Jamie Rodgers, who is currently studying a PhD with SAMS UHI
Some of the people tasked with providing these answers live locally and work and study at SAMS, where today’s students can become tomorrow’s leading ocean investi gators. It is no exaggerati on to say that more is known about space than our own ocean and that is one reason Jamie Rodgers decided to venture into marine science. The 23-year-old from Aberdeenshire has a five-year affiliati on with SAMS UHI; he graduated with a BSc Hons in Marine Science and this year started a PhD at the Dunstaff nage insti tute. “Aft er school I knew I wanted to study marine science,” said Jamie. “I really enjoyed science, parti cularly physics, and I had a parti cular interest in the Arcti c, which is undergoing huge changes.