Alex Nimmo Smith

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Professor Alex Nimmo Smith

Professor of Marine Science and Technology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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The Global 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. Alex's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below Water

About Alex

Alex is Professor of Marine Science & Technology at the University of Plymouth, 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.

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

Contact Alex

+44 1752 584722