Rate My Professor Miles Lamare

Lamare's research specializes in marine ecology, population biology, marine invertebrate biology, and the ecology and physiology of marine invertebrate larval stages. His expertise centers on the responses of marine taxa to climate change stressors, including ocean warming and acidification, with studies on polar ecosystems, fjord systems, Antarctic biology, echinoderms, brachiopods, molluscs, and benthic communities. He is Principal Investigator for the Antarctic Science Platform project on Ross Sea ecosystem dynamics and responses to 2°C warming (MBIE-funded, 2019–2026), and has led projects funded by Marsden Fund, New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute, and University of Otago Research Grants. Lamare delivered his Inaugural Professorial Lecture, "Marine larvae and ocean change: Little things mean a lot," in 2020. His publication record exceeds 200 peer-reviewed articles, garnering over 6,700 citations. Notable publications include "Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reveals strong discrimination among diverse marine habitats connected by water movement" (Molecular Ecology Resources, 2019), "Response of sea urchin pluteus larvae (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) to reduced seawater pH" (Marine Biology, 2009), and "The stunting effect of a high CO2 ocean on calcification and development in sea urchin larvae, a synthesis from the tropics to the poles" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2013).