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.

Sustainable Resources

• Coastal engineering, wave energy, and its environmental impacts
• Research into local seaweed species, in particular Algal Biofuels as part of the EU Interreg-funded EnAlgae project and BBSRC and EPSRC funded Seagas project
• Biology of commercially-exploited 'shellfish' species (molluscs, crustaceans) including the EU-funded IBIS project and work on Age Determination in Crustaceans

Evolutionary Ecology and Systematics

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

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function

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

QML facilities rates 2012-13
QML research leaflet
QML activities & opportunities leaflet 2013
Williams Fund application 2013