EXPERTISE

• Benthic Identification
• Laboratory Supervision
• Project Management
• Training

QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc (Hons) Marine Biology  University of Wales, Swansea, 2004

Emma Delduca, Labratory Supervisor at Marine Ecolgical Surveys Ltd (part of Gardline), has 7 years experience of taxonomic identification of marine benthic fauna and epifauna. Emma previously worked at Unicomarine for 3 years as a Senior Biologist analysing benthic samples and training junior staff.

KEY EXPERIENCE

• Sample collection, separation, identification and enumeration of fauna from intertidal and subtidal projects around the UK
• Experience in offshore oil and gas projects, renewable energy and aggregate licence monitoring
• Management of projects and allocation to tasks, including tendering phase and laboratory analyses by the MESL taxonomy staff
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the identification carried out in the laboratory and collation of in house reference collections
• Taxonomic training of junior staff
• Lead in creation and running of internal identification training workshops at MESL
• Teaching experience through creating and running the first external workshops for the MESL Taxonomy School focussing on Spionidae, Cirratulidae, Introduction to Amphipod families and the MESL Summer School; and coordinations of the Bryozoa expert led course
• Staff member at the Swansea University Field course to Millport Marine Station, teaching undergraduates field survey skills and identification of marine fauna
• Participation in NMBAQC taxonomic workshops
• Responsible for COSHH procedure at MESL and attendance at COSHH training course
• Volunteer work identifying fauna from the artificial reef Scylla for the National Marine Aquarium to allow the colonisation of the newly sunk reef to be assessed

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Delduca, E. 2011. New record of depth distribution for the cheilostoma bryozoans Cauloramphus spinifer. Marine Biodiversity Records. In Press.

Green, M, Colcombe A.L, Griffin, R, Delduca, E, de-Burgh, A, Pitts, J, Marzialetti, S, Hill, J, Pearce, B. 2011. Biological Highlights From The MALSF Regional Environmental Characterisations. Poster Presentation Porcupine Marine Natural History Society.