Manuela Truebano

Academic profile

Dr Manuela Truebano

Lecturer in Marine Molecular Biology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Manuela's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 13: SDG 13 - Climate ActionGoal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below Water

About Manuela

I am a lecturer in Marine Biology and member of the Ecophysiology and Development Research group, in the Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre. I graduated in BSc Marine Biology at the University of Liverpool, before completing a Masters degree in Shellfish Biology at Bangor University, and a PhD in Molecular Ecophysiology (thermal stress) at the British Antarctic Survey and Swansea University.

I teach across undergraduate and postgraduate Marine Biology programmes.

Supervised Research Degrees

  • Michael Collins, PhD (2019). "Effect on temperature on hypoxia thresholds in aquatic invertebrates" 
  • George Mason, ResM (2021). "The role of environmental temperature in immunocompetence and disease susceptibility in bivalves"

Teaching

LECTURER ON...

  • Marine Molecular Biology (module leader)
  • Ecophysiology of Marine Animals (module leader) 
  • Conservation Physiology 
  • Marine Biology field courses (module leader of stage 2 Experimental Marine Biology field course)

PEDAGOGIC RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

  • Truebano M. & C. Munn. 2015. An Evaluation of the Use of Video Tutorials as Supporting Tools for Teaching Laboratory Skills in Biology. Practice and Evidence of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 10(2):121-135.

TEACHING AND LEARNING GRANTS

2015. SoMSE. Technology enhanced learning: Video tutorials as part of a blended approach to teaching practical skills. PI.

Contact Manuela

Room 406, Davy Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 587885