Academic

Publications

Clarke, R.; Maitland, D.; Bostock, J. Technical Considerations of closed containment sea pen production for some life stages of salmonids. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum (SARF) SARF Research Project Reports, SARFSP011. http://www.sarf.org.uk/SARFSP011.pdf. 2018.

Maitland, D. Comparative study of solid waste management options for sea-based closed contaiment systems used for salmon post-smolt nursery production. University of Stirling MSc Dissertation. 2018. Available upon request.

Maitland, D.; Campbell, S; Chen, J.; Hoare, T. Controlling the resolution and duration of pulsatile release

from injectable magnetic plum-pudding nanocomposite hydrogels. RSC Advances. 2016. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2016/RA/c6ra01665k

Campbell, S; Maitland, D.; Hoare, T. Enhanced pulsatile drug release from injectable magnetic hydrogels

with embedded thermosensitive microgels. ACS Macroletters. 2015. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsmacrolett.5b00057

Maitland, D. Injectable, magnetic plum pudding hydrogel composites for controlled, pulsatile drug

release. McMaster University Open Access Dissertation Library (MASc). 2014. https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/handle/11375/14223

Sivakumaran, D.; Maitland, D.; Oszustowicz, T.; Hoare, T. Tuning drug release from smart microgel-hydrogel composites via cross-linking. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2013. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23137903/

Sivakumaran, D.; Maitland, D.; Hoare, T. Injectable microgel-hydrogel composites for prolonged small-

molecule drug delivery. Biomacromolecules. 2011. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/bm201170h

Presentations and Invited Talks

March 2021 – Guest Lecturer, Dalhousie University NUTR3002: Fish Nutrition “Aquaponics Nutrition”

December 2020 – Guest Lecturer/Teaching Assistant, Dalhousie University BIOA4004: Animal Adaptation and Stress “Case Study: Stress and Welfare in Lumpfish”

November 2020 – Guest Lecturer, Dalhousie University Cannabis Production and Management Course “Aquaponics 101”

January 2020 – Guest Lecturer, University of Stirling Aquaculture Engineering MSc Course “Biofiltration”, “Gas Management”, “Hydraulics Part 2”, “Intro to Aquaponics”, “Intro to Engineering Principles and Communication”, “pH, Alkalinity and Other Treatment Systems”, “Solids Removal”

November 2019 – Guest Lecturer, Nova Scotia Community College Cannabis Cultivation Program “Aquaponics 101”

August 2019 – Seminar Speaker, University of Stirling “Aqualitas Inc: Growing Cannabis Using Koi in an Aquaponics System”

August 2019 – Seminar Speaker, University of Glasgow “Aqualitas Inc: Growing Cannabis Using Koi in an Aquaponics System”

Degrees and Diplomas

PhD Agricultural Sciences, Dalhousie University, Canada – est. 2023

https://www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture/programs/graduate-studies/phd.html

MSc Sustainable Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland – 2018

https://www.stir.ac.uk/courses/pg-taught/aquaculture-sustainable-aquaculture/

Horticulturist Diploma, University of Guelph, Canada – 2019

https://courses.opened.uoguelph.ca/contentManagement.do?method=load&code=CM000019

MASc Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada – 2014

https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/chemeng/programs/degree-options/masc/chemical-engineering