Professional summary

Research Interests

Stephen is an ecophysiologist of aquatic algae and plants with a particular interest in relating changing environmental conditions, particularly those driven by climate change, to physiological and ecological responses through laboratory experiments, field measurements, use of novel techniques and the analysis of long-term environmental data. He has a particular interest in changing CO2 availability in water and the effects this has on ecology of algae and plants. He recently retired but is continuing as a UKCEH Fellow.

Brief CV

2021                    Retired and appointed as a UKCEH Fellow

2019                    Elected a Fellow of the Freshwater Biological Association

2019                     Visiting Scholar Université Aix-Marseille

2017                     Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

2017                     Visiting Scholar Université Aix-Marseille

2015- present      Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professor for Senior International Scientists, Wuhan, China

2014 - present     Individual Merit Promotion to Senior Principal Scientific Officer

2013                     Visiting Scholar Université Aix-Marseille

2011 - present      Visiting Professor at Queen Mary University of London

2011 - 2012          Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professor, Wuhan, China

2004- 2016           Head of the Lake Ecosystems Group

2004 - 2006           Honorary Professor at Wuhan Botanic Gardens, China

1995 - 2014           Principal Scientific Officer at CEH Lancaster (formerly Windermere)

1995 - 1996           Visiting Professor, Aarhus University

1990 - 1995           Senior Scientific Officer at CEH Windermere (IFE)

1988 - 1990           NERC PDRA at St Andrews University.

1983 - 1987           Temporary lecturer at St Andrews University.

1981 - 1983           NERC Research Fellow at FBA Windermere.

Other experience

Editorial boards: Aquatic Botany (1987-2017); Freshwater Biology (1997-2017 ).

Editor of special issues: Hydrobiologia (2002); Freshwater Biology (1995 & 2011); Aquatic Botany (2013).

Associate editor: Inland Water (2010- ); Biology Letters (2015- 2020).

Council member: British Phycological Society (2003-05); Freshwater Biological Association (2003 – 08).

Advisor: Status of Freshwater Ecology in the UK (2005); Defra Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (2011-13); NERC grants college (2012 -).

 

 

 

Qualifications

1978 - 1981           University of St. Andrews PhD. The nature of competition between macrophytes and phytoplankton in freshwaters.

1975-1978             University of Readin B.Sc. (Hons) Botany & Zoology (First class)

Awards

Received the Luigi Provasoli Award from the American Phycological Society in 1992.

Awarded Lancaster University Staff Prize for working on a joint project (RELU) with staff from the University in 2011.

Publications