Professor Simon Creer
Professor of Molecular Ecology
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I am interested in using contemporary molecular tools to address diverse questions focusing on biodiversity, ecology and evolution. This is a particularly exciting time in the field of molecular ecology, since advances in DNA sequencing throughput have recently offered a paradigm shift in our ability to assess previously intractable functional and taxonomic biodiversity at an unprecedented scale, augmenting existing biodiversity fields and empowering others. Using such technologies, I am testing a range of hypotheses regarding the alpha and beta functional and taxonomic diversity of macro-, meio- and microbial communities (e.g. microbiomes) in space and time, based on genomic, community and environmental DNA (eDNA). Focal habitats have included estuarine, coastal and deep sea environments with an increasing focus now on freshwater, terrestrial, whole organisms and the aerial biosphere in order to understand the drivers of diversity in natural communities and also how diversity is linked with ecological function, trophic relationships, environmental and human health. Current additional activities include phylogenomics, population genetics, life history evolution, polyploidy, pollination genomics.
Any funded Fellowship, postgraduate or postdoctoral positions will be advertised on the group website/social media feeds, but we also welcome enquiries from candidates seeking their own funding mechanisms, to develop future research collaborations.
Email: s.creer@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)1248 382302
Address: School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK
URL: http://mefgl.bangor.ac.uk/staff/si.php
Twitter: @SiCreerProf
- Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Advancing mitogenomics : a case study in the Araneae
Awdur: Briscoe, A., 22 Awst 2013Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Complementary uses of stable isotope and dietary metabarcoding analyses for trophic web determination in freshwater and estuarine tropical fishes
Awdur: Pillay, K., 29 Medi 2023Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Fenner, N. (Goruchwylydd), Milner, N. (Goruchwylydd), Urakawa, H. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Parsons, M. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Defining a High Throughput Sequencing identification framework for freshwater ecosystem biomonitoring
Awdur: Bista, I., Ion 2016Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing
Awdur: Garcia da Fonseca Batista, V., Ion 2011Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Exploring novel techniques to quantify habitat use, diet, and ecological effects of deer, with a focus on fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley, North Wales
Awdur: Gresham, A., 11 Awst 2023Goruchwylydd: Shannon, G. (Goruchwylydd), Healey, J. (Goruchwylydd), Eichhorn, M. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Exploring the biodiversity of the lakes of the Malay Archipelago using environmental DNA metabarcoding
Awdur: Evans, A., 4 Meh 2019Goruchwylydd: De Bruyn, M. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
From morphology to microbiome: common garden studies in wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Awdur: Perry, W., 12 Awst 2020Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Glover, K. A. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd), Solberg, M. F. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd), Llewellyn, M. (Goruchwylydd) & Taylor, M. I. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Genomic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Devil Rays (Mobula Spp.)
Awdur: Hosegood, J., 25 Chwef 2020Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Ogden, R. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & De Bruyn, M. (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Investigating fitness consequences of hybridisation between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon
Awdur: Harvey, A., Ion 2016Goruchwylydd: Carvalho, G. (Goruchwylydd), Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd), Glover, K. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd) & Taylor, M. I. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth
Investigating floral resource use by pollinators using pollen DNA metabarcoding
Awdur: Lowe, A., 13 Meh 2022Goruchwylydd: Creer, S. (Goruchwylydd) & de Vere, N. (Unigolyn allanol) (Goruchwylydd)
Traethawd ymchwil myfyriwr: Doethur mewn Athroniaeth