Mr Mike Buckingham BSc, MSc
Postgraduate research student (SPITFIRE)

Mr Mike Buckingham is a postgraduate research student within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.
Studied Natural Sciences (Environmental Science) at The Open University (UK), completing a final project which investigated the phenological changes induced in two species of terrestrial plants as a consequence of changes in temperature and photoperiod regimes.
Studied MSc in Oceanography (Marine Biology & Ecology) at University of Southampton (National Oceanography Centre), completing a final project which investigated the impact of benthic algae on the nutrient status of seawater and how this affected the bleaching susceptibility and survivorship of reef corals.