Dr Frances E Hopkins is a marine biogeochemist at PML working on the production and cycling of climatically- and atmospherically-important marine trace gases. After obtaining a First Class degree in marine biology and oceanography from Bangor University, she carried out her PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Peter Liss at the University of East Anglia. Her PhD project investigated the effects of ocean acidification (OA) on a range of key trace gases, including halocarbons and dimethyl sulfide (DMS). Frances joined PML in 2009, enabling her to continue this research through involvement in both the European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) and the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (UKOA).

Regular sea-going and land-based expeditions, marine trace gas analysis, including gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and flame photometric detection (GC-FPD), proton transfer reaction - mass spectrometry (PTR MS), atmospheric pressure ionization - chemical ionization mass spectrometry (API CIMS).