Matthew Nitschke
Senior Research Scientist at Australian Institute of Marine Science
Queensland, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolMatthew Nitschke is a Senior Research Scientist with eight years of experience investigating photosynthetic symbioses between marine invertebrates and microalgae, currently leading research programs at the Australian Institute of Marine Science and holding a research fellowship at Victoria University of Wellington. He combines field ecology, ecophysiology, and bioinformatics (R-based) to probe how complex life cycles and key traits shape resilient mutualisms under climate change. His work spans coral, anemone and jellyfish symbioses, blending long-term experimental studies with comparative trait and genomic analyses to predict reorganisation of symbiotic communities. Notably, he brings practical fisheries and field observer experience to laboratory-led questions, giving his research a strong connection to real-world ecosystem dynamics.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Marine Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Marine Biology at Victoria University of Wellington
Github Skills (19)
r-package9
bioconductor9
microbiome9
metagenomics8
3d-mapping8
bioinformatics8
taxonomy8
sequencing6
r5
python5
data-visualization4
inference3
marine2
phyloseq2
weather1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
nitschkematthew/Symbiodinium-bacteria-interactions
Jun 2018 - Oct 2020
Contributions:31 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
nitschkematthew/Symbiodatabaceae
Dec 2019 - Jul 2020
Contributions:5 commits, 4 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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