Alex Nimmo-Smith
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
Professor of Marine Science & Technology, University of Plymouth. Teaching/Research/Innovation. Kitesurfing/Climbing/Cats
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It's official: @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I have launched the HOLOtag for ocean observation on a micro-AUV! An ultra-compact plankton imaging sensor, the #HOLOtag is a real breakthrough in sensor innovation and now backed by the @royalsociety.org 🌊🦑🧪
July 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's official: @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I have launched the HOLOtag for ocean observation on a micro-AUV! An ultra-compact plankton imaging sensor, the #HOLOtag is a real breakthrough in sensor innovation and now backed by the @royalsociety.org 🌊🦑🧪
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🧪🌊🦑 #jobs #postdoc Last call for applications, deadline is this Sunday for a 42-months #Research Fellow post in Plymouth (Salary £39,355-£45,413). All things #plankton, #predators, remote #sensing & #autonomy
APPLY NOW 👇
APPLY NOW 👇
🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs
June 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🧪🦑From #plankton to predators 🌊 Out for sea trials testing our new #autonomy technology when this beauty surfaced right in front of us! #sunfish A timely reminder of how #ocean change is reshaping #biodiversity on our doorstep. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🧪🦑From #plankton to predators 🌊 Out for sea trials testing our new #autonomy technology when this beauty surfaced right in front of us! #sunfish A timely reminder of how #ocean change is reshaping #biodiversity on our doorstep. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
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🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs
June 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
🦑🌊🧪 Please share among your networks, a Research Fellow post in #Ocean Dynamics and Floating Offshore #Wind Consequences on Key Ecosystem Drivers in the Celtic Sea working with me, @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social tinyurl.com/44x66b5z #PlanktonImaging #RemoteSensing #AUVs
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Through sustained collaborations with the maritime industries, we are building new directions and applications in science & technology - bringing these advanced directly into the classroom with @plymuni.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 An amazing week @ Ocean Business in Southampton with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Through sustained collaborations with the maritime industries, we are building new directions and applications in science & technology - bringing these advanced directly into the classroom with @plymuni.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 An amazing week @ Ocean Business in Southampton with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
🧪🌊🦑 When Marine Science Gets Eel-y Interesting ;) After 4 months, our Sonardyne ADCP frame was due for recovery—but it had an unexpected resident! We @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social retrieved the frame only to find a large conger eel inside. Watch its dramatic escape! 👇
March 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪🌊🦑 When Marine Science Gets Eel-y Interesting ;) After 4 months, our Sonardyne ADCP frame was due for recovery—but it had an unexpected resident! We @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social retrieved the frame only to find a large conger eel inside. Watch its dramatic escape! 👇
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Had the pleasure this week to go out on the University of Plymouth' Falcon Spirit. Heading out with such engaged and experienced skippers & technicians with a can-do attitude, the University can really take pride as research & teaching always is a #team effort. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🧪🌊🌍🦑
March 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Had the pleasure this week to go out on the University of Plymouth' Falcon Spirit. Heading out with such engaged and experienced skippers & technicians with a can-do attitude, the University can really take pride as research & teaching always is a #team effort. @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social 🧪🌊🌍🦑
Beautiful boil!
🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front.
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Beautiful boil!
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🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front.
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
🌊🧪🦑 Another fine day to be out in #Plymouth Sound! This time with our MRes & MSc project students sampling urban oceanographic features and the salinity front.
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
Smooth operations and interesting science to be uncovered 👏 with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social, Nicole & Scott!
@plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
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🌊 Hands-on marine monitoring with MSc students!
A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵
A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🌊 Hands-on marine monitoring with MSc students!
A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵
A fine day to be out in Plymouth Sound with @plymouthuniccc.bsky.social Master students in MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence on the Marine Environmental Monitoring module that @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I teach on, a thread! 🧵
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🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
#FRONTLINE
#FRONTLINE
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🌊🦑🧪 #postdoc alert 🌍working with NERC's #BoatyMcBoatface (ALR 1500) equipped with cutting-edge #plankton imaging technology developed at @plymuni.bsky.social with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social and me & #satellite remote #sensing with @peterimiller.bsky.social at @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social
#FRONTLINE
#FRONTLINE
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21 jellyfish. Don't ask me why - one moment they weren't there and then an armada arrived.
February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
21 jellyfish. Don't ask me why - one moment they weren't there and then an armada arrived.
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🌊 SUT Evening Seminar & Networking Event: Advances in Marine Renewables & Maritime Autonomy.
📍 University of Plymouth.
📅 March 6, 2025 @ 18:30.
🤩 Speakers: Becky Fowell (Regen) & Anahita Laverack (Oshen).
💰 FREE!
👉 Details & Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-south-...
📍 University of Plymouth.
📅 March 6, 2025 @ 18:30.
🤩 Speakers: Becky Fowell (Regen) & Anahita Laverack (Oshen).
💰 FREE!
👉 Details & Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-south-...
February 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🌊 SUT Evening Seminar & Networking Event: Advances in Marine Renewables & Maritime Autonomy.
📍 University of Plymouth.
📅 March 6, 2025 @ 18:30.
🤩 Speakers: Becky Fowell (Regen) & Anahita Laverack (Oshen).
💰 FREE!
👉 Details & Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-south-...
📍 University of Plymouth.
📅 March 6, 2025 @ 18:30.
🤩 Speakers: Becky Fowell (Regen) & Anahita Laverack (Oshen).
💰 FREE!
👉 Details & Registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sut-south-...
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🌍🌊🦑🧪Hot off the press @theguardian.com: "The researchers will attach holographic plankton imaging devices, integrated with artificial intelligence, to container ships, new underwater robots and to filter-feeding ocean giants, such as whales."
tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🌍🌊🦑🧪Hot off the press @theguardian.com: "The researchers will attach holographic plankton imaging devices, integrated with artificial intelligence, to container ships, new underwater robots and to filter-feeding ocean giants, such as whales."
tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/yck6h5sy
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
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🧪🦑🌊🌍 How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our #ocean.
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social
February 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
🧪🦑🌊🌍 How can we forecast climate tipping points? By capturing the pulse of our #ocean.
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social
@alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & I are jointly leading on sensor innovation and new platform deployments to provide low cost, sustainable & scalable #plankton observations in the #Arctic👇@aria-research.bsky.social
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Last night's celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance—the UK’s largest cluster of marine scientists & researchers! We also took the opportunity to toast to our MRP Work Package within NERC's ECOFLOW Frontline project with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑🌍
January 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Last night's celebration of the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance—the UK’s largest cluster of marine scientists & researchers! We also took the opportunity to toast to our MRP Work Package within NERC's ECOFLOW Frontline project with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑🌍
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What an absolute joy being back in the lab with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social. As you do, we used our hair to create our first holograms with our new #plankton imaging prototype! Thrilled to be pushing the limits of #sensor technology to capture the pulse of our #ocean, from plankton to predators 🧪🌊🦑🌍
December 16, 2024 at 10:06 AM
What an absolute joy being back in the lab with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social. As you do, we used our hair to create our first holograms with our new #plankton imaging prototype! Thrilled to be pushing the limits of #sensor technology to capture the pulse of our #ocean, from plankton to predators 🧪🌊🦑🌍
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Chuffed that our #OA paper addressing the energy-environment nexus is still high up on the @natureportfolio.bsky.social focus page,
driving innovation in our energy transition! Check it out if you use #drones & ADCPs in your research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧪🌊🦑 @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
driving innovation in our energy transition! Check it out if you use #drones & ADCPs in your research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧪🌊🦑 @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
Sheared turbulent flows and wake dynamics of an idled floating tidal turbine - Nature Communications
Ocean energy extraction is on the rise, but complex flows still challenge reliable tidal stream energy generation. Here, using aerial drones and boat-based surveys, authors map out the turbulent flows...
doi.org
December 5, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Chuffed that our #OA paper addressing the energy-environment nexus is still high up on the @natureportfolio.bsky.social focus page,
driving innovation in our energy transition! Check it out if you use #drones & ADCPs in your research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧪🌊🦑 @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
driving innovation in our energy transition! Check it out if you use #drones & ADCPs in your research: doi.org/10.1038/s414...
🧪🌊🦑 @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social
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🧪🌊🦑Excited to be starting our newly funded ECOFLOW project Frontline, working with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind on Celtic Sea #ecosystem dynamics, spanning ocean physics, #plankton & forage #fish! #oceanography
The MBA is proud to be co-leading on the new #FRONTLINE project to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind (#FLOW) on ocean fronts and key #ecosystem drivers in the Celtic Sea. Congratulations @lilianlieber.bsky.social on this exciting project! 🌊
Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/41nslXc
Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/41nslXc
Ambitious study to explore effects of offshore wind farms on ocean life | Marine Biological Association
The Marine Biological Association (MBA) will play a key role in an ambitious new project exploring the consequences of floating offshore wind farms (FLOW) on
www.mba.ac.uk
December 4, 2024 at 10:15 AM
🧪🌊🦑Excited to be starting our newly funded ECOFLOW project Frontline, working with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social & @peterimiller.bsky.social to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind on Celtic Sea #ecosystem dynamics, spanning ocean physics, #plankton & forage #fish! #oceanography
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I'm very excited to offer this #PhD on the majestic Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA! Working with #anglers & this fantastic team: @bd-stew.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 tinyurl.com/mrxyh62t
December 4, 2024 at 10:48 AM
I'm very excited to offer this #PhD on the majestic Atlantic bluefin #tuna in Southwest UK waters using #drones, remote sensing, #ocean profiling & eDNA! Working with #anglers & this fantastic team: @bd-stew.bsky.social @peterimiller.bsky.social @marinemicrobes.bsky.social 🧪🌊🦑 tinyurl.com/mrxyh62t
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🌊 Oxygen Minimum Zone Chlorophyll Maximums 🌊
🚀🛰️🦠When the upper boundary of an OMZ approaches the euphotic depth in stratified regions, an OMZ-chlorophyll maximum can form at depths of 68-160m in extremely low-light and low oxygen.🚀🛰️🦠
Learn more about this community here → doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
🚀🛰️🦠When the upper boundary of an OMZ approaches the euphotic depth in stratified regions, an OMZ-chlorophyll maximum can form at depths of 68-160m in extremely low-light and low oxygen.🚀🛰️🦠
Learn more about this community here → doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
Frontiers | Monitoring low-oxygen-adapted subsurface phytoplankton distribution in a changing ocean
Recent decadal trends of deoxygenation in the global ocean interior have resulted in the expansion and shoaling of oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). When the OMZs...
doi.org
November 28, 2024 at 2:54 PM
🌊 Oxygen Minimum Zone Chlorophyll Maximums 🌊
🚀🛰️🦠When the upper boundary of an OMZ approaches the euphotic depth in stratified regions, an OMZ-chlorophyll maximum can form at depths of 68-160m in extremely low-light and low oxygen.🚀🛰️🦠
Learn more about this community here → doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
🚀🛰️🦠When the upper boundary of an OMZ approaches the euphotic depth in stratified regions, an OMZ-chlorophyll maximum can form at depths of 68-160m in extremely low-light and low oxygen.🚀🛰️🦠
Learn more about this community here → doi.org/10.3389/fmar...
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Lots of features on display in #Plymouth Sound today. It's been 2 yrs since we published a study on slicks & #seabirds - I was on a postdoc in Bangor! This month I've taken on my 1st MRes student to look at predators & physical features in the Sound. #reflection with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌊
November 27, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Lots of features on display in #Plymouth Sound today. It's been 2 yrs since we published a study on slicks & #seabirds - I was on a postdoc in Bangor! This month I've taken on my 1st MRes student to look at predators & physical features in the Sound. #reflection with @alexnimmosmith.bsky.social 🧪🦑🌊
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