I am a conservation technologist and ecologist. My research develops and tests remote sensing, sensors and machine learning workflows for wildlife monitoring, and asks how far we can trust what these technologies tell us when they are used to make conservation decisions. I work with a variety of taxa across different systems in the fields of conservation biology remote sensing, restoration ecology, spatial ecology, biogeography, community ecology, invasion ecology, tropical ecology, microclimate modelling and thermal biology.

Postgraduate Supervision 

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD, MRes and MSc students. I am happy to discuss projects in:

• Remote sensing and earth observation for conservation
• Conservation technology and sensor networks
• Thermal and spatial ecology
• Machine learning for ecological data

Please get in touch at [email protected] to discuss ideas.

Research areas

• Remote sensing, UAV and laser-scanning methods for habitat and wildlife monitoring
• Large-mammal movement, spatial and community ecology
• Thermal ecology, microclimate and microhabitat structure in tropical forests
• Uncertainty and error in remote sensing data used for conservation decisions
• Low-cost sensors, passive acoustics and machine learning for ecological monitoring
• Ethical and responsible use of conservation technology

Expertise

• Conservation Technology
• Remote Sensing and Earth Observation
• UAV (Drone) Surveys -RGB, multispectral and thermal
• LiDAR and Terrestrial/Mobile Laser Scanning
• 3D Ecological Data
• Machine Learning and Computer Vision for Ecological Data
• Camera Trapping and Individual Re-identification
• Passive Acoustic Monitoring
• Low-cost Environmental Sensors and LoRaWAN
• Movement Ecology
• Thermal Ecology and Microclimate
• Herpetology
• Tropical Forest Ecology
• Community Ecology
• Large Mammal Conservation

I teach undergraduate and postgraduate ecology, conservation biology, statistics, remote sensing and conservation technology, with a strong emphasis on fieldwork and hands-on data collection.