Lab-on-chip sensors for environment, fisheries and aquaculture science applications

该奖学金将与CEFAS合作并得到CEFAS的支持，CEFAS致力于确保健康和可持续的海洋和淡水环境，以便今世后代能够繁荣昌盛。这需要调查和管理：气候变化影响和适应、海洋规划和环境许可、可持续渔业管理、海洋生物多样性和栖息地、鱼类和贝类健康和卫生、应急响应。为了支持这一任务，该学生将协助获取有关环境和生态系统的高质量数据。为了改进和增加CEFAS的数据量，NOCS和UoS正在开发新的传感器，如Lab-on-chip传感器，将海水与微流体通道中的试剂混合，产生与目标浓度成比例的光学响应。特别感兴趣的是应用于营养物和碳酸盐（水中的二氧化碳）系统的高精度测量。这些技术正在逐渐成熟，并在克赖斯特彻奇河口和深海研究项目中进行常规测量。作为概念验证，学生将把营养和碳酸盐传感器集成到CEFAS智能浮标中（这是自主系统，是用于收集海洋环境数据的系泊自动化多参数记录平台http://www.cefas.defra.gov.uk/our-services/monitoring-and-mapping/autonomousmonitoring/smartbuoys.aspx），并使传感器适应目标平台和CEFAS应用。这将使严格的性能分析成为可能，为进一步项目的更广泛采用提供证据。

This studentship will work with and be supported by CEFAS which works to secure healthy and sustainable marine and freshwater environments so that current and future generations can prosper. This requires investigation and management of:climate change impacts and adaptationmarine planning and environmental licensingsustainable fisheries managementmarine biodiversity and habitatsfish and shellfish health and hygieneemergency response.To support this mission, the student will assist in the acquisition of high quality data on the environment and ecosystems. To improve and increase data CEFAS, NOCS and UoS are developing new sensors such as Lab-on-chip sensors that mix seawater with reagents in microfluidic channels causing an optical response in proportion to target concentration. Of particular interest is application to high accuracy measurement of nutrients and the carbonate (CO2 in water) system. These technologies are becoming mature and are performing routine measurements in the Christchurch estuary, and in the deep sea in research programs. As a proof of concept, the student will integrate nutrient and carbonate sensors into the CEFAS SmartBuoys (which are autonomous systems are moored, automated, multi-parameter recording platforms used to collect marine environmental data http://www.cefas.defra.gov.uk/our-services/monitoring-and-mapping/autonomousmonitoring/smartbuoys.aspx) and adapt the sensors for this target platform and CEFAS applications. This will enable rigorous performance analysis to provide evidence for wider uptake in further programs.