Environmental Research Institute

• Ecology and Ecosystems

Qualifications:

• PhD Queen Mary College, University of London
• MA Cambridge
• First Degree BSc (Zoology) Queen Mary College University of London (lst class Hons)

• Coles SL, Brown BE (2003) Coral Bleaching – Capacity for Acclimatisation and Adaptation. Adv Mar Biol 46:183-223
• Brown BE, Downs CA, Dunne RP, Gibb SW (2002) Exploring the basis of thermotolernace in the reef coral Goniastrea aspera. Marine Ecology Progress Series 242:119-129
• Brown BE, Dunne RP, Goodson MS, Douglas AE (2000) Bleaching patterns in reef corals Nature 404:142-143
• Brown BE (1997) Coral bleaching: causes and consequences Coral Reefs 16 S129-S138
• Brown BE, Bythell JC (in press) Perspectives on mucus secretion in reef corals. Mar Ecol Prog Ser

• Biology and Ecology of Corals (with particular emphasis on the effects of environment on coral reefs)

• As of July 2005 Editor in Chief of Coral Reefs - the journal of the International Society for Reef Studies.
  Currently holding a History of Science grant from the Royal Society and a NERC research grant on the effects of the Indian Ocean tsunami on coral reefs of western Thailand.
• Selected Presentations:
  • 2000 Invited Speaker at the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium Bali, Indonesia on 'The Effects of Solar Radiation on Coral Bleaching'
  • 1999 Invited Speaker at Society for Experimental Biology meeting on 'Thermotolerance'
  • 1996 Plenary address at the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium Panama on 'Coral Bleaching - Causes and Consequences'
  • 1994 Invited Speaker at Meeting on Biological Indicators of Climate Change (Royal Society of Edinburgh) Convener and contributor to this meeting.