Meet the Team
Operation Director
Professor Lewis Le Vay has overall direction and oversight of the operation, with 30 years experience of collaborative research, linking academic expertise with commercial and institutional partners with interests in aquaculture, fisheries and marine resource management.
Academics
The shellfish centre is able to call on a number of experienced academics who can support the science underpinning collaborative projects. They will work together with the scientific officers, bringing a wide range of additional expertise, contributing to experimental and statistical design, analyses, report writing and dissemination:
Scientific Officers
The shellfish Centre employs a number of scientific officers who are able to transfer research knowledge to the commercial sector via collaborative research projects with businesses.
- Miss Jenna Alexander
- Dr Kata Farkas
- Maria Hayden-Hughes
- Finn Mannion
- Rees Sorby
- Dr David Smyth
- Dr Claire Szostek
- Dr Sophie Ward
- Dr Julie Webb
- Dr Ben Winterbourn
Support team
The Support Team is led by our project manager, Karen Tuson.
The Shellfish Centre has a comprehensive support team that includes, but is not limited to, our IT manager, Laboratory manager, laboratory and field technicians, project administrator, development funds manager, accountant, finance officer and clerical officers.