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Details for Dr Steve Simpson
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| Name | Dr Steve Simpson | ||||||
| Job title | Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences |
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| Department | School of Biological Sciences University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/biology/person/?personKey=njDuCp365xFexnW532D9vM92gtDcWU | ||||||
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| Out-of-hours contact details | home07900 551 883 | ||||||
| Qualifications | B.Sc.(Liv.), M.Res.(York), Ph.D.(York) | ||||||
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| Keywords | ecology fish fisheries climate change marine biology coral reefs animal behaviour Cabot Institute |
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| Areas of expertise | I am a marine biologist and fish ecologist, with particular interests in coral reef fishes, commercial fisheries, climate change, fish behaviour, and aquaculture. I specifically work on: * The effects of climate change on European fish communities * Underwater noise and its influence on fish behaviour * Fish population biology and dispersal * Population connectivity and marine protected areas. My work combines overseas fieldwork, often in remote and challenging third world environments, with laboratory-based behaviour experiments and computer modelling. I am a well-trained and skilled communicator with a passion for delivering science to the public and to children. I am a NERC / Cabot Institute Knowledge Exchange Fellow, which means in addition to my research, I have regular and strategic meetings with policymakers, industrial partners and management and conservation agencies. |
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| Media experience | I won the Daily Telegraph Science Writer Competition in 2001. I have given interviews on BBC Countryfile, BBC Radio 4 Series "The Sound of Life", BBC Radio 4 and World Service, and on International Radio (NPR, CBC, ABC, Radio Sweden, Deutschland Radio). I have provided expert comment for New Scientist and the Edinburgh Evening News. My work has been covered widely, including: Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic, Guardian, Independent, Telegraph, Financial Times, New York Times, Seattle Times, and Sydney Morning Herald. I regularly give advice for TV series, including BBC Life, Wild Arabia, and Survival, and to recent series by Bear Grylls and Marcus du Sautoy. |
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