Biography

Career History

2002-present:   Reader in Remote Sensing, Department of Geography UCL.
1992 - 2002:    Lecturer in Remote Sensing, Department of Geography UCL.
1991 - 1992:    PGRA, Dept. Photogrammetry and Surveying, UCL;
                      NERC grant to TIGER 3.1 Project - Improved determination of 
                      albedo and surface roughness at multiple spatial scales using
                      remote sensing data and physical models surface roughness
                      for HAPEX-SAHEL.
1988 - 1991:    PGRA, Dept. Photogrammetry and Surveying, UCL;
                      NERC grant Angular variations of reflectance in multiple
                      look-angle satellite and aircraft data.

University Education

1996:   University College London, University of London
                      Ph.D. Remote Sensing, 
                      Dept. Geomatic Engineering (formerly Photogrammetry and Surveying)
                      Botanical Plant Modelling for Remote Sensing Simulation Studies
1988:   University of London.
                      M.Sc. Remote Sensing. (Distinction).
1987:   Queen Mary College, University of London
                      B.Eng. Avionics, Dept. Aeronautical Engineering (First Class Hons.).

Committees / Tutorships / Professional body membership

• Chair of Exam Board (MSc in Remote Sensing; Undegraduate
  Geography; Geography & Economics) (2002-2003)
• Deptartmental Exams Tutor (2001-2004) (deputy: 1997-2000)
• Member, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society (RSPS)
  (1987+)
  
• Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Modelling and
  Advanced Techniques SIG (MATSIG) committee member (1998+)
  
• Permanent member Functional Structural Plant Modelling (FSPM) Board (2002+)
  
• Scientific Committee ISPRS International Conference on Spectral Signatures in
  Remote Sensing (2004+)
  
• Associate Team member NASA EOS MODIS Land Group (1992+)
  
• Member of NERC Peer Review College (2003+)
• NERC Steering Committee: Data Assimilation Research Centre
  (2001+)