Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO
My PhD used Landsat time series data to map the Lower Balonne Floodplain in SE Qld. I linked the distribution of inundation with the growth dynamics of vegetation communities, and predicted outcomes from changes in landscape composition on the dynamics of the ecosystem as a whole. My work at CSIRO has focussed on the use of airborne, hi-res, hyperspectral and SAR satellite imagery to map features including the distribution and severity of diseases in plantation forests, forest fertiliser requirements and flood modelling for the MDBA. Recently I led a project to write methods for UN Sustainable Development Goal 15.3.1 (the proportion of land that is degraded over total land area) on behalf of the UNCCD. These methods are provided as guidance to all countries reporting on this SDG. I co-Chair the GEO Land Degradation Neutrality Initiative, which uses the methods from SDG 15.3.1 to measure degradation. More recently my work has focused on identifying and supporting the Earth observation needs of developing countries including Vietnam and the Pacific islands.