Professional Experience

2005 – present : Senior Scientific Officer, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

2002 – 2005 : Senior Scientific Officer, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, UK

1997 – 2002 : Higher Scientific Officer, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK. Team coordinator 2000 – 2002.

Education

1988 – 1991 : B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, 2:1, Southampton University, England.

1991 – 1992 : M.Sc. Atmospheric Science, with distinction, University of East Anglia, England.

1993 – 1996 : Ph.D., University of East Anglia, England. Thesis: “Environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in The Wash”.

Research interests

The development and application of hydrodynamic and transport models for the coastal and shelf seas, including both temperate seas and the Southern Ocean region.

The use of these models in interdisciplinary science, in particular the coupling of physical and biological models for the study of the transport and recruitment of marine biota.

The influence of variability in the underlying physical oceanography on biological processes, from seasonal cycles, to interannual and decadal variability, and to potential changes associated with a changing climate.

Collaborations

Geneflow in Antarctic fishes: the Role of Oceanogaphy and Life History. NERC-funded AFI project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.

Impacts of Southern Ocean Warming on Marine Connectivity: Integrating Oceanographic Modelling with Molecular Ecology and Developmental Biology. NERC-funded project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

Other Publications

Young, E.F. and Holt, J.T. (2007). ‘Prediction and analysis of long-term variability of temperature and salinity in the Irish Sea’. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C01008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003386.

Shepherd, D., Burgess, D., Jickells, T., Andrews, J., Cave, R., Turner, R.K., Aldridge, J., Parker, E.R., Young, E. (2007). ‘Modelling the effects and economics of managed realignment on the cycling and storage of nutrients, carbon and sediments in the Blackwater estuary UK’. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73 (3-4), 355-367.

Fox, C.J., McCloughrie, P., Young, E.F., Nash, R.D.M. (2006). ‘The importance of individual behaviour for successful settlement of juvenile plaice (Pleurenectes platessa L.): a modelling and field study in the eastern Irish Sea’. Fisheries Oceanography 15 (4), 301-313.

Trimmer, M., Petersen, J., Sivyer, D.B., Mills, C., Young, E., Parker, E.R. (2005). ‘Impact of long-term benthic trawl disturbance on sediment sorting and biogeochemistry in the southern North Sea’. Marine Ecology Progress Series 298, 79-94.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Erratum to “Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea”.’ Continental Shelf Research 24, 1047-1051.

Young, E.F., Holt, J.T., Evans, G.L., Williams, P. le B. (2004) ‘Physical versus anthropogenic control of nutrient concentrations in the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 24 (1), 13-36.

Brown, J., Carillo, L., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J., Hill, A.E., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘Observations of the physical structure and seasonal jet-like circulation of the Celtic Sea and St. George’s Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (6), 533-561.

Dickey-Collas, M., Armstrong, M.J., Officer, R.A., Wright, P.J., Brown, J., Dunn, M.R., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘ Growth and expansion of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) stocks to the west of the British Isles in the 1990’s.’ ICES Marine Science Symposia 219, 271-282.

Aldridge, J.N., Kershaw, P., Leonard, P.K., McCubbin, D., Brown, J., Young, E.F. (2003) ‘Transport of Plutonium (239/240 Pu) and Caesium (137Cs) in the Irish Sea: Comparison between observations and results from sediment and contaminant transport modelling.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (9), 869-900.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J. (2002) ‘Three-dimensional Modelling of the Summer Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding, 1-21.

Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the Irish and Celtic Seas region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 46pp.

Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the North Sea region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 57pp.

Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N. (2001). ‘Application of a large area curvilinear model to the study of the wind-forced dynamics of flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 21, 1403-1434.

Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Development and validation of a three-dimensional curvilinear model for the study of fluxes through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 20, 997-1035.

Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Three-dimensional curvilinear modelling of wind-induced flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, eds. M.L. Spaulding & H.L. Butler, 549-563.

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A., Walker, P., Brown, J. (1998). ‘A modelling study of environmental influences on bivalve settlement in The Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 172, 197-214.

Young, E.F. (1998). ‘Possible starting positions for a body found at Great Yarmouth harbour, Norfolk on 4th October 1998.’ Study commissioned by Suffolk Constabulary

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A. (1996). ‘A statistical study of environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in the Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 143, 121-129.

Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Green, J.S.A. (1993). ‘Prediction of pollutant transport in Kingston Harbour using analytical and numerical models.’ Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology 4, 16-26.

Morton, E.J., Evans, P.M., Ferraro, M., Young, E.F., Swindell, W. (1991). ‘Development of video frame store and distortion correction facilities for an external-beam radiotherapy treatment simulator.’ British Journal of Radiology 64 (764), 747-750.

• Morley, S., Campanella, F., Baylis, A., Barnes, D., Bell, J., Bennison, A., Collins, M., Glass, T., Martin, S., Whomersley, P., Young, E., & Schofield, A. (2024). Fisheries acoustic data, whale and bird data from two transits from the Falkland Islands to Tristan da Cunha during March 2018 (RRS James Clark Ross) and March 2019 (RRS Discovery) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/db06c590-4f6d-4a8a-9b8c-ce45204103c1

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