Ecology and biodiversity - students

Students

Matt Allen

Dept of Geography

Topic area: Ecology, remote sensing

PhD project title: Automated tree species classification from forest terrestrial laser scanning data

Madeline Lisaius

Dept of Computer Science and Technology

Topic area: Machine learning for remote sensing

PhD project title: Self-supervised learning approaches in earth observation leveraging physical knowledge about the Interaction of electro-magnetic radiation with vegetation canopies as applied to agriculture (Partner Mantle Labs).

Joycelyn Longdon

Dept of Computer Science and Technology,

Topic area: Deforestation and forest management

PhD project title: Monitoring Ghanaian forests with bioacoustics, machine learning and indigenous knowledge. – Partner BTO

Ruari Marshall-Hawkes

Department of Zoology

Topic area: Acoustic monitoring

PhD project title: Quantifying the Biodiversity Impact of Land Management Practices using Bioacoustics and Machine Learning

Simon Mathis

Dept of Computer Science and Technology

Topic area: Ecosystems

PhD project title: Understanding the cold adaptation of life at the protein and cellular level

Jonathan Roberts

Dept of Engineering

Topic area: Environmental land-cover classification

PhD project title: Computer vision, ‘few-shot’ learning, remote sensing, large-scale, multimodal model, land cover, unsupervised
domain adaptation.
 

Sofija Stefanović

Dept of Computer Science and Technology

Topic area: Pollution, water access, soil health

PhD project title: Sensing the water where green tech grows