Matthew Ansell

Masters Student/Senior Research Assistant
Sea Around Us - Indian Ocean
School of Biological Sciences
University of Western Australia (UWA)

MSc title: Marine fisheries catches for mainland India from 1950 – 2018

Matt was born in North West Australia and developed a keen interest in marine ecosystems, traveling along the coastline from a young age. Matt completed his BSc in Zoology and Marine Science at UWA in mid-2016 and after completing his BSc, Matt helped with morphological identification of seabed samples as a research assistant at UWA and volunteered on several research projects on Rottnest Island. In 2019, Matt began his Masters of Biological Science (Marine Science) with the Sea Around Us - Indian Ocean, where his research focuses on updating and improving the maritime fisheries catch reconstruction for India’s Mainland EEZ.