Ocean Optics XXI - the leading conference on all aspects of optical oceanography – will be held in Glasgow, October 2012.
- May 2012 – The group is delighted to welcome Katharina (Ina) Lefering who is currently finishing her Bachelor of Science in Marine Technology at the University of Applied Science Bremerhaven. Ina is working on advanced spectrophotometry techniques during her time with us.
- Apr 2012 – David presents a poster on spectral deconvolution at EGU2012 in Vienna. Over 10,000 delegates attend conference…
- Mar 2012 – David joined up with Dave and Rob from Bangor and Alex, George and Emelyn from Plymouth for the second set of particle optics experiments in the Menai Strait. Sailing out past Caernarfon Castle (above) – a truly spectacular place to work!
- Jan 2012 – paper reporting on links between particle properties and optical signals in coastal waters published in Limnology and Oceanography. Joint publicatuion with Griet Neukermans (MUMM, Belgium), Hubert Loisel and Xavier Meriaux (Wimereux, France) and Rosa Astoreca (University Libre de Bruxelles , Belgium).
- Dec 2011 – New publication! Claire, Alex and David report on the effect of phytoplankton and CDOM on simple, red wavelength mineral algorithms in a new Remote Sensing of Environment paper.
- Nov 2011 – David McKee has just returned from a 3-day LIDAR workshop at the NATO Under water Research Centre in La Spezia, Italy organised by our good friend Dr Chuck Trees. Really interesting work and superb hospitality with some wonderful colleagues – it is always hard to leave Lerici!
- Oct 2011 – Catherine Mitchell has joined the group to start work on a PhD project that will investigate our ability to determineinteractions between physical and biogeochemical processes from ocean colour remote sensing.
- Sept 2011 – Claire Neil has successfully defended her PhD and will shortly be jetting off to start a post-doc position with Malik Chami at the Laboratoire d’Oceanographie de Villefranche in the South of France. We are all very jealous but wish her the best of luck in the new job!
- Aug 2011 – After nearly melting in 104F heat in the USA, David is back to cool off in the Menai Strait, North Wales on the first field work with Bangor and Plymouth Universities for the NERC funded particle size / scattering project.
- July 2011 – David McKee spent four weeks in Rhode Island, USA visiting Dr Mike Twardowski at WETLabs Research Division to continue collaboration on spectral deconvolution approaches.
- June 2011 – The group welcomed Dr Violeta Sanjuan Calzado from the NATO Underwater Research Centre in La Spezia, Italy who visited to discuss continuing and new joint research themes.
- May 2011 – David McKee is awarded a MASTS Senior Lectureship in the Physics Department. David would like to thank all who have contributed to this success over many years and looks forward to continuing and developing new collaborations with friends and colleagues, old and new!
- Mar 2011 – paper on effective scattering phase functions for multiple scattering applications published in Optics Express. Joint publication with Prof Jacek Piskozub from Polish Academy of Sciences in Sopot, Poland and David McKee.
- Oct 2010 – NERC funded project to investigate potential impact of particle aggregation on optical properties of natural particle populations in marine environment starts. Collaboration with Dr David Bowers from University of Bangor and Dr Alex Nimmo-Smith from the University of Plymouth.
- Sept 2010 – Alex, David, Claire and Danielle attend Ocean Optics XX conference in Anchorage, Alaska. Glasgow announced as preferred bidder for Ocean Optics XXI in 2012.
- Aug 2010 – Prof Jacek Piskozub visits group to continue collaborative work with David McKee. Visit funded by Royal Society of Edinburgh International Exchange Scheme with Polish Academy of Sciences.
- Jul 2010 – NERC standard grant award for David McKee in collaboration with Dr David Bowers from University of Bangor and Dr Alex Nimmo-Smith from the University of Plymouth. Total funding of ~£1m to study impact of particle aggregation on optical properties of natural particle populations in marine environment.
- May 2010 – David McKee and Jennifer Moore take part in North Sea Cruise on German research ship MV Heincke. Fieldwork supports on-going collaboration with Dr Rudiger Rottgers from GKSS, Germany.
