Prof Sascha Hooker

Deputy Head of School

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 7201

Email

sh43@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I have broad interests in foraging and diving behaviour of marine mammals, and the physiological constraints underlying this.  I am keen to apply my work wherever possible toward conservation biology, and have worked on introduced pest species, the effect of anthropogenic sounds, contaminants, and the development of marine protected areas. 

PhD supervision

• Duncan Macdougall

Selected publications

• Draft Circular Economy Strategy for Scotland Consultation - Response ID ANON-HSP7-WWMH-5

  Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L. E. S., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Mallows, C., Auxtova, K., Twist, B. & Gregnanin, G., 2026

  Research output: Other contribution

• Draft Climate Change Plan Consultation - Response ID ANON-DNTH-7RRE-E

  Helmcke, C., Hooker, S., Roney-Dougal, C., Skrzypek, E., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Russell, S., High, M., Lawson, I., Cole, L. E. S., Hope, J., Sfrappini, E., Christie, E., Paul, F., Auxtova , K., Gregnanin, G., Twist, B. & Mallows, C., 2026

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access

  Geographic variation in diving behaviour and skin isotope ratios of northern bottlenose whales, Hyperoodon ampullatus

  Hooker, S. K., Siegal, E., Plint, T., Feyrer, L. J., Narazaki, T., Aoki, K., Bivins, M. & Miller, P. J. O., Jun 2026, In: Ecology and Evolution. 16, 6, p. 1-19 19 p., e73690.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Inclusive and sustainable futures for Scotland: project report

  Helmcke, C., Christie, E., Twist, B., Mallows, C., Roney-Dougal, C., Sfrappini, E., Skrzypek, E., Paul, F., Gregnanin, G., Joubert, G., Lawson, I., Hope, J., Auxtova, K., Reid, L., Wishart, L. J., Cole, L. E. S., High, M., Conlan, P. J., Hooker, S. & Russell, S., 27 Mar 2026, Online: University of St Andrews. 11 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Open access

  Neutral lipid fatty acid composition in the epidermis and blubber of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in the Northeast Atlantic confirms tissue-specific stratification

  Kebke, A. S., Plint, T., Hooker, S. K., Magill, C. R., Moore, D. J. & Brownlow, A., 5 Jun 2026, In: Marine Biology. 173, 7, 118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Spatiotemporal occurrence of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) within the Nordic Seas based upon passive acoustic monitoring

  Haas, C. E., Miller, P. J. O., Hooker, S., Svavarsson, J., Macrander, A., Lam, F.-P. A. & Wensveen, P. J., 13 Feb 2026, In: Marine Biology. 173, p. 1-17 17 p., 48.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The application of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Scotland

  Kebke, A. S., Plint, T., Canseco, J. A., Davison, N. J., ten Doeschate, M. T. I., Hooker, S. K., Magill, C. R., Monteiro, S. S., McGill, R., Newton, J., Trueman, C., Brownlow, A. & Wolf, N. (Editor), 29 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PLoS ONE. 21, 4, e0346340.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Acoustic characteristics and context of buzzes and rasps produced by northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus)

  Haas, C. E., Wensveen, P., Hooker, S. K. & Miller, P. J. O., 18 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioacoustics. Latest Articles, 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Killer whale predation on a giant manta ray (Mobula birostris), a sicklefin devil ray (M. Tarapacana) and a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the southwest Indian Ocean

  Terrapon, M., Venables, S. K., Lokker, A., Bertrand, N., Hooker, S. K. & Marshall, A. D., 1 Dec 2024, In: African Journal of Ecology. 62, 4, 5 p., e13342.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Acoustic behaviour of northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) in Icelandic inshore waters

  Haas, C. E., Neubarth, B., Miller, P. J., Hooker, S. K., Svavarsson, J. & Wensveen, P., 2023, Proceedings of the 10th Convention of the European Acoustics Association Forum Acusticum 2023. 6 p. (Forum Acusticum).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

 

See more publications