Current
Ben Gustafson: Recognising the role of biology in the carbonate counter pump (lead, Heriot-Watt University, 2024-present)
Lewis Stagnetto (MPhil): Oceanographic conditions of coastal waters of Gibraltar (lead, Heriot-Watt University, 2022-2024)
Ben Fisher: How do climate-driven shifts in phytoplankton composition influence carbon and nitrogen uptake and recycling along the West Antarctic Peninsula? (co-supervisor, Edinburgh University, 2020-present)
Karen Fung: Optimizing the production of bio-surfactants from marine bacteria for applications in personal care sector  (co-supervisor, Heriot-Watt University, 2022-present)
Alycia Smith: Benthic ecosystem function in the Clipperton Fracture Zone (co-supervisor, Heriot-Watt University, 2020-2024)
Dominique Anderson: Eco-toxicological risks associated with deep-sea mining in the Clipperton Fracture Zone (co-supervisor, Heriot-Watt University, 2020-2024)
Previous (links to pdf versions of available PhD theses are given)
Dr William (Bill) McMinn: Autonomous insights into algal nutrition (lead, Heriot-Watt University, 2018-2024)
Dr Matthew Gravener-Joyce: Atmospheric methane oxidizing bacteria and their industrial potential as methane bio-filters (co-supervisor, Heriot-Watt University, 2019-2024)
Dr Sixolile Mazwane: Composition, dynamics and productivity of phytoplankton on the eastern and central Agulhas Bank (co-supervisor, Nelson Mandela University, 2018-2023)
Dr Naomi Villiot: Unlocking the inner cell: linking cell biochemistry to the physiology and ecology of coccolithophores (lead, Heriot-Watt University, 2018-2022) [pdf]
Dr Helge Winkelbauer: Planktic foraminiferal I/Ca ratios as a proxy for past seawater oxygen concentrations (co-supervisor, Heriot-Watt University, 2018-2022) [pdf]
Dr Jo Ainsworth: Carbon - trace metal interactions in the oceanic twilight zone (co-supervisor, Southampton University, tied COMICS studentship, 2017-2022) [pdf]
Dr Nichols Robert Scott: Pathways and consequences of dissolved organic matter transformation in tropical coastal waters  (co-supervisor, Nanyang Technological University, 2018-2021) [pdf]
Dr Lucie Daniels: Coccolithophores & light: Photophysiology and ecology amongst different species (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2014-2019) [pdf]
Dr Kyle Mayers: Probing rates of growth and mortality in natural coccolithophore populations (lead, Southampton University, 2014-2018) [pdf]
Dr Hannah Donald: Boron isotopes as a proxy for pH in siliceous and calcareous marine algae (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2013-2017) [pdf]
Dr Amy Harrington: Trace metal effects on phytoplankton in subpolar seas with special emphasis on coccolithophores (lead/co-supervisor, Cape Town University, 2013-2017) [pdf]
Dr Sue Hartman: Spatial and inter-annual variability in biogeochemical variables in surface waters of the temperate Northeast Atlantic (co-supervisor, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran, 2016-2017) [pdf]
Dr Laura Perrin: Physiology of the coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi under co-limitation by nutrients and light (Comite de Thesis, Paris University, 2013-2016)
Dr Glaucia Fragoso: Biogeography of spring phytoplankton communities from the Labrador Sea: drivers, trends, ecological traits and biogeochemical implications (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2012-2016) [pdf]
Dr Emma Cavan: Sink or swim: the fate of particulate organic carbon in the interior ocean (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2012-2016) [pdf]
Dr Rosie Sheward: Cell size, coccosphere geometry and growth in modern and fossil coccolithophores (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2012-2016) [pdf]
Dr Chris Daniels: The biogeochemical role of Coccolithus pelagicus (lead, Southampton University, 2011-2015) [pdf]
Dr Jason Hopkins: A satellite perspecitve on global blooms of coccolithophores (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2011-2014) [pdf]
Dr Helen Smith: The contribution of mineralising phytoplankton to the biological carbon pump in high latitudes (lead, Southampton University, 2010-2014) [pdf]
Dr Elizabeth Sargent: Describing the fate of diazotroph-derived new nitrogen (lead, Southampton University, 2010-2014) [pdf]
Dr Anastasia Charalampopoulou: Coccolithophores in high latitude and polar regions: relationships between community composition, calcification and environmental factors (co-supervisor, Southampton University, 2009-2011) [pdf]
Nichole Marsh: Global relationships of coccolithophore calcification and environmental drivers using an updated version of a global database (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2023-2024)
Eszter Tripa: Attitude and local ecological knowledge of fishermen with reference to mobulid conservation, Addu Atoll, Maldives (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2023)
Sayed Burhan Atal: Alterations to Afghanistans rangelands and its relationship to climatic indicators (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2023)
Tayler Henderson: The ocean's carbonate pump: biology, ecology, modelling and fate in a warming world (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2022)
Hannah Kulmatycki: Where have all the diatoms gone? (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2020)
Kate Draginis: Coccolithophores in a Changing Arctic Ocean (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2019)
Georgia Waldram: The role of bacteria-mediated coccolith-associated polysaccharide (CAP) uptake on calcium carbonate dissolution: Evidence for a new working hypothesis (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, co-supervisor, 2019)
Eli Boa: Investigating the stoichiometry of Anthozoan coral reef species and their response to environmental variation (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, co-supervisor, 2019)
Sophie McClay: Selective export of diatom species around the island of South Georgia in the Southern Ocean (MSc, Heriot-Watt University, lead, 2018)
Sarah Gore: Quantifying the contribution of Minidiscus to biogeochemistry during a shelf sea spring bloom (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2016)
Elizabeth Butscher: The inter-specific variability of coccolithophore elemental stoichiometry (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2015)
Amiee Coggins: The cell size of natural coccolithophore communities (MSci, Southampton University, lead, 2014-2015)
Rachel Heslop: A database of calcite production in the world's oceans (MSci, Southampton University, lead, 2014-2015)
Lucie Munns: Photophysiology in coccolithophores: the effects of coccoliths on light utilization (MSc, Southampton University, co-supervisor, 2014)
Pablo Pazos: Nutrient stoichiometry in coccolithophores: Emiliania huxleyi and Coccolithus braarudii (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2014)
Hannah Lawson: Distribution of diatoms and micro-zooplankton in the surface waters of the UK shelf seas and the controlling environmental variables (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2013)
Nicola Percival: Biogeography of Emiliania huxleyi morphotypes: environmental factors and calcification state (MRes, Southampton University, lead, 2013)
Jeremy Mirza: A comparative study in terms of physiology for two common coccolithophore species: Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica (MSci, Southamption University, lead, 2013-2014)
Zoe Morrall: Long term variability of diatom and dinoflagellate abundance and cell volume at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain site from 1958-2009 (MRes, Southampton University, co-supervisor, 2013)
Laura Perrin: Examining the relationship between growth rate and cellular calcification in Emiliania huxleyi (French Intern, lead, 2013)
Hannah Marchant: Plankton diversity & irradiance (MSc, Southampton University, co-supervisor, 2012)
Ou Lian: The biogeography of Emilania huxleyi in the Atlantic Ocean: morphotypes, calcification state and Ocean Acidification (Marie Curie MSc, Southamptin University, lead, 2012)
Allison Small: Phytoplankton community composition along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean): environmental controls, species diversity and biogeochemical roles - with a primary focus on diatoms (MSci, Southampton University, lead, 2012-2013)
Amy Harrington: Phytoplankton community composition in the Scotia and Weddell Seas (Southern Ocean), with emphasis on diatoms and coccolithophores (MSc, Cape Town University, co-supervisor, 2012)
Eli Maher: Investigating the dynamics of the 2010 Iceland Basin coccolithophore bloom (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2011)
Johnny Hurst: Phytoplankton community composition and export in the Irminger and Iceland Basins (MSc, Southampton University, lead, 2011)
Laure Maugrendre: Intra-specific response of Emiliania huxleyi to nutrients: differences between A, B and R morphotypes (French Intern, lead, 2011)
Chris Daniels: Calcite budgets between the UK and Spain (MSc, Southampton University, co-supervisor, 2010)