Staff Profile
Dr Jane Delany
Senior Lecturer
- Telephone: 2086671
- Address: Dove Marine Laboratory,
Cullercoats, NE30 4PZ
Room 4.76, 4th floor, Ridley 2
Main 缅北禁地 Campus
NE1 7RU
Roles and Responsibilities
- Head of the Dove Marine Laboratory (2015-2022)
- Degree Programme Director for the Marine Science Programmes
- Senior Personal Tutor for Marine Science SNES
- CPD and Field course organisation for external groups
- Board member of the Great North Museum (2012-2023)
- Member of the Faculty Ethics Committee (SNES Convenor)
Areas of expertise
- Marine ecology
- Citizen science
- Temperate intertidal and coastal planktonic ecology
Qualifications
- B.A. Mod in Zoology (Trinity College Dublin)
- M.Sc. Oceanography (Southampton)
- Ph.D. Marine Ecology (University College Cork)
Research Interests
Marine rocky intertidal community dynamics; the relative importance of supply side ecology to the functioning of intertidal ecosystems; settlement and recruitment patterns in marine invertebrates.
Zooplankton and phytoplankton linkages; Plankton Dove Time Series; Development of ballast water treatments.
Citizen Science; Public participation and engagement with science; Public Awareness of Marine Issues; Current ecology teaching methods in schools; Role of the natural environment in science education
Postgraduate Supervision
Hannah Lloyd-Hartley Developing pelagic indicators of ecosystem health using the Dove Time Series plankton
Past research students:
Dr Ashleigh Tinlin (with Dr C Fitzsimmons): Impacts of harvesting and bait digging in the EMS
Dr Malcolm Baptie Plankton response to a changing climate in the Dove Time Series: a Northumberland ecosystem study Dr Kayvan Pazouki: Inferential measurement and control of Ballast Water Treatment Systems.
Dr Susan Gebbels: Promoting Citizenship and Environmental Learning in the Marine Environment
Dr Jenny Carney: Marine bioinvasion prevention : understanding ballast water transportation conditions and the development of effective treatment systems.
Dr Mani Arora: Complexity and population regulation in unicellular algal cultures of Tetraselmis: an insight into individual and social interactions.
Mr Shane Maloney (MPhil): The Design, Build and Initial Testing of a Prototype Ballast Water Treatment Plant.
Sana Akram (co-supervision with G Galdwell): Toxicity of manufactured nano-particles to marine biota
Ashley Endacott:(MpHil candidate) Fish assemblages of the Lindisfarne seagreass beds
Esteem Indicators
Invited Keynote Speaker at European Marine Biology Symposium, Ostende, 2018
Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of North Tyneside Learning Trust
Chair of the Berwickshire and Northumberland Marine Nature Partnership
Funding
NERC Engaging environments Programme 'OPENER'
£1.7million HLF Capturing our Coast
£9.4K IfS pump prime Coastal Cities Observatory
£8K IfS pump prime Raising awareness of Climate Change through sea level rise visual simulation tools
£108,000 Heritage Lottery Fund: The Big Sea Survey
£418,000 EUFP7 BaWaPla (with Prof E Mesbahi)
£117,000 UKIERI (with Prof E Mesbahi)
£89,000 NYK Shipping Development of Educational Initiatives
£84,000 Merck Sharp & Dohme Ltd: Community Engagement
£120,000 One NE STEM transition learning
£30,000 New Opportunities Fund - science education opportunities for Key Stage 3
£5000 Catherine Cookson Foundation - "Cullercoats Village and Maritime Heritage"
£30,000 HEIF3 funding for Distance Learning Course Development
Degree Programme Director for Marine Biology C161 and Marine Zoology C350
Stage 1:
NES1501 Marine Biology (Module Leader)
NES1504 Academic and Professional Skills for the Biosciences
NES1501 Marine Practical Skills
Stage 2:
NES2504 Academic and Empolyability Skills
NES2505 Marine Practical Skills II
Stage 3:
NES3501 Advanced Marine Research Topics I
NES3503 Advanced Marine Research Topics III
NES3505 Research Project Supervision
Postgraduate Taught:
MST8028 Marine Consultancy project planning
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Articles
- Robinson D, Sugden H, Rao P, Towers A, Wysocka J, Delany J. . Journal of Participatory Research Methods 2024, 5(4), 1-23.
- Robinson D, Delany J, Sugden H. . Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 2024, 9(1), 13.
- Tinlin-Mackenzie A, Rowland BW, Delany J, Scott CL, Fitzsimmons C. . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2022, 552, 151736.
- Earp H, Vye S, Bohn K, Burrows M, Chenery J, Dickens S, Foster C, Grist H, Lamont P, Long S, Morrall Z, Pocklington J, Scott A, Watson G, West V, Jenkins S, Delany J, Sugden H. . Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 2022, 7(1), 12.
- Vye SR, Dickens S, Adams L, Bohn K, Chenery J, Dobson N, Dunn RE, Earp HS, Evans M, Foster C, Grist H, Holt B, Hull S, Jenkins S, Lamont P, Long S, Mieszkowska N, Millard J, Morrall Z, Pack K, Parry-Wilson H, Pocklington J, Pottas J, Richardson L, Scott A, Sugden H, Watson G, West V, Winton D, Delany J, Burrows MT. . Diversity and Distributions 2020, 26(10), 1357-1365.
- Tinlin-Mackenzie A, Delany J, Scott CL, Fitzsimmons C. . Marine Policy 2019, 109, 103707.
- Hyder K, Townhill B, Anderson L, Delany J, Pinnegar J. . Marine Policy 2015, 59, 112-120.
- Arora M, Anil AC, Burgess K, Delany J, Mesbahi E. . Journal of Biosciences 2015, 40(5), 921-927.
- Carney KJ, Basurko OC, Pazouki K, Marsham S, Delany JE, Desai DV, Anil AC, Mesbahi E. . Marine Pollution Bulletin 2013, 68(1-2), 99-105.
- Arora M, Anil AC, Leliaert F, Delany J, Mesbahi E. . European Journal of Phycology 2013, 48(1), 61-78.
- Arora M, Anil AC, Delany J, Rajarajan N, Emami K, Mesbahi E. . Aquatic Biology 2012, 15(1), 61-71.
- Carney KJ, Delany JE, Sawant S, Mesbahi E. . Marine Pollution Bulletin 2011, 62(6), 1233-1244.
- Gebbels S, Evans SM, Delany JE. . Journal of Biological Education 2011, 45(1), 13-19.
- Pazouki K, Carney KJ, Delany J, Mesbahi E. . Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects Part A: International Journal of Maritime Engineering 2011, 153(A3), A173-A183.
- Chaniotis P, Delany JE, Murphy AJ. . School Science Review 2010, 92(338), 881-887.
- Sundelöf A, Jenkins S, Svensson C, Delany J, Hawkins S, Åberg P. . Marine Biology 2010, 157(4), 779-789.
- Chaniotis PD, Delany JE, Murphy AJ. . Teaching and Learning Update 2009, (24).
- Power AM, Delany J, McGrath D, Myers AA, O'Riordan RM. . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2006, 332(2), 151-165.
- Cruz T, Castro JJ, Delany J, McGrath D, Myers AA, O'Riordan RM, Power A-M, Rabaca J, Hawkins SJ. . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2005, 318(1), 51-60.
- O'Riordan RM, Arenas F, Arrontes J, Castro JJ, Cruz T, Delany J, Martinez B, Fernandez C, Hawkins SJ, McGrath D, Myers AA, Oliveros J, Pannacciulli FG, Power A-M, Relini G, Rico JM, Silva T. . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2004, 304(2), 243-264.
- Delany J, Myers AA, McGrath D, O'Riordan RM, Power AM. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2003, 249, 207-214.
- O'Riordan RM, Delany J, McGrath D, Myers AA, Power AM, Ramsay NF, Alvarez D, Cruz T, Pannacciulli FG, Range P, Relini G. . Marine Ecology 2001, 22(4), 307-322.
- Jenkins SR, Aberg P, Cervin G, Coleman RA, Delany J, Hawkins SJ, Hyder K, Myers AA, Paula J, Range P, Hartnoll RG. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 217, 207-217.
- Power AM, Myers AA, O'Riordan RM, McGrath D, Delany J. . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 2001, 52(3), 349-356.
- Jenkins SR, Aberg P, Cervin G, Coleman RA, Delany J, Santina PDella, Hawkins SJ, LaCroix E, Myers AA, Lindegarth M, Power A-M, Roberts MF, Hartnoll RG. . Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2000, 243(2), 209-225.
- Power A. M. Piyapattanakorn S. O'Riordan R. M. Iyengar A. Myers A. A. Hawkins S. J. Delany J. McGrath D. Maclean N. Verification of cyprid size as a tool in the identification of two European spcies of Chthamalus barnacles using mtDNA RFLP analysis. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 191: 251-256 1999.
- O'Riordan RM, Myers AA, McGrath D, Delany J. . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 1999, 79(2), 365-366.
- Power A-M, Delany J, Myers AA, O'Riordan RM, McGrath D. . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 1999, 79(5), 941-943.
- Delany J, Myers AA, McGrath D. Recruitment, immigration and population structure of two coexisting limpet species in mid-shore tidepools, on the West Coast of Ireland. J. exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 221:221-230 1998.
- Delany, J., Myers, AA, McGrath, D. The Effects of Disturbances on algal communities in mid-shore tidepools. In: Giller, P.S. and Myers, A.A., (Eds.) Disturbance and recovery in ecological systems, 33-46. Royal Irish Academy 1996.