- James Ball
- Barbara Neto-Bradley
- Hei Yeung (Aland) Chan
- David Coomes
- Amelia Holcomb
- E-Ping Rau
- Charlotte Wheeler
- Toby Jackson
- Edgar Cifuentes
- Hamish Campell
- Liam Wakefield
- Amelia Holcomb
- Sarab Sethi
- Yi Zhang
Current Members
Professor David Coomes
Conserving the world’s dwindling biological diversity is one of the most pressing issues facing humankind. I lead a research group that is actively engaged in addressing these issues, as well as tackling more fundamental ecological questions. Focusing on forest conservation and ecology, my research uses large databases and modern computational approaches, alongside traditional field approaches.…
Dr Yi Zhang
Yi is the lab manager for ecology groups in Department of Plant Sciences. She provides lab management, supports major research programmes, supervises Part II undergraduates and PhDs students, and trains postdoctoral RAs within Ecology laboratories. She has been involved in leaf traits analysis as part of projects to map ecosystems from airborne imagery. She has…
Chan Hei Yeung (Aland)
PhD student Aland’s research focuses on studying forest growth and succession on degraded landscapes. In particular, he hopes to identify the factors affecting the resilience of these systems against landslides and tropical cyclones. Remote sensing and field data will be gathered from Hong Kong, where forests gradually recovered from deforestation after the second world war.…
James Ball
PhD student James is using high frequency repeat UAV lidar scanning and satellite remote sensing to better understand the phenology of tropical forests and their response to future climate change. By conducting regular surveys in the Amazonian forests of French Guiana, he hopes to assess subtle seasonal changes to leaf area/density down to the level…
Dr Toby Jackson
Toby is working on the effects of wind on tropical forests. Wind causes large-scale damage to forests but the rates of damage are poorly constrained, especially in the tropics. In addition, trees adapt to their local wind conditions, meaning that wind can affect canopy height and carbon storage even in the absence of damage. This…
Sarab Sethi
Research Fellow I explore how emerging technologies can be used to monitor ecosystems autonomously. In particular, I focus on using the sounds of ecosystems (eco-acoustic data) to track how biodiversity and ecological health varies with the effects of land-use and climate change. I have developed recording devices and infrastructure for the real-time streaming of audio…
Edgar Cifuentes
PhD student Edgar is interested the conservation of tropical forests. He aims to better understand the effects of land-use and climate change on forest ecosystems using novel approaches of remote sensing to support effective decision-making. In his first year, Edgar is developing equations for estimating biomass and carbon from lidar in different forests of the…
Forest Ecology and Conservation Group 