Room: Room 212, Marine Centre Wales     Phone: 01248 383938

Email: s.p.neill@bangor.ac.uk

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I am professor in physical oceanography, specializing in ocean renewable energy: characterizing the wave and tidal energy resource, understanding wave-tide interaction, optimizing grid integration of arrays of marine renewable energy devices, and quantifying the environmental impacts of extracting energy from the oceans. I am founder and course director of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and committee member of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), working on revising IEC Technical Specification 62600-201: Tidal Energy Resource Assessment and Characterization. I am a member of the editorial board of the Elsevier journal Renewable Energy, have written a textbook on marine energy "Fundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea", and am lead sediment scientist at FORCE (Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy). I also have other shelf sea research interests, including palaeoceanography, sediment dynamics, and simulating the dispersal of marine organisms and microplastics.

I currently lead a wide range of research projects at Bangor University, including:

• NERC – SE Asia Plastics. South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines. Neill SP (PI), Hiddink JG, Robins PE, Lewis MJ, Skov MW, Dunn CP (School of Natural Sciences), Taboada E (University of San Carlos, Philippines); £708,034. 2020-2023.
• European Regional Development Fund. Smart Efficient Energy Centre (SEEC) (£7M) Simon Neill (PI), Iestyn Pierce & Graham Ormondroyd. 2019-2023.

Research Areas

• Ocean Physics
• Earth System Science and Climate Change
• Marine Conservation and Resource Management
• Sediment Dynamics and Morphology

• Other: PGCertHE
  2011
• PhD: Estuarine physics
  University of Strathclyde, 2002
• BEng: Civil Engineering
  University of Dundee, 1997

I am course director (and founder) of an MSc in Marine Renewable Energy, and module organiser of OSX-4023 "Marine Renewable Energy" at MSc level. At undergraduate level, I am module organiser of OSX-3016 "Ocean Modelling" and OSX-2007 "Prince Madog Cruise" – a multidisciplinary module that is based around our 35 m research vessel RV Prince Madog. I also contribute to modules OSX-4009, OSX-4016, OSX-3000, OSX-3005, OSX-2000, OSX-1000, and ONS-1001. I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2011. I am also the external examiner (2018-2022) for the MSc Marine Renewable Energy at Plymouth University.

I supervise many undergraduate and masters level research projects, particularly on the theme of marine renewable energy. In addition, I currently supervise the following PhD students:

Mike Case – impact of underwater noise propagation on fish.

Mike Ridgill - Remote Sensing of renewable energy resources

Nia Jones - Dispersal of microplastics in the marine environment

Aaron Furnish - Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas

2024

• PublishedHabitat structure shapes temperate reef assemblages across regional environmental gradients
  Jackson-Bue, T., Evans, A. J., Lawrence, P., Brooks, P., Ward, S., Jenkins, S., Moore, P. J., Crowe, T., Neill, S. & Davies, A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 167494.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIntercomparison of surface velocimetry techniques for drone-based marine current characterization
  Fairley, I., King, N., McIlvenny, J., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Williamson, B., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Apr 2024, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 299, 108682.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedNavigating the tides of change: The crucial role of wave and tidal marine renewable energy resource characterization and assessment research
  Jones, C., Yang, Z. & Neill, S., 7 Feb 2024, In: Renewable Energy. 223, 120020.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOcean-related options for climate change mitigation and adaptation: A machine learning-based evidence map protocol
  Veytia, D., Airoldi, L., Paris, PSL., Cooley, S., Magnan, A., Marti, V., Neill, S., Sumaila, R., Thebaud, O., Voolstra, C., Williamson, P., Bonin, M., Langridge, J., Comte, A., Viard, F., Shin, Y., Bopp, L. & Gattuso, J-P., 1 Feb 2024, In: Protocol Exchange.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• PublishedWave resource characterization and co-location with offshore wind in the Irish Sea
  Neill, S., 24 Feb 2024, In: Renewable Energy. 222, 13 p., 119902.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedA large-scale review of wave and tidal energy research over the last 20 years
  Khojasteh, D., Shamsipour, A., Huang, L., Tavakoli, S., Haghani, M., Flocard, F., Farzadkhoo, M., Iglesias, G., Hemer, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Bernitsas, M. & Glamore, W., 1 Aug 2023, In: Ocean Engineering. 282, 18 p., 114995.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterising the wave energy resource of Lanzarote, Canary Islands
  Christie, D., Neill, S. & Arnold, P., 1 Apr 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 206, p. 1198-1211
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterizing seabed sediments at contrasting offshore renewable energy sites
  Amjadian, P., Neill, S. & Marti, V., 4 Apr 2023, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterizing the Marine Energy Test Area (META) in Wales, UK
  Neill, S., Fairley, I., Rowlands, S., Young, S., Hill, T., Unsworth, C., King, N., Roberts, M., Austin, M., Hughes, P., Masters, I., Owen, A., Powell, B., Reeve, D. E. & Lewis, M., 1 Mar 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 205, p. 447-460
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparison of dense optical flow and PIV techniques for mapping surface current flow in tidal stream energy sites
  McIlvenny, J., Williamson, B., Fairley, I., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Masters, I. & Reeve, D. E., Sept 2023, In: International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering. 14, 3, p. 273-285 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedField Investigations of Scour Around Scaled Piles in a Region of Wave Breaking : Hydrodynamic Field Investigations on Scour around Piles
  Kannapiran, T. & Neill, S., Apr 2023.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe future of ocean renewable energy
  Neill, S., 1 Dec 2023, Living With Climate Change. Letcher, T. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 449-464
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• PublishedTidal range resource of the Patagonian shelf
  Marti, V., Neill, S. & Angeloudis, A., 1 Jun 2023, In: Renewable Energy. 209, p. 85-96
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• PublishedDrone-based large-scale particle image velocimetry applied to tidal stream energy resource assessment
  Fairley, I., Williamson, B., McIlvenny, J., King, N., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Glasby, D., Coles, D., Powell, B., Naylor, K., Robinson, M. & Reeve, D. E., 1 Aug 2022, In: Renewable Energy. 196, p. 839-855
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEnvironmental issues for offshore renewable energy
  Wolf, J., De Dominicis, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S., O'Hara Murray, R., Scott, B. E., Zampollo, A., Chapman, J. & Declerck, M., 1 Feb 2022, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd ed. Elsevier
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy
  Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHydrokinetic energy conversion: A global riverine perspective
  Ridgill, M., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Patil, S. & Neill, S., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 4, 044501.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLarval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries
  Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, p. 2969-2995
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPriorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia
  Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Frailler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A., Guttierrez, T., Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. L., Jones, L., Jones, N., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Fesser, L., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Muller, M., Neill, S., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quiliam, R., Robins, P., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakran, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 841, 156704.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations
  Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Jan 2022, In: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedA review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource
  Coles, D., Angeloudis, A., Greaves, D., Hastie, G., Lewis, M., Mackie, L., McNaughton, J., Miles, J., Neill, S., Piggott, M., Risch, D., Scott, B., Sparling, C., Stallard, T., Thies, P., Walker, S., White, D., Willden, R. & Williamson, B. J., 24 Nov 2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society A . 477, 2255, 20210469.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedA review of tidal energy - Resource, feedbacks, and environmental interactions
  Neill, S., Haas, K., Thiebot, J. & Yang, Z., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 13, 6, 17 p., 062702.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedA standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource
  Lewis, M., O'Hara Murray, R., Fredriksson, S., Maskell, J., de Fockert, A., Neill, S. & Robins, P., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 1308-1323
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEnvironmental Issues for Offshore Renewable Energy
  Wolf, J., Dominicis, M. D., Lewis, M., Neill, S., Murray, R. OH., Scott, B., Zampollo, A., Chapman, J. & Declerck, M., 2021, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedGlobal riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment
  Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIntroduction to Ocean Renewable Energy
  Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd ed. Elsevier
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedMeasuring and Observing the Ocean Renewable Energy Resource
  Christie, D. & Neill, S., 2021, Comprehensive Renewable Energy. 2nd ed.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedOcean Renewable Energy Test Centers
  Marti, V., Culina, J. & Neill, S., 9 Sept 2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2nd ed.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedSalinity Gradient Power
  Withers, T. & Neill, S., 20 Oct 2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. 2nd ed. Elsevier Press
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedTidal Range Resource of Australia
  Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 683-692
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedNumerical modelling of hydrodynamics and tidal energy extraction in the Alderney Race: a review
  Thiebot, J., Coles, D., Bennis, A-C., Guillou, N., Neill, S., Guillou, S. & Piggott, M., 21 Aug 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190498.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSensitivity assessment of bathymetry and choice of tidal constituents on tidal stream energy resource characterisation in the Gulf of California, Mexico
  Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Sept 2020, In: Applied Ocean Research.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpatio-temporal variability of tidal-stream energy in north-western Europe
  Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Thiebot, J., 21 Aug 2020, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 378, 2178, 20190493.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe challenges of constraining shelf sea tidal models using seabed sediment grain size as a proxy for tidal currents
  Ward, S., Scourse, J., Yokoyama, Y. & Neill, S., Dec 2020, In: Continental Shelf Research. 205, 104165.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThree-dimensional modelling of turbine wake interactions at a tidal stream energy site
  Michelet, N., Guillou, N., Chapalain, G., Thiebot, J., Guillou, S., Goward Brown, A. & Neill, S., 1 Feb 2020, In: Applied Ocean Research. 95, 102009.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal range energy resource assessment of the Gulf of California, Mexico
  Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Angeloudis, A., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., Aug 2020, In: Renewable Energy. 155, p. 469-483
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedPower variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply
  Lewis, M., McNaughton, J., Márquez-Dominguez, C., Todeschini, G., Togneri, M., Masters, I., Allmark, M., Stallard, T., Neill, S., Goward Brown, A. & Robins, P., 15 Sept 2019, In: Energy. 183, p. 1061-1074
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedScience to Policy: The role of marine renewable energy in a low carbon future
  Wiik, E., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., O'Doherty, T., Toberman, H., Pan, S., Ebdon, T., Masters, I. & Togneri, M., Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedThe impacts of tidal energy development and sea-level rise in the Gulf of Maine
  Kresning, B., Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Green, M. & Xue, H., 15 Nov 2019, In: Energy. 187, 115942.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWave-tide interaction modulates nearshore wave height
  Lewis, M. J., Palmer, T., Hashemi, R., Robins, P., Saulter, A., Brown, J., Lewis, H. & Neill, S., Mar 2019, In: Ocean Dynamics. 69, 3, p. 367-384
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedCharacterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database
  Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Robins, P., Aug 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 123, p. 706-718
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFundamentals of Ocean Renewable Energy: Generating Electricity from the Sea
  Neill, S. & Hashemi, M. R., 12 Jun 2018, London: Academic Press. 336 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book
• PublishedThe Influence of Intra-Array Wake Dynamics on Depth-Averaged Kinetic Tidal Turbine Energy Extraction Simulations
  Piano, M., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Neill, S., 22 Oct 2018, In: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal power plants: Predictable electricity from the sea
  Neill, S., 1 Sept 2018, 2 p. London : Energy Institute.
  Research output: Other contribution
• PublishedTidal range energy resource and optimization – past perspectives and future challenges
  Neill, S., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Walkington, I., Ward, S., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Piano, M., Avdis, A., Piggott, M., Aggidis, G., Evans, P., Adcock, T., Zidonis, A., Ahmadian, R. & Falconer, R., Nov 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 127, November, p. 763-778
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal stream resource characterisation in progressive versus standing wave systems
  Ward, S., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Iglesias, G., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 15 Jun 2018, In: Applied Energy. 220, p. 274-285
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal-stream energy resource characterisation for the Gulf of California, México
  Mejia-Olivares, C., Haigh, I. D., Wells, N., Coles, D., Lewis, M. & Neill, S., 1 Aug 2018, In: Energy. 156, p. 481-491
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedCharacteristics of the velocity profile at tidal-stream energy sites
  Lewis, M., Neill, S., Robins, P., Hashemi, M. R. & Ward, S., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 258-272
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterizing the Great Lakes hydrokinetic renewable energy resource: Lake Erie wave, surge and seiche characteristics
  Farhadzadeh, A., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 1 Jun 2017, In: Energy. 128, p. 661-675
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparison of 4- and 5-beam acoustic Doppler current profiler configurations for measurement of turbulent kinetic energy
  Togneri, M., Jones, D., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Ward, S., Piano, M. & Masters, I., 5 Sept 2017, In: Energy Procedia. 125, p. 260-267
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedComparison of ADCP observations and 3D model simulations of turbulence at a tidal energy site
  Togneri, M., Lewis, M., Neill, S. & Masters, I., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 273-282
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInfluence of storm surge on tidal range energy
  Lewis, M., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Evans, P. S. & Neill, S., Mar 2017, In: Energy. 122, p. 25-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSpecial issue: Wave and tidal resource characterization
  Neill, S., Yang, Z. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, p. 1-2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Impact of Marine Renewable Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics
  Neill, S., Robins, P. & Fairley, I., 10 Apr 2017, Marine Renewable Energy: Resource characterization and physical effects. Yang, Z. & Copping, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 279-304
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedThe wave and tidal resource of Scotland
  Neill, S., Vogler, A., Goward-Brown, A. J., Baston, S., Lewis, M., Gillibrand, P. A., Waldman, S. & Woolf, D. K., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 3-17
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal energy extraction in three-dimensional ocean models
  Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, A, p. 244/257
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
• PublishedTidal stream resource assessment uncertainty due to flow asymmetry and turbine yaw misalignment
  Piano, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Hashemi, R., Davies, A., Ward, S. & Roberts, M., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. p. 1363-1375
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedA simplified method to estimate tidal current effects on the ocean wave power resource
  Hashemi, M. R., Grilli, S. T. & Neill, S., Oct 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 96, Part A, p. 257-269
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInter-annual variability of headland sandbanks affecting nearshore wave climates and flood risk.
  Rulent, J., Lewis, M., Vafeidis, A., Scott, T., Conley, D. & Neill, S., Sept 2016.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster
• PublishedResearch priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
  Roche, RC., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, PE., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, TA., Piano, M., Ward, SL., Duce, CE., Waggitt, JJ., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 99, December, p. 1327-1341 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSensitivity of palaeotidal models of the northwest European shelf seas to glacial isostatic adjustment since the Last Glacial Maximum
  Ward, S., Neill, S., Scourse, J., Bradley, S. L. & Uehara, K., 1 Nov 2016, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 151, p. 198-211
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe influence of waves on the tidal kinetic energy resource at a tidal stream energy site
  Guillou, N., Chapalain, G. & Neill, S., 15 Oct 2016, In: Applied Energy. 180, October, p. 402-415
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal energy leasing and tidal phasing
  Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., Jan 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 85, p. 580-587
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedA new Holocene relative sea-level curve for western Brittany (France): Insights on isostatic dynamics along the Atlantic coasts of north-western Europe
  Goslin, J., Van Vliet Lanoe, B., Spada, G., Bradley, S., Tarasov, L., Neill, S. P. & Suanez, S., 5 Nov 2015, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 129, p. 341-365
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterising the spatial and temporal variability of the tidal-stream energy resource over the northwest European shelf seas
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Ward, S. L., 1 Jun 2015, In: Applied Energy. 147, p. 510-522
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterizing the tidal energy resource of the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone (UK), using TELEMAC-2D and field observations
  Piano, M., Ward, S. L., Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Davies, A. G., Powell, B. I., Owen, A. W. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Oct 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedClassifying seabed sediment type using simulated tidal-induced bed shear stress
  Ward, S. L., Neill, S. P., Van Landeghem, K. J. & Scourse, J. D., 30 May 2015, In: Marine Geology. 367, p. 94-104
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEffect of waves on the tidal energy resource at a planned tidal stream array
  Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G. & Lewis, M. J., Mar 2015, In: Renewable Energy. 75, p. 626-639
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
  Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedResource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays
  Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Apr 2015, In: Energy. 83, p. 403-415
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSome numerical aspects of modelling flow around hydraulic structures using incompressible SPH
  Ghadampour, Z., Hashemi, M. R., Talebbeydokhti, N., Neill, S. P. & Nikseresht, A. H., 8 May 2015, In: Computers and Mathematics with Applications. 69, 12, p. 1470-1483
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedA coupled tide-wave model for the NW European shelf seas
  Hashemi, R. M., Neill, S. P. & Davies, A. G., 14 Aug 2014, In: Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEnvironmental metabarcoding reveals heterogeneous drivers of microbial eukaryote diversity in contrasting estuarine ecosystems
  Lallias, D. S., Lallias, D., Hiddink, J. G., Fonseca, V. G., Gaspar, J. M., Sung, W., Neill, S. P., Barnes, N., Ferrero, T., Hall, N., Lambshead, P. J., Packer, M., Thomas, W. K. & Creer, S., 25 Nov 2014, In: The ISME Journal. 9, p. 1208-1221
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P. & Lewis, M. J., 8 Aug 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 72, p. 311-321
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInter-annual and inter-seasonal variability of the Orkney wave power resource
  Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Hashemi, M. R., Slater, E., Lawrence, J. & Spall, S. A., 1 Aug 2014, In: Applied Energy. 132, p. 339-348
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInter-annual variability of two contrasting offshore sand banks in a region of extreme tidal range
  Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 10 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Coastal Research. 31, 2, p. 265-275
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMetagenetic analysis of patterns of distribution and diversity of marine meiobenthic eukaryotes
  Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Nichols, B., Quince, C., Johnson, H. F., Neill, S. P., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K., Power, D. M. & Creer, S., 25 Aug 2014, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 23, 11, p. 1293–1302
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOptimal phasing of the European tidal stream resource using the greedy algorithm with penalty function
  Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Hashemi, M. R., 22 Jul 2014, In: Energy. 73, p. 997-1006
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRealistic wave conditions and their influence on quantifying the tidal stream energy resource
  Lewis, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, M. R., 8 Oct 2014, In: Applied Energy. 136, p. 495-508
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of tidal asymmetry in characterizing the tidal energy resource of Orkney
  Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Lewis, M. J., 4 Mar 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 68, p. 337-350
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of tides in shelf-scale simulations of the wave energy resource
  Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S. P., 18 Apr 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 69, p. 300-310
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedEnvironmental drivers of small scale spatial variation in the reproductive schedule of a commercially important bivalve mollusc
  Hold, N., Murray, L. G., Hinz, H., Neill, S. P., Lass, S., Lo, M. & Kaiser, M. J., 1 Dec 2013, In: Marine Environmental Research. 92, p. 144-153
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIdentification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish
  Lee, P. L., Dawson, M. N., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Houghton, J. D., Doyle, T. K. & Hays, G. C., 1 Mar 2013, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 10, 80, p. 20120920
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhysical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Mar 2013, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, p. 505-524
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe influence of wind gustiness on estimating the wave power resource
  Goward Brown, A., Neill, S. & Lewis, M., 10 Nov 2013, In: International Journal of Marine Energy. 3-4, p. e1-e10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWave power variability over the northwest European shelf seas
  Neill, S. P. & Hashemi, R., 1 Jun 2013, In: Applied Energy. 106, p. 31-46
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedA numerical study of marine larval dispersal in the presence of an axial convergent front
  Robins, P., Neill, S. & Gimenez Noya, J., 20 Mar 2012, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 100, p. 172-185
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of tidal energy converter (TEC) arrays on the dynamics of headland sand banks
  Neill, S. P., Jordan, J. R. & Couch, S. J., 1 Jan 2012, In: Renewable Energy. 37, 1, p. 387-397
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedEvolution of bed shear stress distribution over the northwest European shelf seas during the last 12,000 years.
  Neill, S. P. & Scourse, J. D., 1 Jan 2010, In: Ocean Dynamics. 60, 5, p. 1139-1156
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSecond-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity.
  Fonseca, V. G., Carvalho, G. R., Sung, W., Johnson, H. F., Power, D. M., Neill, S. P., Packer, M., Blaxter, M. L., Lambshead, J. D., Thomas, W. K. & Creer, S., 19 Oct 2010, In: Nature Communications. 1, 7, p. 98
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing an artificial neural network to model seasonal changes in beach profiles
  Hashemi, M. R., Ghadampur, Z. & Neill, S. P., 1 Oct 2010, In: Ocean Engineering. 37, 14-15, p. 1345-1356
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedA numerical study of lateral grain size sorting by an estuarine front.
  Neill, S. P., 10 Feb 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 81, 3, p. 345-352
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedChanges in wave climate over the northwest European shelf seas during the last 12,000 years.
  Neill, S. P., Scourse, J. D., Bigg, G. R. & Uehara, K., 17 Jun 2009, In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans. 114, p. C06015
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedContext dependency of relationships between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning is different for multiple ecosystem functions.
  Hiddink, J. G., Davies, T. W., Perkins, M., Machairopoulou, M. & Neill, S. P., 1 Dec 2009, In: Oikos. 118, 12, p. 1892-1900
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe formation of headland/island sandbanks.
  Neill, S. & Scourse, J. D., 15 Oct 2009, In: Continental Shelf Research. 29, 18, p. 2167-2177
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe impact of tidal stream turbines on large-scale sediment dynamics.
  Neill, S. P., Litt, E. J., Couch, S. J. & Davies, A. G., 1 Dec 2009, In: Renewable Energy. 34, 12, p. 2803-2812
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

• PublishedA model of inter-annual variability in beach levels.
  Neill, S. P., Elliott, A. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Aug 2008, In: Continental Shelf Research. 28, 14, p. 1769-1781
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of Coriolis in sandbank formation due to a headland/island system.
  Neill, S. P., 10 Sept 2008, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 79, 3, p. 419-428
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal and surge modelling using differential quadrature: a case study in the Bristol Channel.
  Hashemi, M. R., Abedini, M. J., Neill, S. P. & Malekzadeh, P., 1 Oct 2008, In: Coastal Engineering. 55, 10, p. 811-819
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2007

• PublishedAn enhanced depth-averaged tidal model for morphological studies in the presence of rotary currents.
  Neill, S. P., Hashemi, M. R. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2007, In: Continental Shelf Research. 27, 1, p. 82-102
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSimulating storm waves in the Irish Sea
  Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 2, p. 57-64
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe tidal flux in the Firth of Forth
  Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Mar 2007, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Maritime Engineering. 160, 1, p. 25-32
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

• PublishedThe benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.
  Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedThe benefits of combining coupled wave-current models with SAR observations for the interpretation of ocean-surface currents.
  Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Gommenginger, C., Ferrier, G., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 23 Jan 2006.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2005

• PublishedEstimates of the extreme meteorological and oceanographic conditions near Amlwch.
  Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jan 2005, 2005 ed. Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedModelling of SAR signatures of bathymetric features in the Bristol Channel using a coupled wave-current model
  Macklin, T., Wolf, J., Wakelin, S., Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2005, p. 611-618.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedObserving estuarine currents and fronts in the Tay Estuary, Scotland, using an airborne SAR with along-track interferometry (ATI)
  Ferrier, G., Macklin, J. T., Neill, S. P., Folkard, A. M., Copeland, G. J. & Anderson, J. M., 20 Oct 2005, In: International Journal of Remote Sensing. 26, 20, p. 4399-4404
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

• PublishedA progress report on the control of the free surface in a 3D Navier Stokes solver for coastal applications.
  Gejadze, I., Copeland, G., Neill, S. P., Fang, F. & Pain, C., 1 Jan 2004, p. 681-694.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedIn situ measurements of spring-neap variations to unsteady island wake development in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
  Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jun 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 60, 2, p. 229-239
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedObservations and numerical modelling of a non-buoyant front in the Tay Estuary, Scotland.
  Neill, S. P., Copeland, G. J., Ferrier, G. & Folkard, A. M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 59, 1, p. 173-184
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedObservations and simulations of an unsteady island wake in the Firth of Forth, Scotland.
  Neill, S. P. & Elliott, A. J., 1 Jul 2004, In: Ocean Dynamics. 54, 3-4, p. 324-332
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedOceanographic observations in the Savick Brook.
  Elliott, A. J. & Neill, S. P., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2024

• Marine Energy Wales Member's Summit

  11 Jul 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)
• Ocean based options for climate change

  1 Jul 2024 – 3 Jul 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)
• Renewable Energy (Journal)

  Managing guest editor - special issue on marine renewable energy

  1 Jun 2024 – 31 Jan 2025

  Activity: Editorial activity (Guest editor)
• EGU General Assembly 2024

  Convener - ocean renewable energy sessions

  17 Apr 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)
• Ocean Sciences - AGU

  Lead convener, Ocean Renewable Energy sessions

  22 Feb 2024

  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Organiser)

2023

• Numerical modelling of tidal energy devices and structures as part of Net Zero

  PhD viva - external examiner

  8 Dec 2023

  Activity: Examination (Examiner)
• COAST CAEN 2023 - Between Land and Sea - International Conference on Oceanography and 19th French-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography

  COAST CAEN 2023 - Between Land and Sea - International Conference on Oceanography and 19th French-Japanese Symposium of Oceanography (Scientific Committee)

  The symposium aims to address some aspects of the resilience (via their capacity to adapt to global change) of coastal ecosystems and the adaptation of human communities to climate change in a context of full use of natural resources.

  24 Oct 2023 – 27 Oct 2023

  Links:

  • https://coastcaen2023.socfjp.com/
  Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Member of programme committee)
• Powering the Energy Island and its People

  Ynys Ynni / Energy Island: creating a secure, prosperous and sustainable energy future. Institute of Welsh Affairs (IWA) event at M-Sparc, Anglesey: presentations and panel discussion.

  5 Oct 2023

  Links:

  • https://businessnewswales.com/events/powering-the-energy-island-and-its-people/
  Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

2022

• BU-IIA Funded Project: Mapping Social Inequality in Flooding

  Future flood risk is unlikely to be equal across society because flood-vulnerability (hence economic loss) is linked to socio-economic factors. To protect against flooding, insurance is used alongside state-led protection measures (e.g. sea walls, culverts, etc). Planning laws are also used to reduce exposure by restricting development in high flood risk areas (zone C available here); however, the need for housing (e.g. government pledges for 300,000 new homes per year) may constrain where sustainable developments can occur (e.g. when including community needs/services, as well as access to mortgages and insurance).

  We hypothesize exposure to the changing flood risk will not be equal across society, given changing patterns of flood risk, demographics and flood protection (e.g. access to mortgages and insurance).

  We will show how flood risk will impact social demographics and recreation demographics, demonstrating the hidden value of big data within digital environmental themes. We will establish a method to harvest publicly available data, mapping land use (e.g. recreation) and value (house prices, tourism) to monitor value, and values, communities have with the environment. We aim to establish methods to harvest online-data to map spatio-temporal changes in how we use, and value, land as climate change impacts such spaces - using outputs from our NERC future climate change driven flooding project "SEARCH" and engagement with stakeholders (e.g. reinsurance and Environment Agency).

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £9798

  1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

  Activity: Other (Contributor)
• French Priority Research Program (External organisation)

  Expert panel member, ocean-based options to mitigate and adapt to climate change

  2022 →

  Activity: Membership of network (Chair)
• Royal Society Partnership Grant

  Academic partner, Ysgol Sant Elfod

  2022 – 2023

  Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Schools engagement (Contributor)

2016

• British Standards Institute (External organisation)

  Committee member

  2016 – 2022

  Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)
• Elsevier (External organisation)

  Member of editorial board, Renewable Energy

  2016 →

  Activity: Membership of board (Chair)
• International Electrotechnical Committee (External organisation)

  Committee member

  2016 – 2022

  Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)

2011

• NERC (External organisation)

  Member of NERC peer review college

  2011 →

  Activity: Membership of committee (Chair)

• Wave measurement at Amlwch

  01/02/2024 – 31/07/2024 (Finished)

• 81396 MEECE

  01/01/2022 – 31/07/2024 (Finished)

• Changes in the distribution and abundance of marine top-predators in the North Sea

  01/10/2021 – 30/04/2025 (Active)

• KESS II MRes with CGG- BUK2E051

  01/10/2021 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

• SWOT-UK: The UK contribution to validating SWOT in the Bristol Channel and River Severn, with application to coastal and river management.

  01/02/2021 – 31/03/2025 (Active)

• South East Asia MArine Plastics (SEAmap): Reduction, Control and Mitigation of Marine Plastic Pollution in the Philippines

  15/11/2020 – 14/12/2024 (Active)

• KESS II MRes with AVT Services Ltd- BUK2187

  01/10/2019 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

• 82134 Smart Efficiency Energy Centre (SEEC)

  01/05/2019 – 30/09/2023 (Finished)

• KESS II MRes with Repetitive Energy- BUK2161

  06/07/2018 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

• Ocean modelling workshop QUOTIENT

  01/06/2017 – 30/09/2018 (Finished)

• KESS II PhD project with Extramussel Ltd BUK229

  01/04/2016 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• Tidal lagoon research workshop

  01/12/2015 – 01/08/2018 (Finished)

• Quantification and environmental impacts of marine renewables

  01/01/2015 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

• Feedbacks between tidal stream array operation & marine environment

  01/10/2012 – 08/08/2016 (Finished)

• Effects of tidal flows on the performance of tidal stream turbines

  01/07/2012 – 19/08/2017 (Finished)

• Impacts of climate change on the coastal zone

  01/10/2011 – 30/09/2012 (Finished)

European Social Funds KESS2 MSc (research) studentship (Neill, Lewis, Robins) Remote Sensing of renewable energy resource (2018-2019) £18k (In partnership with Repetitive Energy Ltd.). Student: Mike Ridgill.

INTERREG IRELAND/WALES (Jenkins, Neill, Davies, Robins) ECOSTRUCTURE: climate change adaptation through ecologically sensitive coastal infrastructure (2017-2020). £774k (part of £3.5 million multi-partner grant)

European Social Funds KESS2 PhD studentship (Neill, Robins, Malham) Simulating variability of North Wales mussel populations (2015-2018) £53k (In partnership with Extra Mussel). Student: Jonathan Demmer.

Sêr Cymru NRN-LCEE (Neill, Masters, O’Doherty) QUOTIENT - Quantification, optimisation, and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy (2015-2018). £506,873

Santander Mobility Grant (Neill) Marine renewable energy visit to Instituto Superior Technico, Lisbon (2014). £857

EPSRC standard grant EP/J010200/1 (O'Doherty, Neill, et al.) The effects of realistic tidal flows on the performance and structural integrity of tidal stream turbines (2012-2015). £1,389,372

Fujitsu/HPC Wales (Neill) Feedback between tidal stream array operation and the marine environment - PhD studentship (2012-2016). £75,000 

European Fishery Fund (Kaiser, LeVay, McCarthy, Hiddink, Neill) Sustainable use of fisheries resources in Welsh waters (2012-2015). £2,503,000

Fujitsu/HPC Wales (Hashemi, Neill, Robins, Jago) Simulating the impacts of climate change on estuarine dynamics using an integrated catchment-to-coast model - PhD studentship (2012-2015). £70,100 

NRW - Ecosystem Resilience Fund (Davies, Neill, et al.) Drivers of change and the connectivity of Sabellaria alveolata reefs within Wales (2013-2014) £89,000 

Welsh European Funding Office (Neill, Davies, et al.) Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) Marine (2010-2013). £538,559 

Welsh Crucible (Neill, Grimstead) Simulating the impacts of climate change on the coastal zone: putting the end-user in the driving seat (2011-2012). £5,752

Welsh Crucible (Gil, Neill, et al.) Development of a new sustainable elastomeric energy harvester for marine environments (2011-2012). £9,000

Santander Mobility Grant (Neill) Marine renewable energy visit to University of Santiago de Compostela (2011). £1,000

NERC PhD studentship. (Neill and Scourse) Palaeoceanographic modelling of the NW European Shelf Seas since the LGM (2010-2014). £70,000

NERC standard grant NE/G020302/1 (Jago, Baas, Kennedy, Neill). Impacts of hydrological variability on material transfers through the River-Estuary Transition Zone (2009-2012). £592,776

INTERREG IVA (Malham, Neill, et al.) Shellfish productivity in the Irish Sea: working towards a sustainable future - SUSFISH (2009-2013). £638,602

NERC directed grant NE/F001266/1 (Creer, Hiddink, Neill). Sequencing the meiofaunal metagenome of the marine/freshwater interface in key estuarine ecosystems (2008-2011). £66,581

NERC urgency grant NE/E011268/1 (Hiddink, Carvahlo, Gascoigne, Kaiser, Neill). Recovery of benthic invertebrate communities and fishery overspill effects in newly created marine reserves (2007-2008). £281,251