Dr Peter Robins

Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography

Contact info

Office location: Room 115, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge

(Tel: 01248 383961)

Email:  p.robins@bangor.ac.uk

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I'm a Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography at the School of Ocean Sciences. My Degree in Mathematics and Physical Oceanography (2003) and Ph.D on internal tides (2008) were also from Bangor University. Since then, I've been interested in a wide range of human and biological impacts of coastal dynamics and change, with applications to coastal hazards (flooding, water quality degradation, pollution and public health risk), coastal morphology, marine population dynamics and connectivity, and marine renewable energy resource and impact studies.

My research generally involves developing computer models that simulate coastal processes, whether this is realistic representations of the past, future climate predictions, or hypothetical scenarios such as simulating flood mitigation options or the impact of tidal-stream turbines on sediment transport. I'm especiallly intersted in estuaries because of the so many complex processes occuring here that affect communities and wildlife, and as there is still much to discover such as how extreme river flows and sea levels interact to exacerbate flooding, or how sewage disperses towards coastal beaches and shellfish beds. I enjoy working with a wide range of scientists across different diciplines, with climate modellers to ensure their projections are relevant for coastal impact, and with coastal policy makers so that our research has real world outcomes. 

 

  1. Published

    Predicting the dispersal of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the wastewater treatment plant to the coast

    Robins, P., Dickson, N., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Singer, A., Quilliam, R. & Jones, D. L., Sept 2022, In: Heliyon. 8, 9, E10547.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections

    Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    The internal tide of the Gareloch, a Scottish Fjord

    Robins, P. & Elliott, A., 1 Jan 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 81, 1, p. 130-142

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Predicting the dispersal of wild Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) from an existing frontier population—a numerical study

    Robins, P., King, J., Jenkins, S. & Tita, A., 2017, In: Aquatic Invasions. 12, 2, p. 117-131

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Morphological controls in sandy estuaries: the influence of tidal flats and bathymetry on sediment transport.

    Robins, P. E. & Davies, A. G., 1 Jun 2010, In: Ocean Dynamics. 60, 3, p. 503-517

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Compound flooding: Dependence at sub-daily scales between extreme storm surge and fluvial flow

    Robins, P., Lewis, M., Elnahrawi, M., Lyddon, C., Dickson, N. & Coulthard, T., 16 Aug 2021, In: Frontiers. 7, 727294.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Viral dispersal in the coastal zone: A method to quantify water quality risk

    Robins, P., Farkas, K., Jones, D. L., Cooper, D. & Malham, S., May 2019, In: Environment International. 126, p. 430-442

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Application of a coastal model to simulate present and future inundation and aid coastal management

    Robins, P., Davies, A. & Jones, R., 1 Mar 2011, In: Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management. 15, 1, p. 1-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Changing Hydrology: A UK Perspective

    Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 2019, Coasts and estuaries: The future. Wolanski, E., Day, J., Elliott, M. & Ramachandran, R. (eds.). Burlington: Elsevier, p. 611-617 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  10. Published

    Morphodynamic processes in shallow estuaries: influence of tidal flats and channels on sand transport.

    Robins, P. E. & Davies, A. G., 1 Jan 2009, p. 161-167.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review