Professor Chris Hauton is Professor of Marine Ecophysiology within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.
BSc Oceanography with Biology, University of Southampton (1992)
PhD Marine Biology, University of Southampton (1995)
Specialism: Physiology and immunology of marine invertebrates
Chris Hauton is a marine ecophysiologist with expertise in assessing how natural and anthropogenic drivers impact the ecophysiology and immunology of marine invertebrates. His research encompasses different levels of biological organization from molecular studies of changes in gene expression to assays of whole organism physiology. Recent research has 1) provided evidence for upregulated metabolism in response to seawater acidification in temperate coastal crustaceans; 2) identified molecular mechanisms underlying immune response in various marine invertebrates; and 3) identified novel antimicrobial components in decapod crustaceans.
Ongoing research activity includes:
He has published > 22 articles and book chapters (incl. in press and in review) in peer-reviewed literature and has been awarded ~ £1.3 million in research grant funding from NERC, BBSRC, Royal Society, and the EU since 2001.
HERMIONE (Hotspot Ecosystem Research and Man's Impact on European Seas) http://www.eu-hermione.net/
UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme http://www.oceanacidification.org.uk/
Benthic Acidification http://www.benthic-acidification.org/
CALMARO (Calcification by Marine Organisms) http://www.calmaro.eu
Editor for the Invertebrate Survival Journal
SOES6001 Contemporary Topics in Ocean Science – module leader
SOES3027 BSc Independent Research Projects – module leader
MSc Research Projects
Ecological Marine Parasitology
Tropical Marine Biology
Marine Molecular Biology
The Environmental Physiology of Marine Organisms
Coastal and Estuarine Oceanography II
Introduction to Marine Molecular Biology
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