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Dr Liam Morrison
Lecturer and Course Director and Academic Coordinator for the MSc in Marine and Freshwater Resources: Management (1MFR1)
Earth and Ocean Sciences,
School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute
University of Galway
Ireland, H91 TK33

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8106-9063
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Short biography

Liam Morrison attended the University of Galway, where he obtained his BSc Hons in Marine Science and was awarded a PhD degree from the Departments of Oceanography and Botany. Dr Morrison was previously awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science Engineering and Technology (IRC) and a Marie Curie Host Fellowship at Queen’s University Belfast. Dr Morrison is the Course Director and Academic Coordinator for the MSc in Marine and Freshwater Resources: Management (1MFR1) at the University of Galway and is the Director of Research and Innovation for the School of Natural Sciences.

Research interests include: presence, speciation and bioavailability of toxic and essential trace elements and organic contaminants in marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems, obtaining data to support policy on environmental protection; characterisation and removal of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in water and biological systems; development and application of analytical and chemical methods for studying the presence of microplastics in biotic and abiotic systems; nutrient dynamics and eco-physiology of opportunistic macroalgal blooms (including invasive species) in estuaries and coastal bays in order to understand the mechanisms behind macroalgal blooms in order to develop management tools to control their size; application of remote sensing techniques in the spatial and temporal determination of macroalgal blooms; nature based solution and marine ecological restoration; marine radioactivity; and sustainable development of marine resources in the context of global change.

Ongoing Projects