Professional summary
Research Interests
I am an Earth Observation specialist with extensive experience of satellite and airborne remote sensing applications for landscape and vegetation characterisation, for a variety of environmental problems and processes. I have a particular focus on using multi-scale, multi-source satellite datasets with in-situ environmental data for monitoring temporal changes in land cover composition of landscapes at locations throughout Europe, Africa and Asia. In the UK, this includes co-production of the series of UK Land Cover Map products. Internationally, recent applications include epidemiological studies modelling the distribution of the disease transmission vectors of malaria (mosquito) and Echinococcus multilocularis (small mammals) in relation to the presence of key habitat types critical for the life cycle of the transmission vector, mapped using satellite data. This has involved forming international research collaborations, and successful funding bids to support this work from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) to improve the targeting of disease control activities and reduce human mortality in endemic regions.
In recent years, I have also been involved in a diverse range of African-focussed projects. These have included assessing spatio-temporal vegetation changes and woody encroachment and resulting ecological impacts, and modelling elephant selective feeding behaviour in relation to C3/C4 food availability in savannah landscapes in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Additionally, I have conducted pan-African mapping of modern-day mosaic habitats, as an analogous study to improve our understanding of palaeo-environmental reconstructions within the context of hominin (pre-human) evolutionary sites.
Qualifications
PhD, Ecological Remote Sensing, University of Salford.
BSc (Hons), Geography, University of Salford.
PhD, Ecological Remote Sensing, University of Salford.
BSc (Hons), Geography, University of Salford.