Queen's University Marine Laboratory

QML hosts an interdisciplinary team of biologists, modellers and engineers, pursuing applied research in marine resources and blue-skies research in organismal biology including anatomy, phylogenetics, and ecosystem dynamics.

• Coastal engineering, wave energy, and its environmental impacts
• Research into Algal Biofuels as part of the EU Interreg-funded EnAlgae project
• Biology of commercially-exploited 'shellfish' species (molluscs, crustaceans) including the EU-funded IBIS project

Evolutionary Ecology and Systematics

• Physiology and metabolism of marine invertebrates
• Morphology, and anatomical visualisation via tomographic modelling

• Pelagic, benthic, and rocky shore ecology
• Invasion dynamcs of alien species (in partnership with Invasive Species Ireland)
• Restoration of Modiolus modiolus biogenic reefs with the N Ireland Marine Division