The Challenger Society for Marine Science

We are the foremost learned society representing the UK academic marine research community.

Dr Peter Sheehan

University of East Anglia

Special Interest Groups Portfolio

2026-present

Peter is a senior research associate in the University of East Anglia’s Centre for Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences. He works primarily with ocean observations and re-analysis products to understand climate-relevant physical processes in shelf seas – particularly over the Northwest European and Antarctic continental shelves. As well as participating in sea-going research expeditions, he is a longstanding member of the UEA Glider Group and has contributed to ocean glider missions all around the world.