Philippa Wright

PhD Student at University of St Andrews 

Email: pw@smruconsulting.com or pfcw1@st-andrews.ac.uk

Philippa is now a PhD Student at University of St Andrews. Philippa’s main research interests focus on marine mammal foraging ecology, energetics and the consequences of disturbance.

  • Degrees and Education

    • 2021 University of St Andrews MSc Marine Mammal Science. Thesis: The effects of anthropogenic noise on the energetic expenditure and foraging efficiency of grey seals.

    • 2019 University of Bangor BSc (Hons) Marine Biology and Oceanography

    Skills and Expertise

    Statistical analysis (R – GLMs & GAMs), GIS (QGIS & ArcGIS), MATLAB, PAMguard, Photo Identification, MMO.

    Key experience

    Spatial mapping of marine mammals using ArcGIS

    Bomb calorimetry of marine mammal prey species

    Real time monitoring of grey seal behaviour and mother/pup interactions

    Passive acoustic monitoring of harbour porpoise in tidally energetic environments

    Marine mammal observation across the Macaronesia region

  • Key Projects

    Predators and Prey Around Renewable Energy Developments (PrePARED): 1) Marine mammal responses to offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth 2) Energetics of marine mammal prey 3) Relevance and application of the PrePARED project results throughout the UK

  • Phone: +44 (0)1334 466011

    Email: pw@smruconsulting.com

    Mail: Scottish Oceans Institute

    East Sands

    University of St Andrews

    KY16 8LB

    Scotland