Professor Peter Robins
Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography
Affiliations
Contact info
Office location: Room 115, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge
(Tel: 01248 383961)
Email: p.robins@bangor.ac.uk
Author profiles: Google Scholar | Researchgate
I'm a Professor in Physical Oceanography at the School of Ocean Sciences. I gained my Degree in Mathematics and Physical Oceanography (2003) and Ph.D on internal tides (2008) from Bangor University. I'm interested in a wide range of human and biological impacts of coastal dynamics and change, with applications to coastal hazards (coastal 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 hydrodynamic models that simulate coastal processes, such as realistic representations of the past, future climate change impact studies, or hypothetical scenarios such as simulating flood mitigation, the impact of tidal-stream turbines on sediment transport, or marine population spread via larval dispersal. I'm especiallly intersted in estuaries because of the multiple complex estuarine processes that affect communities and wildlife - and as there is still much to discover, with current research focussing on improving our understanding of compound flooding and public exposure to water-borne pathogens. 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.
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Predicting potential spawning areas of European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Irish and Celtic Seas
Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S.-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Feb 2024, In: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 117-131Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regional-scale patterns in harbour porpoise occupancy of tidal stream environments
Waggitt, J., Dunn, H., Evans, P. G. H., Hiddink, J., Holmes, L. J., Keen, E., Murcott, B. D., Piano, M., Robins, P., Scott, B. E., Bond, J. & Veneruso, G., 1 Mar 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. p. 701-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
Roche, R., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, P., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, T., Piano, M., Ward, S., Duce, C., Waggitt, J., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 99, December, p. 1327-1341 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 855-872Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays
Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Apr 2015, In: Energy. 83, p. 403-415Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 775-789Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity of estuaries to compound flooding.
Harrison, L. M., Coulthard, T. J., Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 13 Oct 2021, In: Estuaries and Coasts.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Influence of Intra-Array Wake Dynamics on Depth-Averaged Kinetic Tidal Turbine Energy Extraction Simulations
Piano, M., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Neill, S., 22 Oct 2018, In: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review