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

    Residual flow, bedforms and sediment transport in a tidal channel modelled with variable bed roughness

    Davies, A. & Robins, P., 15 Oct 2017, In: Geomorphology. 295, p. 855-872

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Exploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model

    Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Jan 2023, In: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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 Jan 2022, In: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    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 Dec 2022, In: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, p. 2969-2995

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Evidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy

    Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Interactive visual analytics of hydrodynamic flux for the coastal zone

    George, R. L., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 7 May 2014, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 71, 10, p. 3733-3766

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Interactive Visual Analytics of Coastal Oceanographic Simulation data

    George, R., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Roberts, J. C., 14 Oct 2012. 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  8. Published

    Role of trait combinations, habitat matrix and network topology in metapopulation recovery from regional extinction

    Gimenez Noya, J., Robins, P. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2020, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 4, p. 775-789

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Connectivity and Dispersal Patterns of Protected Biogenic Reefs: Implications for the Conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea

    Gormley, K., Mackenzie, C., Robins, P. E., Coscia, I., Cassidy, A., James, J., Hull, A., Piertney, S., Sanderson, W. & Porter, J., 1 Dec 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 12, p. e0143337

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Characterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database

    Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Robins, P., Aug 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 123, p. 706-718

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review