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Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has announced that Professor Nicholas Owens will be its new director from 1 September 2015. He succeeds Professor Laurence Mee, who died suddenly in August 2014. Professor Owens, director of the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science in Plymouth, UK, since 2012, said: "I am delighted to have been offered the opportunity to become the director of SAMS. I have long had an affection for the organisation since my early days as a PhD student in Scotland at the University of Dundee. SAMS has the distinction of carrying out not only world-class marine science, but also of translating that science to support business and economic growth for both the region and the wider UK. It is a wonderful opportunity to lead such a prestigious marine science institute and I greatly look forward to the challenge."