Background

I am the Planning and Performance Manager for the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. My team and I provide expert advice, guidance and support to academic and professional services staff across the Faculty with regard to planning, performance, management information and benchmarking data.

I completed my PhD in marine science at Newcastle University in 2006 following which I held two post-doctoral research posts: one in marine chemical ecology at Gothenburg University in association with Chalmers University of Technology; and a second in microalgal biofuels at Newcastle University as part of a multi-institutional programme funded by the Carbon Trust. I also have experience in an industrial environment having spent two years as a Senior Environmental Consultant with BMT Group (BMT Cordah) where I specialised in environmental and chemical regulatory compliance (e.g. REACH and the Offshore Chemical Regulations).

Following these early roles, I have built my experience in academic management and strategy development: I worked as a research coordinator in the Newcastle Institute for Research on Sustainability (now Institute for Sustainability, Newcastle University) developing and coordinating research across three cross-university, interdisciplinary themes; I also spent three years working at the Marine Management Organisation (a Defra non-departmental government body) as Senior Evidence Expert where I had responsibility for knowledge information and data development, management and quality assurance.

Prior to my current role I was the Research Administrator for the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences / School of Marine Science and Technology with responsibility for all aspects of research administration and management including strategy / forward planning, intelligence gathering and horizon scanning, performance monitoring and evaluation, REF preparations, policy and processes.

Publications

• Taylor RL, Rand JD, Caldwell GS. Treatment with Algae Extracts Promotes Flocculation, and Enhances Growth and Neutral Lipid Content in Nannochloropsis oculata—a Candidate for Biofuel Production. Marine Biotechnology 2012, 14(6), 774-781.
• Taylor RL, Caldwell GS, Olive PJW, Bentley MG. The harpacticoid copepod Tisbe holothuriae is resistant to the insidious effects of polyunsaturated aldehyde-producing diatoms. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2012, 413, 30-37.
• Caldwell GS, Lewis C, Pickavance G, Taylor RL, Bentley MG. Exposure to copper and a cytotoxic polyunsaturated aldehyde induces reproductive failure in the marine polychaete Nereis virens (Sars). Aquatic Toxicology 2011, 104(1-2), 126-134.
• Taylor RL, Abrahamsson K, Godhe A, Wangberg S. Seasonal variability in polyunsaturated aldehyde production potential among strains of Skeletonema marinoi (Bacillariophceae). Journal of Phycology 2009, 45(1), 46-53.
• Taylor RL, Caldwell GS, Dunstan HJ, Bentley MG. Short-term impacts of polyunsaturated aldehyde-producing diatoms on the harpacticoid copepod, Tisbe holothuriae. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 341(1), 60-69.
• Taylor RL, Caldwell GS, Dunstan HJ, Bentley MG. Effects of toxic diatoms on the population growth and life-history parameters of Tisbe holothuriae. In: Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Society for Experimental Biology. 2006, University of Kent, Canterbury.
• Taylor RL, Caldwell GS, Bentley MG. Toxicity of algal-derived aldehydes to two invertebrate species: Do heavy metal pollutants have a synergistic effect?. Aquatic Toxicology 2005, 74(1), 20-31.
• Caldwell GS, Taylor RL, Olive PJW, Bentley MG. Diatom reproductive toxicology: Implications for marine ecosystems and aquaculture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 2004, 137A(3), S35 abstract no. A5.2.
• Taylor RL, Caldwell GS, Bentley MG. Acute-toxicity of diatom-derived aldehydes to two invertebrate species: do heavy metals have a synergistic impact?. In: Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the International Congress on Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 2004, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne: International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction.