
Dr Aaron Lim
Position: Post-doctoral Researcher
Contact: aaron.lim@ucc.ie | +353 21 490 4581 | https://twitter.com/dr_aaron_lim
Biography
Dr Lim is a Marine Geoscientist with interests in habitat mapping, sedimentary processes and geomatics/GIS. Dr Lim received his PhD in 2017 from University College Cork, where he utilised multiscale multibeam mapping coupled with ROV-video mosaics to understand the processes affecting a chain of cold-water coral reefs in the NE Atlantic. During his PhD, he was awarded several research grants, scholarships and awards which has now continued into his post-doctoral career. Dr Lim has participated in over 15 research cruises (chief scientist on five) and is a member of the EuroFleets + Scientific Advisory Committee. Dr Lim is a participant on the H2020 project “Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time” and is a researcher on the Science Foundation of Ireland-funded project MMMonkey_Pro.
Honors and Awards
- 2017: Gold Medal Delap Prize: best peer-reviewed publication (BEES, UCC)
- 2014: President’s Award for Research into Innovative Forms of Teaching & Learning
- 2012: Devoy Prize: Best Earth Science Research Project (UCC)
Research Grants
- Bedrock Target analysis for ROV Rockdrill sampling 2 (BeTar_Drill2), Petroleum Infrastructure Programme €156,143.00 (Principal Investigator)
- Novel Mapping of The Shallow Water INFOMAR Data Set: Towards Irelands First Shallow Water Atlas (NoManS_Tif), Marine Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program 2020 – 2024, €349,109.00 (Principal Investigator)
- Monitoring Microplastics and their Associated Chemicals and their effects in Irish Deep Water Coral Habitats, Marine Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program 2020 – 2023, €284,397.00 (Principal Investigator)
- Bedrock Target analysis for ROV Rockdrill sampling (BeTar_Drill), Petroleum Infrastructure Programme €38,478.00 (Principal Investigator)
- Integrated Assessment of Atlantic Marine Ecosystems in Space and Time (iAtlantic), Horizon 2020 Blue Growth programme (participant)
- MOnitoring CHAnge in Submarine CANyon Coral Habitats (MoCha_SCan), Marine Institute Grant-aided Ship-Time Programme 2019-2020 (lead applicant)
- Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring Key Processes and Controls on Cold-water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons, SFI Investigator Grant, Nov 2017 – Nov 2021, (co-applicant)
- Flexible environment monitoring platforms (FlexiMon), Marine Institute Infrastructure Grant, 2017-2018, (co-applicant)
- Irish Research Council – Graduate of Ireland Scholarship, 2015, (applicant)
- 1st International Conference on Carbonate Mounds (European Science Foundation), Young Researcher Award, 2015
- Marine Institute Travel Award, 2015
- CoCARDE (European Science Foundation) Young Researchers Award (2014)
- Ron McDowell Student Award, GeoHab (Melbourne, Australia, 2014)
- Irish Geological Association, Postgraduate Research Award (2013)
- CoCARDE (European Science Foundation) Young Researchers Award (2013)
Research Cruises
- CE20011 – Systematic Monitoring Survey of the Moira Mound Chain (SyMons_MoM)
- CE19014 – Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats II (MoCha_SCan II) – Chief scientist
- CE19008 – Monitoring Changes in Submarine Canyon Coral Habitats I (MoCha_SCan I) – Chief scientist
- CE18011 – Cold Water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons 2 (CoCoHaCa II) – Chief Scientist
- CV17020 – Quantifying Irish Marine Placer Resources – Scientist
- CE16015 – Quantifying EnviRonmental Controls on Cold-water coral Reef Growth: Part 2 (QuERCi II) – Day shift leader
- CE15016 – Irish Ground Fish Survey – Geophysicist
- CE15009 – Quantifying EnviRonmental Controls on Cold-water coral Reef Growth: Part 1 (QuERCi I) – Day shift leader
- Sea Acceptance Trials (SAT), Feb. ’15; Multibeam and Sub bottom profiler SAT
- SMART Atlantic Summer School, Sep. ‘14, marine geology instructor; drop camera, gravity core, box core, day grab, MBES, GIS
- WICPro (West of Ireland Coring Programme), Mar., ’14 Day shift leader; coring and SBP
- Geotechnical Survey, Jan., ‘14 RV Celtic Explorer: CPT and sparker seismic survey
- CTD Survey, Dec., ‘13 Chief Scientist, RV Celtic Voyager
- SMART SEA Marine Geoscience Demonstrator (Oct. ‘13, Nov, ‘14/‘15/‘16, Mar./Sep.‘16) Demonstrate marine geoscience techniques to BSc/MSc Geology and Engineering students
- MDACS & Geotechnical survey, Feb. ‘13 drop camera, seismic, MBES, vibrocore
- VENTuRE survey, June/August ‘11 ROV-MBES, ROV video, CTD, grabs
Publications
Tóth, Z., McCarron, S., Wheeler A.J., Wenau, S., Lim, A., Spiess, W., (2020) Geomorphological and seismostratigraphic evidence for multiple phases of ice cover in the northern Celtic Sea offshore southeast Ireland, Journal of Quaternary Science DOI: 10.1002/jqs.3189
Lim, A., (2012) A Geological and Geomorphological characterisation of 45°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Unpublished undergraduate thesis. Supervisors: Prof. Andy Wheeler and Dr. Fiona Calkwell.
In Review
Lim, A., Wheeler, A.J, Conti, L (in review) Cold-water coral habitat mapping: trends and developments in acquisition and processing methods
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In the news:
Dramatic rate of change to coral reefs off Cork
New research by scientists in Cork has discovered that deep water coral reefs off the coast of Ireland are changing at a dramatic rate | Read more: https://bit.ly/2pDnkHs
Posted by RTÉ News on Sunday, March 25, 2018