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

    Physical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea

    Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Mar 2013, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, p. 505-524

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Future variability of solute transport in a macrotidal estuary

    Robins, P. E., Lewis, M. J., Simpson, J. H., Howlett, E. R. & Malham, S. K., 13 Oct 2014, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 151, p. 88-99

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Impact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes

    Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P. & Lewis, M. J., 8 Aug 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 72, p. 311-321

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 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

  5. Published

    The potential impact of climate change on the infectious diseases of commercially important shellfish populations in the Irish Sea—a review

    Robins, P. E., Malham, S., Rowley, A. F., Cross, M. E., Culloty, S. C., Lynch, S. A., Mackenzie, C. L., Morgan, E., O'Riordan, R. M., Robbins, P. E., Smith, A. L., Thrupp, T. J., Vogan, C. L., Wootton, E. C. & Malham, S. K., 1 May 2014, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 71, 4, p. 741-759

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Improving estuary models by reducing uncertainties associated with river flows

    Robins, P., Lewis, M., Freer, J., Cooper, D., Skinner, C. & Coulthard, T., 31 Jul 2018, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.

    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

    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