Martin Solan

Professor Martin Solan is a marine benthic ecologist affiliated with the School of Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton. His research focuses on biodiversity-environment interactions, ecosystem consequences of environmental change, and the development of in situ marine technology such as sediment profile imaging to study organism-sediment relations.

• Specializes in bioturbation, benthic ecology, and ecosystem functioning
• Lead researcher for projects including BEcoWIND, C-floor, and ChAOS
• Accepting PhD applicants interested in marine ecology and environmental change

His work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the effects of multiple environmental drivers (temperature, CO2, ocean acidification) on marine ecosystems and developing sustainable management strategies to protect ocean biodiversity. Research trends include impacts of maritime fuel contamination, functional trait variability in polar invertebrates, and biogeochemical proxies in deep-sea corals.

Professor Solan collaborates with institutions like NOC (National Oceanography Centre) and contributes to policy inquiries, including sustainable ocean policy and seagrass health consultancy. He supervises current PhD students working on INSPIRE, oceanography, and marine ecology projects.