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Coleen Suckling

Marine Biology, Ocean Acidification & Aquaculture

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I am an eco-physiologist interested in seeing how organisms respond to differing environmental settings.  My goal is to help sustain future marine based food supplies whilst ensuring economic & environmental sustainability. The work I conduct is highly multi-disciplinary & to the benefit of my research I have worked across across both industry & academia within the fields of aquaculture, climate change and plastic pollution. I’m currently based in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Environment & Life Sciences within the Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Veterinary Science where I’m conducing research and teaching. Below is a brief CV outline to exemplify my recent activities.


Education:

  • PhD Earth Sciences (2013) – University of Cambridge, UK
  • MSc Marine Biology with Distinction (2002 – 2003)  – Bangor University, UK
  • BSc Marine Biology with Oceanography (1999 – 2002) – Bangor University, UK

 

Employment history:

  • Associate Professor -Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island, USA (2024 – present)
  • Assistant Professor -Fisheries, Animal & Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island, USA (2018 – 2024)
  • Lecturer in Marine Biology – School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, UK (2016 – 2018)
  • Teaching & Learning Support – School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, UK (2015 – 2016)
  • Post Doctorate Researcher – School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, UK (2012 – 2015) – NERC Standard Grant No. NE/J007544/1
  • PhD Student – University of Cambridge & the British Antarctic Survey, UK (2008 – 2012)
  • Hyperbaric Chamber Attendant – Scottish Association for Marine Science Diving Centre, UK (2007 – 2008)
  • Support Scientist – Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK (2005 – 2008) – Project SPIINES2
  • Benthic Macro Fauna Processor – Hebog Environment, Menai Technology, UK (2004)
  • Aquaculture Technician – Indian Ocean Aquaculture, Mozambique (2003 – 2004)
  • Research Technician – Bangor University, Centre of Arid Zone Studies, UK (2002 – 2003)

 

Selected current & recent funding:

  • 2025-2026. Rhode Island Research Alliance – Science and Technology Advisory Council. Enhancing Rhode Island shellfish resilience to anthropogenic stressors through a new aquaculture technological approach, PI. $79,412.
  • 2024-2027. National Science Foundation (NSF) Research experiences for undergraduates (REU). REU Site: Plastic initiative at the University of Rhode Island, Co-PI with Craver (PI, URI). $435,893
  • 2023-2025. USDA-NIFA (2023-67016-39787). Examining temporal shifts in green sea urchin reproduction which could impact production, PI. $300,000
  • 2023-2024. Rhode Island Sea Grant/NOAA (NA22OAR4170123). Working towards developing sea urchin aquaculture in Rhode Island: A case study for working towards diversification, PI. $97,364
  • 2022-2025. Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – Environmental response and transgenerational effects of ocean warming and nutrition on edible sea urchins: Implications for harvesting and aquaculture, Co-PI with Lourenço (PI, Polytechnic Institute of Leira). $75,155
  • 2022-2024. Northeast SARE Partnership Grant/USDA – A partnership for innovative use of emerging species in aquaculture, PI. $29,496
  • 2020-2024. Rhode Island Sea Grant/NOAA – Are microplastics a vector for organic pollutants and disease in marine food webs, Co-PI with Davies (PI, URI). $441,161
  • 2020-2023. Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center (USDA-NIFA 2020-38500-32716). Expanding green sea urchin production by removing key aquaculture challenges, PI. $100,000
  • 2018-2023. USDA RIAES Hatch (RI0019-H020) – From Genomes to Farms:  Novel tools for managing the impact of climate change on food production, Co-I with Gomez Chiarri (PI, URI).  $4.3 million

 

Selected recent invited presentations:

  • 2024 – Coastal State Discussion Series, Rhode Island Sea Grant – Sea Urchin Farming
  • 2024 – Maine Aquaculture Hub & Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center Webinar Series – The aquaculture of Green Sea Urchins in New England.
  • 2023 – Green Sea Urchin Research Forum, Maine Department of Marine Resources – ‘Understanding the role of climate change on green sea urchin production– new projects & collaborative opportunities’. 
  • 2022 – Metropolitan Association of College and University Biologists (MACUB) at the State University of New York (SUNY) Old Westbury  – ‘Micropalstics’.
  • 2022 – Coastal State Discussion Series, Rhode Island Sea Grant – Marine Plastic Pollution in Narragansett Bay.

 

Selected recent conference presentations:

  • 2025 – Aquaculture America, New Orleans, USA – ‘Assessing the impact of climate change on sea urchin production’.
  • 2025 – Aquaculture America, New Orleans, USA – ‘Integrating grazing sea urchins with shellfish can reduce biofouling’.
  • 2024 – ‘Expanding Northeastern US green sea urchin production & their potential to reduce biofouling of shellfish’. Northeast Aquaculture Conference. Oral.

 

Peer review activities:

  • Reviewer of manuscripts for > 20 journals, e.g. Biology Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Global Change Biology, Marine Environmental Research, Frontiers in Marine Science, Nutrients, PLOS ONE, Polar Biology, & Science of the Total Environment.
  • Reviewer of IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Second Order Draft of the Working Group I – Chapter 10: Linking global to regional climate change. Training March 2020, Reviewing, May 2020.
  • Grant reviewer for the National Science Foundation, British Ecological Society (Grants Committee member & Peer Review College member (2013-2019)), French National Agency for Research, NOAA Sea Grant , Research Grants Council of Hong Kong & the USDA Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education.
  • Academic Teaching Reviewer for the Higher Education Academy (2016-2019).

 

Recent outreach:

  • Green sea urchin Aquaculture regional informational document for prospective growers. Maine Sea Grant.
  • Live Radio interview with KCBS radio (CA) on plastics and climate change (Oct. 2021), with an average of 216,500 weekly listeners.
  • BBC Science Cafe Interview with Adam Wharton discussing why starfish were stranded on our shores after big storms. Apr. 2018.
  • Articles for The Conversation: ‘Starfish can see in the dark’& ‘Why thousands of starfish have washed up on the shore’. Feb. – Mar. 2018.

 

Teaching & supervision:

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
  • Winner of the ‘Open’ Category for the Student Led Teaching Awards (2015) & nominated for ‘Best Feedback’ (2016).
  • Supervised a large number of undergraduate & postgraduate students since 2010.
  • Teach undergraduates & graduates across AFS425 Aquaculture & the Environment (3c), AFS488G Marine Plastic Pollution (3c with lab), AFS291 Research Skills (1c lab), BES600 Graduate Seminar Series (1c).
  • Research led teaching: In summary, I have supervised 23 summer interns, >50 undergraduate projects, 14 MS project students, 5 PhD students, & 9 International placement students (e.g. Global Approach by Modular Experiments with Kiel University) across a broad range of topics including climate change, micro-plastic pollution, aquaculture methodology & polar science. Projects are a mix of desk-based studies & applied projects utilizing laboratory & aquarium facilities on a range of organisms including fish, decapod crustaceans, echinoderms & mollusks.

 

Council & professional membership:

Council membership

  • US Aquaculture Society Strategic Planning Committee (2025-2026).
  • Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center Technical Industry Advisory Committee – Rhode Island Scientific Representative.
  • Senior Fellow of the Coastal Institute (Since 2021).
  • BES (British Ecological Society) Grants Committee Member (2014-2019).
  • SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Ocean Acidification Action Group member (2013+).
  • APECS (Association of Polar Early Career Scientists) Representative for the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) Antarctic Thresholds – Ecosystem Resilience & Adaptation group (AnT-ERA).
  • Co-convener for the Session ‘Ocean Acidification’, XXXII SCAR Open Science (Oregon, USA, July 2012) with Richard Bellerby & James Orr.
  • UK Polar Network, British Branch of the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists, Secretary (2012-2013), Workshops & Events (2011-2012).

Professional membership

British Ecological Society, National Shellfish Association, Ocean Acidification Information Exchange, Royal Society of Biology, Society for Experimental Biology, World Aquaculture Society.

 

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    February 20, 2024

    Wondering whether co-culture is possible pre-settlement or if larvae would be consumed

    Hw to enhance those percentages seems to be a huge puzzle.

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    February 22, 2024

    Hi Michael, co-culture would only be viable once urchins reach 10-15mm juvenile size, otherwise they are subject to high losses & lack of food supplies potentially.

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