Alex Shute

Education

BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, Flinders University, Australia, 2021

Research Interests

Alex's studies are focused on the biological oceanography of southern Australia, with a specific interest in wind-driven coastal upwelling. Alex completed his honours year at Flinders University, where his research was focused on using remote sensing and oceanographic datasets from the Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) to investigate the regional oceanography of the eastern Great Australian Bight and its impact on surface and subsurface phytoplankton variability.

Currently, Alex is a PhD candidate at Deakin University, where his research focuses on understanding how shelf morphology and variable upwelling forcing influence the spatial ecology of zooplankton. This project draws upon a wide range of resources, including historical and ongoing datasets from IMOS, remote sensing, and regional modelling of zooplankton dynamics in southern Australia.