Mark Wiggins

Mark Wiggins serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor within the School of Biological and Marine Sciences at the University of Plymouth's Faculty of Science and Engineering. His academic role integrates teaching across multiple oceanography programs including BSc Ocean Exploration and Surveying, BSc Oceanography and Coastal Processes, BSc Ocean Science and Marine Conservation, and MSc Hydrography.

Research interests center on coastal dynamics with specialized focus on embayment rotation mechanisms, storm-induced coastal change, and multi-decadal climate influences. His methodology emphasizes comprehensive field surveys and climate data integration to analyze sediment transport, wave dynamics, and long-term geomorphological evolution. Key applications include coastal management strategies and historical coastline reinterpretation.

Recent publication trends reveal concentrated investigation into extreme weather impacts (notably Storm Emma via the BLUE-coast project) and climate-controlled coastal behavior. His work bridges physical oceanography with geological analysis, demonstrating how atmospheric forcing and wave interactions drive embayment-scale morphological changes over varying temporal scales.

Scientific awards: No awards documented in available sources.

Advising and grants: Teaching responsibilities are explicit, but graduate student supervision details and research funding mechanisms remain unspecified in source materials.

Laboratories and teams: Active participation in the BLUE-coast project confirms field-based collaboration focused on coastal process monitoring, utilizing advanced survey techniques during extreme event documentation.