Daniel Merrifield

Academic profile

Dr Daniel Merrifield

Associate Professor of Fish Health and Nutrition
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Daniel's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 02: SDG 2 - Zero HungerGoal 12: SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below WaterGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

Supervised Research Degrees

My research activities have received funding to investigate aspects of fish health, nutrition, microbiome and aquafeed sustainability. Themes of interest include better understanding of host-microbe interactions, dysbiosis, mucosal health, enteritis and intestinal inflammation, functional feed additives and novel raw materials for use in aquafeeds. This research programme spans many commercially relevant species including rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, carp and Nile tilapia, and the model species, zebrafish. This research has taken place through postgraduate Research degree programmes and funded research projects.
 
Research degrees:

Recent research projects:

Teaching

Programme Leader:
MSc Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries
Module leader:
BIO505: Research Project 
BIO504: Health and Production in Aquaculture 
BIO5208: Contemporary Issues in Aquaculture

Contact Daniel

A406, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584888