Dr Steve Simpson
Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Global Change

External responsibilities

Committee/panel activities

• NERC College
  
  UK Representative: ICES Working Group for Fish Ecology
  
  Bristol/Exeter Representative: Underwater Sound Forum
  
  I am a NERC / Cabot Institute Knowledge Exchange Fellow (Cabot Fellows Page / Blog), so alongside my research I work with research end-users (aka the real world), including policy makers, marine industries, fisheries scientists and conservation groups. I have a diverse range of partners, including Defra, the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas, the IUCN, the UK Underwater Sound Forum, and the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology, with whom I organise workshops, develop policy documents and policy briefings and build science-industry links to ensure the science we produce is of real value to society.
  
  I am committed to developing a sustainable, productive, prosperous, and aesthetically inspiring marine environment from which future generations can draw economic benefit and enjoyment in equal measures.

Editorial responsibilities

• I have reviewed for 10 funding agencies, 29 journals and 2 books and examined several postgraduate theses.

Invited lectures

• I have convened 6 symposia at international conferences, given 9 Invited conference talks, 36 Conference Presentations, 38 University Seminars, 16 student/collaborator talks at conferences, 15 public lectures and 9 invited talks to policy makers

Media coverage

• I am an experienced communicator (Daily Telegraph Science Writer 2001) with a passion for delivering science to the public and to children. I have provided expert interviews (e.g. BBC News, BBC Countryfile, BBC Radio 4, New Scientist), given public lectures (e.g. TEDx, Edinburgh Filmhouse, Southbank Centre), organised ecotourism events (e.g. Sea & Learn on Saba), and led biodiversity initiatives in secondary and primary schools.
  
  For hyperlinks, please see Research Page

Research funding

• Recent Funding
  
  2012 – FCT Portugal – Ocean acidification and fish (€122k) – I am a co-I
  2012 – Marine Scotland – Hearing in salmonids (£10k)
  2012 – NERC-CASE PhD Studentship (£50k)
  2012 – ARC funding to work with Mark McCormick at Lizard Island (£4k)
  2012 – NERC KE Fellowship Extension (£30k)
  2012 – NERC Impact Case Study Grant Exeter (£5k)
  2012 – NERC Impact Case Study Grant Bristol (£10k)
  2011 – FSBI Travel Grant (£1000)
  2011 – Bristol Marine Noise Workshop: SOFI fund (£7650), MREKE (£7650), USF (£500)
  2011 – NERC KE Fellowship (£103k)
  2011 – ANNiMs otolith grant (A$300k) – I am a co-I
  2010 – NERC PhD studentship (£60k) – I am a co-supervisor
  2010 – Bristol Research Committee grant (£2,000)
  2010 – Defra Anthropogenic Sound (£600k) – I am a co-I
  2010 – London Fisheries Symposium Grant (£200)
  2010 – BBSRC Public Engagement Award for Biodiversity Week (£4,647)
  2010 – PISCES International Travel Grant to attend International Symposium of Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries in Sendai, Japan (£1,066)
  2010 – ARC funding to work with Phil Munday at James Cook University (£769)
  2009 – AIMS Visiting Academic Grant (£2,500)
  2008 – CRISP Grant for work in Moorea (€87,780) – I am a co-I
  
  Additional Grants with my students, postdocs and collaborators
  
  2012 – NERC Business Internship for my PhD Student Irene Voellmy (£16k)
  2012 – NERC Business Internship for my postdoc Rick Bruintjes (£16k)
  2012 – Royal Society Newton Fellowship and AXA Fellowship for Cosima Porteus (with Rod Wilson; £400k)
  2012 – UWA Travel Grant for Adam Roundtry (with Mark Meekan; £2k)
  2009 – EU studentship for Irene Voellmy (with Andy Radford) (£49k)
  2009 – Research Committee Summer studentship for Julius Piercy (with Andy Radford)