I am a post-doctoral research associate in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh, working as part of the SECO project: resolving the current and future carbon dynamics of the dry tropics. My specific focus in SECO is on spatial analyses of the carbon cycle in the dry tropics, exploring where are the carbon sources and sinks in the dry tropics, and what might be driving these patterns. I am also a part of the LANDteam research group.
My research background is in geospatial analyses using satellite remote sensing data, applied to socioecological questions of land use and land cover change, as well as biodiversity and carbon. My PhD was focused on trees on farms, applying ecological and socioeconomic analyses to tropical agroforestry landscapes using remote sensing. More information on my PhD can be found here. Information on my work developing a global indicator for monitoring the biodiversity of trees on farms can be found here.
Other recent work and education
- I am also a research associate with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, having worked as a remote sensing technician at RBGE on commodity mapping.
- During my PhD, I spent three months at the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) as part of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme, during which I worked with the health team producing briefings and blogs including a research briefing on social work in Scotland.
- With IIED, I contributed to the preparation of a new environment and climate change strategy for IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development)
- MSc Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Management at King’s College London
- BSc (Hons) Geography at the University of Edinburgh
