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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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A remotely operated blood sampling and sedative administration device in large, freely moving pinnipeds
Kershaw, J., Bønnelycke, E.-M. S., De Ruiter, W., Aitken, A., Balfour, S., Milne, R., Hall, A. J., Armstrong, H. C., Downie, C., Moss, S. E. W. & McKnight, J. C., 7 Mar 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Early View, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cognitive perception of circulating oxygen in seals is the reason they don’t drown
McKnight, J. C., Bønnelycke, E.-M., Balfour, S., Milne, R., Moss, S. E. W., Armstrong, H. C., Downie, C., Hall, A. J. & Kershaw, J. L., 21 Mar 2025, In: Science. 387, 6740, p. 1276-1280 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Diving behaviour and physiology of the Korean Haenyeo
McKnight, J. C., Solms, B., Jensen, M., Turnbull, J., Balfour, S., Laagland, M., Bronkhorst, M., Lee, H. J., Kang, G., Lee, J. Y., Bell, A., Hastie, G. & Ilardo, M., 18 Aug 2025, In: Current Biology. 35, 16, p. R797-R798Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cerebral hemodynamic and systemic physiological changes in trained freedivers completing sled-assisted dives to two different depths
Bønnelycke, E.-M. S., Giacon, T. A., Bosco, G., Kainerstorfer, J. M., Paganini, M., Ruesch, A., Wu, J. & McKnight, J. C., 1 Dec 2024, In: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 327, 6, p. R553-R567 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying and reducing the cost of tagging: combining computational fluid dynamics and diving experiments to reduce impact from animal-borne tags
McKnight, C., Pass, C., Thompson, D., Balfour, S. T., Brasseur, S., Embling, C., Hastie, G. D., Milne, R., Kyte, A., Moss, S., Pemberton, R. & Russell, D. J., 6 Nov 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2034, 12 p., 20241441.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Self-calibrated pulse oximetry algorithm based on photon pathlength change and the application in human freedivers
Wu, J. (Creator), McKnight, J. (Creator), Bonnelycke, E.-M. (Creator), Bosco, G. (Creator), Giacon, T. A. (Creator) & Kainerstorfer, J. (Creator), Carnegie Mellon University, 2023
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Code and data: Cognitive perception of circulating oxygen in seals is the reason they don’t drown
McKnight, C. (Creator), Figshare, 2025
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.27210594.v1
Dataset
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Data from: Acoustic risk balancing by marine mammals: anthropogenic noise can influence the foraging decisions by seals
Hastie, G. (Contributor), Lepper, P. (Contributor), McKnight, C. (Contributor), Milne, R. (Contributor), Russell, D. (Contributor) & Thompson, D. (Contributor), Dryad, 25 Jun 2021
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Shining new light on sensory brain activation and physiological measurement in seals using wearable optical technology (dataset)
McKnight, C. (Creator), Ruesch, A. (Creator), Bennett, K. (Creator), Bronkhorst, M. (Creator), Balfour, S. T. (Creator), Moss, S. (Creator), Milne, R. (Creator), Tyack, P. L. (Creator), Kainerstorfer, J. (Creator) & Hastie, G. D. (Creator), Figshare, 12 Mar 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14207933.v1
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Projects
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Activities
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Keep Calm and carry on diving
McKnight, C. (Speaker)
5 Nov 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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7th Biologging Conference
McKnight, C. (Participant)
2019 → 2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
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Boston fNIRS symposium
Tyack, P. L. (Participant) & McKnight, J. C. (Participant)
16 Jan 2018 → 17 Jan 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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Frederic Fairfield Memorial Award Runner-up 2015
McKnight, C. (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frederic Fairfield Memorial Award Winner 2017
McKnight, C. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Press/Media
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How do seals know how long to hold their breath?
21/12/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists' view of our species
26/07/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Researchers put six grey seals in a specially built tank to work out why they don’t drown – and discovered something unexpected
6/07/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Seals have a sense of their oxygen levels, which makes them better divers
18/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
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Why don't diving seals drown? Scientists finally have an answer
26/03/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Thesis
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Counting the cost of tagging: quanitifying and reducing the behavioural and energetic impacts of tags in a large marine vertebrate
McKnight, J. C. (Author), Thompson, D. (Supervisor) & Russell, D. J. (Supervisor), 27 Jun 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis (PhD)