Dr Nick Kamenos

- Research Fellow (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)
- Honorary Lecturer (School of Life Sciences)
telephone: 01413305443
email: Nick.Kamenos@glasgow.ac.uk
PhD studentship available: I have a studentship available for post graduate research
- Sensor development for rapid response detection of marine carbonate systems. Supervisors: Prof. Val O'Shea, Dr. Nick Kamenos and Prof. Maggie Cusack
Research Interests
The oceans are a critical global resource which is changing. Change is both natural but also, in recent times, has become anthropogenically driven. My research asks questions about how the resources we obtain from the oceans are altered by the synergy between natural and anthropogenic change while trying to better determine the actual extent of global change. Marine biodiversity, fisheries, energy cascades, climate control and global biogeochemical cycles are all resources / services that oceans provide which my research considers in three broad categories:
Global change and marine ecosystems
Investigating relationships between global change (e.g. climate variability & ocean acidification) and marine ecosystems
Climatic and ecological proxies for the Holocene
Development of ultra-high resolution palaeoclimatic and palaeoecological proxies for the Holocene
Fisheries and marine ecosystems
Investigating if/how fisheries impact the expected responses of marine ecosystems to global change
Biography
Royal Society of Edinburgh / Scottish Government Research Fellow (2009-2014) - followed by academic appointment. University of Glasgow.
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2006-2009). University of Glasgow.
Honorary Lecturer in Marine Biology (2005 to present). University of Glasgow.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2004-2006). University Marine Biological Station Millport.
Ph.D. Marine Biology (2001-2004). University of London.
B.Sc. (Hons) Marine Biology (1997-2000). University of Wales, Bangor.
Selected publications | View all publications
Kamenos, N.A. (2010) North Atlantic summers have warmed more than winters since 1353 and the response of marine zooplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 107 (52). pp. 22442-22447. ISSN 0027-8424 (doi:10.1073/pnas.1006141107 )
Kamenos, N., Cusack, M., and Moore, P.G. (2008) Coralline algae are global palaeothermometers with bi-weekly resolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72 (3). pp. 771-779. ISSN 0016-7037 (doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.019)
All publications | View selected publications
Foster, G. and Kamenos N.A. 2013. NERC. Changing pH in the North Atlantic (£60,806, grant num: NE/H010025)
Padget, M. et al (including Kamenos, N.A.). 2012. EPSRC.Upgrading the small scale equipment base for early career researchers in the engineering and physical sciences(£550,000, grant num: EP/K031732/1).
Kamenos, N.A. and Burdett, H.L. 2012. FP7-ASSEMBLE Marine. Holocene changes in Mediterranean marine biodiversity revealed by coralline algae (~£35,000).
Burchmore, R., Kamenos, N.A. and Burgess, K. 2012. The Wellcome Trust. Can marine calcifying organisms use proteomic responses to adapt to anthropogenically induced global change? (£16,980).
Kamenos, N.A. 2011-2012. How do marine calcifiers and the biogenic carbonates they deposit adapt to ocean acidification? (The Carnegie Trust £2080).
Kamenos, N.A., Cusack, M. and Wimperis, S. 2011. Determination of boron speciation in red coralline algae using 11B MAS NMR (EPSRC / BBSRC NMR Facility in kind support)
Kamenos, N.A. 2011-2012. The Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biogenic Carbonates (NERC £6800)
Cusack, M., Kamenos, N.A and Phoenix, V. 2011-2015. Biomineralisation: protein and mineral response to ocean acidification (The Leverhulme Trust, £225K).
Kamenos, N.A. and Burdett, H.L. 2011 The impact of Pacific upwelling on planktonic dynamics (ASSEMBLE Marine value to be confirmed)
Widdicombe, S. et al (including Kamenos, N.A.). 2010-2014. Impacts and implications of ocean acidification on key benthic ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and life cycles, £2M (NERC NE/H010025/2)
Kamenos, N.A. 2009. Travel grant for research in Canada and USA (The Royal Society of Edinburgh £11,505 RSE 48704/2)
Kamenos, N.A. 2009-2014. Impacts of climatic variability on shallow water marine ecosystems and resources (The Royal Society of Edinburgh ~£500,000 RSE 48704/1)
Kamenos, N.A. and Hoey, T. 2009. Travel grant for research in Greenland (The Carnegie Trust £3,600)
Kamenos, N.A. 2007. Tavel grant for fieldwork in Canada (John Robertson Bequest £822 JR07/13)
Kamenos, N.A. 2007. Using δ18O in maerl as both a salinity and temperature proxy (NERC £22,500 NERC IMF 323/1007 grant-in-kind)
Kamenos, N.A. and Cusack M. 2007 Magnesium in coralline algae (Swiss Light Source £30k grant-in-kind)
Kamenos, N.A. 2006-2009. High resolution impacts of climatic variability on shallow-water marine ecosystems during the Holocene (NERC £397,423 NERC NE/D008727/1)
Kamenos, N.A. 2006. Travel grant to attend: 2nd International Rhodolith Workshop, La Paz, Mexico, 21-30 October 2006 (The Royal Society £953 44532/1)
Kamenos, N.A. 2005. High resolution climatic records from Rhodoliths (NERC Ion Microprobe Facility in kind support IMF/285965)
Penelope Donohue (PhD candidate)
Crystal Smiley (PhD candidate)
MSc: Impacts of climate change (module organiser)
MSc: Impacts of climate change, coral reefs
MSc/L4: Tropical Marine Ecosystems, coral reefs
MSc/L4: Field trip to Egypt (Tropical Marine Science), 2 weeks
L2: Field trip to Arran (Earth Science), 2 weeks
L1: The Changing Biosphere (Geography), Seas and Oceans
Research Team Members
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Dr Nick Kamenos. PI. Global change and marine environments / ecosystems. |
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Dr Sebastian Hennige. PDRA (Based at Heriot-Watt University). Impacts and implications of ocean acidification on key benthic ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and life cycles. |
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Dr Susan Fitzer. PDRA. Biomineralisation: protein and mineral response to ocean acidification. |
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Dr Heidi Burdett. PDRA. Organismal biochemical responses to multilple stressors. |
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Penelope Donohue. Phd candidate.The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Marine Calcifying Organisms. |
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Crystal Smiley. PhD candidate. Understanding seasonal North Atlantic climatic variability over the recent Holocene. |





