Dr Neil Banas
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
Personal statement
- Research homepage: http://neilbanas.com/projects/
- Complete publication list: Google Scholar
- Profile on ResearchGate
I'm an oceanographer and mathematical ecologist, with a background in physical oceanography. My current organizing questions: first, given that climate change can push on a marine ecosystem by a dozen separate pathways simultaneously, which pathways are the crucial ones? Second, what is the role of biological complexity (diversity, adaptability, behavior, life history) in large-scale patterns in the ocean? I use a range of dynamical model methods from high-resolution, spatially explicit simulations to paper-and-pencil sketches of life history and population dynamics.
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Publications
- Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems
- Tyldesley Emma, Banas Neil, Wakelin Sarah, Johns David G, Jardine Jennifer, Searle Kate, Daunt Francis, Bull Colin, Krivtsov Vladimir, Heath Mike, Speirs Douglas
- Communications Earth & Environment (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03840-1
- Prey, not temperature, is the dominant driver of juvenile growth in North Sea sandeels
- Olin Agnes, Banas Neil, Heath Mike, Wright PJ, MacDonald Alan M, Wanless S, Daunt Francis, Speakman John R, Nager Ruedi G
- Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol 776 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.3354/meps15010
- Save the spring marine transition scoping report : What are the pressures affecting migrating Atlantic salmon in highly altered marine transition zones and how could they be mitigated?
- Borland Aislinn, Banas Neil, Bull Colin
- (2025)
- River-sea thermal differential experienced by salmon post-smolts is not a proximal driver of marine survival
- Tyldesley Emma, Banas Neil, Kennedy Richard, Diack Graeme, Bull Colin
- Journal of Fish Biology Vol 107, pp. 1411-1419 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70134
- Climate change opens up new fishing possibilities for large scale trawling vessels off West Greenland
- Hatton Matthew, Laverick Jack, Banas Neil, Sivel Elliot, Heath Michael
- Fisheries Oceanography Vol 34, pp. 59-69 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/fog.12736
- Parameterization toolbox for a physical–biogeochemical model compatible with FABM – a case study: the coupled 1D GOTM–ECOSMO E2E for the Sylt–Rømø Bight, North Sea
- Nguyen Hoa, Daewel Ute, Banas Neil, Schrum Corinna
- Geoscientific Model Development Vol 18, pp. 2961-2982 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-2961-2025
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Professional Activities
- Migration and Prey Energyscapes in Changing Oceans
- Organiser
- 20/11/2025
- Precarious livelihoods in changing oceans: Salmon, sandeels, plankton, and people
- Invited speaker
- 7/10/2025
- A salmon- and seabird's-eye view of plankton change in the Northeast Atlantic
- Speaker
- 14/7/2025
- Waterways Collective residency and open house: Cromarty Firth
- Member of programme committee
- 24/6/2025
- Data residency: Migration and Prey Energyscapes
- Organiser
- 13/5/2025
- UK Arctic-Antarctic Partnership (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2025
Projects
- Creative Knowledge Exchange: Engagement Between Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering and the Creative Arts
- Dombi, Erzsebet (Principal Investigator) Banas, Neil (Co-investigator) Davidson, Peter (Co-investigator) Devlin, Jon (Co-investigator) Kelly, Louise (Co-investigator) Kleczkowski, Adam (Co-investigator) McLeay, Alan (Co-investigator) Witte, Kimia (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Constraint Made Visible
- Witte, Kimia (Co-investigator) Dombi, Erzsebet (Co-investigator) Banas, Neil (Academic) Davidson, Peter (Academic) McLeay, Alan (Academic)
- Think Wild Pilot Fund (£5k) via Knowledge Exchange Hub for Mathematical Sciences + Transmission gallery (£1k)
- 10-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Marine Transition Scoping Report: What are the pressures affecting migratory salmonids in highly altered marine transition zones and how could they be mitigated?
- Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Doctoral extension: Risks posed by the overlap between marine migration routes of European populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and pelagic fishing activity
- Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- MASTS Working Group on Migration and Energyscapes in Changing Oceans
- Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2027
- Wild salmon migrations through changing ocean energyscapes: New indicators for prediction and decision support
- Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
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Contact
Dr
Neil
Banas
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: neil.banas@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804