My main research interests are animal contest behaviour, animal communication, and the application of behavioural concepts to wildlife management and conservation. I am also interested in the ecology of freshwater species, the ecology and conservation of Irish butterflies, and methodological and statistical techniques used in ecological research.
If you are interested in collaborating, or in exploring opportunities for postgraduate research, feel free to contact me.
Rita Meireles de Castro. Assessing impacts of anthropogenic activity and noise pollution on marine mammals: a species distribution modelling approach. Supervisors: Joanne O'Brien (ATU), Martin Gammell (ATU).
Seán O'Callaghan. Northeast Atlantic Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus): population dynamics, physiology and health evaluation. Supervisors: Joanne O'Brien (ATU), Martin Gammell (ATU), Rui Conde de Araujo Brito Prieto da Silva (University of the Azores).
Giovanni Cappelli, PhD 2024. Physico-chemical characterisation and biological communities assessment of protected dystrophic lake habitats in Ireland: Determining their conservation needs. Supervisors: Heather Lally (ATU), Martin Gammell (ATU), Emma Gray (ATU), Cilian Roden (ATU).
María Pérez Tadeo, PhD 2022. Factors affecting local abundance and behaviour of Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus) and Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina) at two sites on the west coast of Ireland: Implications for management and conservation. Supervisors: Joanne O'Brien (ATU), Martin Gammell (ATU).
Adon McFarlane, PhD 2020. Population assessment of an endangered freshwater crustacean, the White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes): using behaviour to improve monitoring techniques. Supervisors: Martin Gammell (GMIT), Joanne O'Brien (GMIT), Brian Nelson (NPWS).
Darragh Doyle, PhD 2020. Natural and anthropogenic impacts on the phenotype of Littorina littorea. Supervisors: Roisin Nash (GMIT), Martin Gammell (GMIT), Joao Frias (GMIT).
Derek O’Driscoll, MSc 2019. Investigating the dynamics of freshwater soundscapes from small streams in the west of Ireland. Supervisors: Joanne O'Brien (GMIT), Martin Gammell (GMIT).
Svenja Tidau, PhD 2019. Driven to distraction? Behavioural impacts of anthropogenic noise on the European Hermit Crab Pagurus bernhardus from individual to group level. Supervisors: Mark Briffa (University of Plymouth), Clare Embling (University of Plymouth), Martin Gammell (GMIT).
Philip Doddy, PhD 2019. Cyanobacterial communities in limestone lakes and pools in Ireland: effects of nutrient enrichment on community structure, and implications for conservation of marl lakes. Supervisors: Cilian Roden (GMIT), Martin Gammell (GMIT).
Marta Bolgan, PhD 2016. Exploring the potential of Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) for the management and conservation of the Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.): investigations of visual and acoustic behaviour of fish in captivity and soundscape analysis of selected habitats in Ireland and Britain. Supervisors: Martin Gammell (GMIT), Joanne O'Brien (GMIT).