Dr David Marshall
david.marshall@ubd.edu.bn
Professor, Faculty of Science
Academic positions:
2018-present: Full Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
2003- 2018: Associate Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam
2001-2003: Associate Professor of Zoology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Durban-Westville (now University of KwaZulu-Natal), Durban, South Africa
2002: Chair of Zoology, UDW, Durban
1996-2000: Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, UDW, Durban
1994-1995: Senior Lecturer, Zoology Department, University of Fort Hare, Alice
1992-1993: Chief Scientific Officer, Percy Fitz Patrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town
Academic awards
2002: National Research Foundation (South Africa) Rating (C1)
2001: University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence (Academic and Research achievements, University of Durban-Westville)
2000: Commonwealth Postdoctoral Fellowship, Association of Commonwealth Universities (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK)
1997: National Research Foundation (NRF) Rating (C3)
1987: Academic Colours Award (Rhodes University)
EDUCATION
1987: BSc Hons (Zoology) in First Class, Rhodes University, South Africa
1991: PhD (Zoology), Rhodes University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My primary research interest concerns the ecological physiology of marine animals, mainly gastropods. I have had a long interest in the metabolic regulation of gastropods. My research also considers the responses of tropical intertidal animals to climate change. Studies involve assessing performance and tolerance of organisms to temperature variation and exposure to acidified seawater. A current focus is on understanding the susceptibility of gastropod shells to dissolution, shell compensatory processes and using gastropod shells to biomonitor levels of marine acidification. Other research concerns quantitative ecology of marine estuarine systems and tropical marine diversity.
FUTURE PROJECTS
Marine organismal responses to global change - warming
This project will consider how intertidal ectotherms behaviourally thermoregulate and acclimate to the temperature extremes experienced when exposed in air. We are especially interested in unraveling the nature and mechanisms of rapid heat hardening. Other elements include multi-stressor responses, such as the coupled effects of heating and drying when air-exposed.
Applications Invited
PhD, MSc
Metabolism and energetics associated with snails living under extreme and variable pH circumstances
This project will explore the constraints on energetic balance of circumstances leading to limited energetic uptake and the apparently high energy costs of life in acidified estuarine ecosystem. It will involve gastropods as a model system.
Applications Invited
PhD. MSc
GRANT DETAILS
Grant type: BRC, Grant Number: UBD/GSR/S&T 16, Project Title: Chemical ecology of the Brunei estuarine system , Investigators (PI/Co-PI): Dr Lee Hoon Lim
Dr Jose Santos, Funding Details: , Start Date: 25/10/2010, End Date: 25/04/2015
Industry, Institute, or Organisation Collaboration
Academic collaboration