Professor Simon Neill
Professor in Physical Oceanography

Aelodaeth
Contact info
Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 383938
Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; Amazon Author Page; Twitter; Google Knowledge Panel
I am professor in physical oceanography, specializing in ocean renewable energy: characterizing the wave and tidal energy resource, understanding wave-tide interaction, optimizing grid integration of arrays of marine renewable energy devices, and quantifying the environmental impacts of extracting energy from the oceans. I am founder and course director of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), working on revising IEC Technical Specification 62600-201: Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization. I am a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy, have written a textbook on marine energy "Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea", and am lead sediment scientist at FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy). I also have other shelf sea research interests, including palaeoceanography, sediment dynamics, and simulating the dispersal of marine organisms and microplastics.
I currently lead a wide range of research projects at Bangor University, including:
- NERC – SE Asia Plastics. South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines. Neill SP (PI), Hiddink JG, Robins PE, Lewis MJ, Skov MW, Dunn CP (School of Natural Sciences), Taboada E (University of San Carlos, Philippines); £708,034. 2020-2023.
- European Regional Development Fund. Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) (£7M) Simon Neill (PI), Iestyn Pierce & Graham Ormondroyd. 2019-2023.
Research Areas
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Some numerical aspects of modelling flow around hydraulic structures using incompressible SPH
Ghadampour, Z., Hashemi, M. R., Talebbeydokhti, N., Neill, S. P. & Nikseresht, A. H., 8 Mai 2015, Yn: Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 69, 12, t. 1470-1483Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A progress report on the control of the free surface in a 3D Navier Stokes solver for coastal applications.
Gejadze, I., Copeland, G., Neill, S. P., Fang, F. & Pain, C., 1 Ion 2004, t. 681-694.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Metagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes
Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Nichols, B., Quince, C., Johnson, H. F., Neill, S. P., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K., Power, D. M. & Creer, S., 25 Awst 2014, Yn: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 23, 11, t. 1293–1302Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.
Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Sung, W., Johnson, H. F., Power, D. M., Neill, S. P., Packer, M., Blaxter, M. L., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K. & Creer, S., 19 Hyd 2010, Yn: Nature Communications. 1, 7, t. 98Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Observing estuarine currents and fronts in the Tay Estuary, Scotland, using an airborne SAR with along-track interferometry (ATI)
Ferrier, G., Macklin, J. T., Neill, S. P., Folkard, A. M., Copeland, G. J. & Anderson, J. M., 20 Hyd 2005, Yn: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26, 20, t. 4399-4404Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Characterizing the Great Lakes hydrokinetic renewable energy resource: Lake Erie wave, surge and seiche characteristics
Farhadzadeh, A., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 1 Meh 2017, Yn: Energy. 128, t. 661-675Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Drone-based large-scale particle image velocimetry applied to tidal stream energy resource assessment
Fairley, I., Williamson, B., McIlvenny, J., King, N., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Glasby, D., Coles, D., Powell, B., Naylor, K., Robinson, M. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Awst 2022, Yn: Renewable Energy. 196, t. 839-855Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Intercomparison of surface velocimetry techniques for drone-based marine current characterization
Fairley, I., King, N., McIlvenny, J., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Williamson, B., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Ebr 2024, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 299, 108682.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The tidal flux in the Firth of Forth
Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Maw 2007, Yn: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 1, t. 25-32Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Oceanographic observations in the Savick Brook.
Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Ion 2004, 2004 gol. Unknown.Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn
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The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations
Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Ion 2022, Yn: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Larval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries
Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, t. 2969-2995Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy
Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Medi 2022, Yn: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource
Coles, D., Angeloudis, A., Greaves, D., Hastie, G., Lewis, M., Mackie, L., McNaughton, J., Miles, J., Neill, S., Piggott, M., Risch, D., Scott, B., Sparling, C., Stallard, T., Thies, P., Walker, S., White, D., Willden, R. & Williamson, B. J., 24 Tach 2021, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society A . 477, 2255, 20210469.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Measuring and Observing the Ocean Renewable Energy Resource
Christie, D. & Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd gol.Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Characterising the wave energy resource of Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Christie, D., Neill, S. & Arnold, P., 1 Ebr 2023, Yn: Renewable Energy. 206, t. 1198-1211Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Characterizing seabed sediments at contrasting offshore renewable energy sites
Amjadian, P., Neill, S. & Marti, V., 4 Ebr 2023, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid