Dr Laura J Grange BSc (Hons), PhD

Visiting Fellow

I am a benthic marine ecologist, with a specialism in polar benthos. I use benthic systems as models to investigate marine biological and ecological theory, against a backdrop of changing environmental conditions.

BSc (Hons) Oceanography with Marine Biology, University of Southampton, 2001

PhD Reproductive success in Antarctic marine invertebrates, University of Southampton and the British Antarctic Survey (CASE partner), 2005

Project officer, Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (CMACS Ltd), Liverpool, 2005-2008

Postdoctoral scholar, Oceanography Department, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Hawaii and Manoa, 2009-2013

Assistant Professor, Biology Department, College of Natural Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2012-2013

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Specialism: Benthic marine ecology - Polar marine benthos

My primary research interests focus on using benthic systems as models to investigate marine ecological and biological theory against a backdrop of changing environmental conditions, and evaluating benthic ecosystem responses to climate change. Antarctica and the seas around it offer an unparalleled natural laboratory for investigating some of the most fundamental questions in marine biology and ecology, especially with regards to environmental change and the impacts of climate warming, ice loss and changes in ocean productivity on the structure and function of ecosystems. I have studied systems on both sides of the Antarctic Peninsula, in both shallow and deep-water habitats, with my main focus on epibenthic megafauna. I have undertaken several studies to investigate seafloor ecological processes, and evaluated patterns in invertebrate reproductive success, benthic biodiversity and ecosystem evolution.

Research Projects:
FOOD for Benthos on the ANtarctic Continental Shelf (FOODBANCS 2)

http://www.oest.hawaii.edu/oceanography/faculty/csmith/foodbancs.html

http://uhmanoa-antarctic-research.blogspot.co.uk/

LARsen ice Shelf System, Antarctica (LARISSA)

http://www.hamilton.edu/expeditions/larissa

http://uhmanoa-antarctic-research-larissa.blogspot.co.uk/