Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia
Nicholas Coops is a professor at the University of British Columbia and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in remote sensing. Prior to working at UBC Nicholas worked in Australia as a Senior Research Scientist at the CSIRO. Nicholas is the head of the Integrated Remote Sensing Studio (IRSS) within the Faculty of Forestry at UBC, a research lab at UBC investigating and demonstrating applications of remote sensing data to environmental and forest production issues with 15 PhD, MSc and Postdocs. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed journal papers and was the editor - in - chief of the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing for 10 years. Nicholas has been awarded a Killam research scholarship in 2012, the Carl Pulfrich Award sponsored by Leica 2013, and the silver medal by the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) Award, the highest award for mid-career scholar in remote sensing in Canada.
Drones help track wildfires, count wildlife and map plants
Oct 29, 2019 19:24 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Drones are revolutionizing the way scientists observe, measure and monitor the natural environment. From mapping the patterns of wildfires, like those in California, to measuring the size of jellyfish populations, drones...