David Sims

Who is David Sims?

David Sims is an English biological scientist who is a Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director for Research at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association 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.