Dr. Tom Vance

Dr. Tom Vance is COO and center manager for the Centre for Marine Biofouling and Corrosion of PML Application, which is the commercial arm of Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML).

His background is in marine ecology with specialism in marine fouling ecology and biofouling control. He also has extensive experience of diving surveys, field-based experimentation, marine invertebrate taxonomy, advanced image analysis, physiological assessments, molecular analysis and multivariate statistics, as well as productive network across a wide range of marine industries, particularly the antifouling, shipping and marine renewable energy sectors.

Vance also is the co-chair of the Biofouling Management Expert Group of IMarEST and a representative for the GEF-UNDP-IMO GloFouling Project.