David Sims Scientist
David Sims (born 7 June 1969) is an English biological scientist who is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Research at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association (MBA) in Plymouth, and a Professor of Marine Ecology in the National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton, U.K.He works in the fields of behavioural ecology and conservation biology conducting research on the spatial movements, behaviour and population structuring of marine fish, which are studied using a combination of techniques including miniature electronic animal-attached tracking devices, movement analysis using methods transferred from statistical physics, and computer models of search efficiency and re-distribution patterns. His work cuts across fields from animal behaviour to applied physics and fisheries management to climate change.
