Professor Alex Nimmo Smith - University of 50�Ȼ�

About Alex

Professor of Marine Science & Technology in the School of Biological & Marine Sciences
Member of the Marine Physics Research Group
Member of the Centre for Coastal and Ocean Science and Engineering (CCOSE)
Member of the

Alex is Professor of Marine Science & Technology at the University of 50�Ȼ�, and is part of the Marine Physics Research Group (MPRG). His research interests are focussed around suspended particle dynamics, both in terms of how particles (plankton, sediment, bubbles, droplets) behave in a natural, turbulent environment, and also in the use of particles as tracers of turbulent flows. He has developed several in situ optical systems to directly image particles for measurement and identification, and visualise 3D turbulence structure, deploying these on autonomous platforms.

Teaching

Physical Oceanography (shelf sea, coastal and estuarine)
Optical Oceanography (underwater optics and imaging)
Data Analysis methods

Contact Alex

+44 1752 584722
alex.nimmo.smith@plymouth.ac.uk