Professor Marcel Jaspars

About

Email Addressm.jaspars@abdn.ac.ukTelephone Number+44 (0)1224 272895Office AddressMeston Building Room G21School/DepartmentSchool of Natural and Computing Sciences ORCiDLinkedinPureGoogle Scholar Biography Previous Positions Head of the Department of Chemistry, University of Aberdeen 2016-2019 Scientific Project Leader of the EU FP7 Project ‘PharmaSea’ (€ 9.5 M, 24 partners from 14 countries) 2012-2017 Visiting Professor for Senior International Scientists of the Chinese Academy of Sciences 2012-2013 Visiting Professor (20%) at the University of Tromsø, Norway to provide advice for their £14 M marine biodiscovery programme. 2007-2017 Sabbatical at the Australian Institute of Marine Science, 2004 Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Aberdeen, 2003- Senior Lecturer in Organic Chemist

Education

• BA Hons (Cantab) Natural Sciences (Chemistry) 1987 - University of Cambridge
• PhD Organic Chemistry 1992 - Trinity College, Dublin Electrophilic Catalysis of the Sakurai Reaction
• ScD (Cantab) Organic Chemistry 2018 - University of Cambridge Investigating the Chemical Structures, Bioactivity and Biosynthesis of Marine and Desert Natural Products
• FHEA University Education 2022 - Higher Education Acedemy

Selected publications

• Effects of three antifouling biocides on marine biofilm-forming bacteria: a potential indicator of bacterial resistance 2026 - Accepted/In pressGomez-Banderas, J., Morreeuw, Z. P., Malouch, D., Fellah, L., Berchel, M., Jaffrés, P. A., Kuepper, F., Jaspars, M., Hellio, C. Applied SciencesContributions to Journals: Articles
• Global distribution of deep-sea natural products shows environmental and phylogenetic undersampling with potential for biodiscovery 2026 - PublishedHarris, L. M., Preet, G., Desai, R., Hasan, A. H., Vad, J., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Astakala, R. V., Glover, A. G., Jaspars, M., Copley, J. Scientific Reports, vol. 16, no. 1, 21496 (2026)Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45398-0[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/0230bf9c-b5a6-4412-800a-09b7b18aa48d/download[ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45398-0
• [OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/0230bf9c-b5a6-4412-800a-09b7b18aa48d/download
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• 2-((((R)-3-(((9E,17Z)-18-Bromooctadeca-9,17-dien-7,15-diynoyl)oxy)-2-hydroxypropoxy)(hydroxy)phosphoryl)oxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethan-1-aminium 2026 - PublishedAl Nashrey, A., Oluwabusola, E. T., Almalki, H. D., Preet, G., Pech-Puch, D., Forero, A. M., Rodriguez, J., Ebel, R., Jaspars, M. MolBank, vol. 2026, no. 3, M2188Contributions to Journals: Articles[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/M2188[ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/M2188
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• Local coastal communities and their ways of knowing: Ocean tales from the past and looking into the future 2026 - PublishedMassimi, M., Brown, A., Jaspars, M. Ways of World Knowing: Local Knowledges, Coastal Communities, and Equitable Ocean Governance. Massimi, M., Brown, A. E., Jaspars, M. (eds.). Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 13-40, 28 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)[ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197815335.003.0002[OPEN ACCESS] https://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/c065a802-ebe2-4687-8543-a257f5f0faa7/download[ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
• [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197815335.003.0002