Xu Shi

Xu is a PhD student researching the movement of Australian shorebirds using weather radar, supervised by Professor Richard Fuller and Assoc. Professor Jason Chapman. Weather radar is a powerful remote-sensing tool of flying birds that has yet been utilized to its potential in Australia, and Xu is working on characterizing the spatial-temporal pattern of shorebird migration, complementing manual surveys with radar product and eventually laying the foundation for a standardized radar-based monitoring scheme. Before commencing his PhD, Xu Obtained his MSc at the University of Freiburg and the Swiss Ornithological Institute working on insect and bird flight behavior. In China where he comes from, he worked for two years in NGOs promoting and conducting citizen science biodiversity surveys.

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