Informal Curriculum vitae

My name is Lindsay Jane Seiderer although I have been called Muffy all my life. I was involved in the early testing of the application of multivariate analysis to complex marine biological data at the University of Cape Town, leading to a lifelong interest in the assessment of the effects of disturbance on the marine environment. This interest encompasses the powerful statistical capabilities of the analyses together with a view of the big picture. Much of my work has revolved around the design and implementation of surveys to provide robust data during pre-operational, operational and post-operational phases of major marine infrastructure projects. I have spoken extensively in international forums on the need to provide the client with sufficiently high quality data to enable them to refute unwarranted claims against them for damage to the environment during or after the operational/construction phase. In the case of offshore infrastructure development projects, I have given presentations to engineers and ops teams to enable them to understand the importance of holding robust scientific information against which the effects of the development may be measured in the future. I have contributed to many publications on environmental impact studies as well as technical reports to clients on ecological surveillance worldwide.

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Buzz

I'm always happy to talk marine science

Key experience

• Assessment of potential impacts of infrastructure developments on the features for which Marine Conservation Zones MCZs have been designated.
• Provision of marine environmental resource monitoring & strategic advice for the London Gateway Port Project.
  

• Design of programmes to assess the spatial and temporal effects of disturbance on the seabed, and the extent to which the disturbed communities are likely to recover.
• Appraisal of insurance liabilities to assist in the resolution of environmental damages claims.

• Provision of advice and survey expertise to all users of the seabed.

Qualifications & Chartered Status

University of Cape Town

• BSc Zoology & Botany
• BSc (Hons) Zoology
• PhD

CSci CMarSci MIMarEST

Career synopsis

2019 - onwards & upwards in the Umbrian and British countryside

2015 - 2019 www.consonamus.com

2014 - 2015 Thinking & Breathing in Umbria

2007 - 2014 MD, Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd.

1990 - 2006 Director, Marine Ecological Surveys Ltd.

1984 - 1989 Research Fellow, University of Cape Town

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