Eric Verspoor

Eric Verspoor is a Professor at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), affiliated with the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation and the UHI Inverness Aquaculture Research Network. He holds an ORCID identifier (0000-0001-8460-4327) and is actively accepting PhD students. His research focuses on fish genetics, particularly Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon), genetic divergence, and freshwater biodiversity conservation. He has published 99 research outputs since 1997, with a h-index of 34 and 4,068 citations.

Research interests span molecular biology, ecological genetics, and the genetic diversity of aquatic species in Scotland and beyond. Key topics include genetic markers (microsatellites, SNPs), gene flow, and the impact of environmental factors on fish populations. He has supervised three postgraduate students, though their names are not listed here.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided data. His work is centered at the Institute for Biodiversity and Freshwater Conservation, contributing to aquaculture sustainability and freshwater ecosystem studies.