Karen Mooney Email and Phone Number

Part time lecturer teaching BTec Applied Science and ADAL Access Science courses

Postdoc on the BBSRC/Innovate UK funded SeaGas project.Research on the environmental impacts of large scale seaweed cultivation, as a source of biofuel.Member of:QUB Research Centre in Sustainable Energy, Energy Pioneer Research ProgrammeUK Materials and Molecular Modelling Hub

Project Manager on the EnAlgae research and infrastrcture project. EnAlgae is a four-year strategic initiative of the INTERREG IVB North West Europe programme. It brings together 19 partners and 14 observers across 7 EU Member States with the aim of developing sustainable technologies for algal biomass production.My role is to co-ordinate and lead the activities of a team working to cultivate macroalgae for biofuel production; to carry out outreach and stakeholder engagement activities; to liaise with partners across NW Europe; to be responsible for financial planning and reporting in consultation with the PIs.Find out more:EnAlgae in New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329780.700-kelp-wanted-pioneering-the-seaweed-farm-of-the-future.htmlIntroductory video on EnAlgae at QUB:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM7LA28QXm8EnAlgae at the Strangford Lough Maritime Festival:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ3ZkoQCImEKaren and Emma from EnAlgae on ITV's Off The Beaten Track:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fahW4Ri9EOM&feature=share&list=UUEMMxD7PIHyhVGHf_zFa4CA

Environmental and Aquatic Toxicology Lecturer, teaching and assessing level 1, 3, 4 and MSc students; responsible for managing and developing level 3 and MSc modules; supervision of MSc project students; co-running fieldcourses in Fife, Isle of Cumbrae and Tobago; set up final year students scientific journal club; involved in departmental meetings and student feedback improvement schemes.

Co-managed microalgal culturing facility, including setting up and maintaining algal and cyanobacterial cultures; training staff and students in microalgal culturing.

Identification and dissection of marine sponges, littorinid identification and macroalgae image preparation for published textbook (Green Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland, 2007, J. Brodie, C. A. Maggs and John D. M.). Supervisors: Prof. Chris Maggs and Dr. Mark JohnstonLearning mass spectrometry, Mytilus edulis dissection for PSP toxin analysis. Supervisor: Prof. Chris Elliott

Freshwater and Marine fisheries, mussels dissection, salmon electro-fishing, fish counters calibration, aquarium maintenance. Supervisor: Dr. Paddy Boylan.