geohabitat mapping; marine ecological modelling; geophysics for hydrogeology; electromagnetic and potential field geophysics; numerical modelling.

Dr. Rachel R. Cave
Lecturer

Ext. 2351
Phone: + 353 (0)91 492 351
Email:  rachel.cavenuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: ocean chemistry; groundwater-seawater interactions; biogeochemical cycling in coastal waters.

Dr. Eve Daly
Lecturer

Phone: +353 (0)91 750 306
Email:  eve.dalynuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: tectonic processes onshore and offshore of Ireland; environmental geophysics.

Dr. Garret Duffy
Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Ext. 2169
Phone: +353 (0)91 492 169
Email: garret.duffynuigalway.ie

Research Interests: hydrography; coastal hydrodynamic modelling and measurement; sediment transport modelling and measurement; digital terrain analysis.

Dr. Anthony J. Grehan
Senior Researcher

Ext. 3235
Phone: +353 (0)91 493 235
Email: anthony.grehannuigalway.ie

Research Interests: habitat mapping; suitability modeling; deep-water corals; sustainable ocean resource management.

Mr. Tiernan Henry
Lecturer

Ext. 5096
Phone: +353 (0)91 495 096
Email: tiernan.henrynuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: groundwater; hydrogeology, water resource management.

Dr. Klaus Leurer
Research Fellow

Ext. 2690
Phone: +353 (0)91 492 690
Email: klaus.leurernuigalway.ie

Research Interests: rock physics; sediment acoustics.  

Dr. Liam Morrison
Research Fellow

Ext. 3200
Phone: +353 (0)91 493 200
Email: liam.morrisonnuigalway.ie

Research Interests: metal contamination, biomonitoring, contaminant bioavailability and mobility, sediment geochemistry, sample preparation, spectrochemical and microscopy techniques, peat cores as archives of environmental change, sulphated black crusts in the built environment, biodeterioration of natural and dimension stone, attachment of marine organisms to lithic substrates, microbial involvement at the interface between marine organisms and their substrate.

Dr. Barbara Petrunic
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow & Webmaster

Phone: +353 (0)91 493 069
Email: barbara.petrunicnuigalway.ie   

Research Interests: environmental geochemistry; mineral-water interactions; groundwater & hydrogeology; secondary mineralogy; mine tailings.

Dr. Martin White
Lecturer

Ext. 3214
Phone: + 353 (0)91 493 214
Email: martin.whitenuigalway.ie

Research & Teaching Interests: benthic dynamics; biophysical interactions; continental margin hydrography; cold water corals.

Prof. Michael Williams
Head of Department & Professor 

Research & Teaching Interests: sedimentology; coastal processes; caledonian geology.