Marc Rius
Senior Tenured Researcher & Director
Affiliations: CEAB-CSIC, UJ
Office: CEAB – first floor
Telephone: +34 972 336101, Email: mrius(at)ceab(dot)csic(dot)es
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Robyn Samuel
PhD student, 2018-2022
Autonomous monitoring of marine organisms using novel technologies Project links: NOC, OES-UoS
University supervisor: Phil Fenberg
Email: R.M.Samuel(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
University webpage
Karolina Zarzyczny
PhD student, 2020-2024
The ecological and evolutionary consequences of tropicalisation Project links: OES-UoS, NHM
Main supervisor: Phil Fenberg
Email: K.M.Zarzyczny(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
Research Gate webpage
Jesús Zarcero
PhD student, 2022-2025
Monitoring of urbanised habitats using environmental DNA metabarcoding Project links: CEAB-CSIC
Main supervisor: Xavier Turon
Email: jzarcero(at)ceab(dot)csic(dot)es
Personal webpage
Former members
Ella McKnight
PhD student, 2017-2021
The influence of environmental variability on the ecological performance of native and non-native marine organisms
Project links: MBA, MUN, OES-UoS
Main supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: Ella.Mcknight(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
University webpage
Kathryn Pack
PhD student, 2017-2021
Physiologically based shifts in species distributions under global climate change Project links: MBA, OES-UoS
University supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: kep2g11(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
PhD thesis EThoS thesis link
Edward Wort
PhD student, 2014-2018
The role of habitat gaps and oceanography on the biogeography of rocky intertidal species over historic time scales
Project links: OES-UoS, NHM
Main supervisor: Phil Fenberg
Email: ew6g09(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
Webpage EThOS thesis link
Abigail Mabey
PhD student, 2017-2021
Investigating the role of traits in species invasiveness in marine and terrestrial ecosystems Project links: Geog-KCL, OES-UoS, MBA
University supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: A.L.Mabey(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
University webpage
Jamie Hudson
PhD student 2016-2020
The role of climate change, species invasions and hybridisation in the redistribution of marine biodiversity
Project links: OES-UoS, UJ, RU
Main supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: J.Hudson(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
PhD thesis EThOS thesis link
Luke Holman
PhD student, 2017-2021
Environmental DNA and the study of marine biological invasions
Project links: OES-UoS, BU, NOC
Main supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: L.E.Holman(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
Webpage PhD thesis EThOS thesis link
Steve Bourne
PhD student, 2014-2018
The genomics of adaptation and its consequences for marine biological invasions
Project links: OES-UoS, BS-UoS
Main supervisor: Marc Rius
Email: S.Bourne(at)soton(dot)ac(dot)uk
PhD thesis EThOS thesis link
MSc students
2019/2020
Ed Good
Mireia Silvestre
2019/2020
Alessia Dinoi
2014/2015
Ella McKnight (now PhD student)
Jacob Bishop
2013/2014
Panagiotis Malouchos
MSci students
2021/2022
Jessica Brice
2020/2021
Elliot Lack
2018/2019
Yi Chng
2017/2018
Selina Carlhoff (now PhD student)
2015/2016
Jessica Adams
Caitriona Hanly
Joshua Murray
2014/2015
Jamie Hudson (now PhD student)
Joe Hudson
Visiting researchers
2019/2020
Joëlle van der Sprong (now PhD student)
2014/2015
Stefano Scocca
Axelle Amstutz (now PhD student)
BSc students
Lilla Mocsonoky
2015/2016
Michael Ratnarajah
Oliver Bray
2014/2015
Alex Sullivan