Developing appropriate systems for acquiring, managing and delivering diverse environmental data is essential for tackling global environmental challenges. We seek new technologies from diverse disciplines and domains to address the technical challenges of acquiring and integrating diverse sources of data from high resolution sensors, Earth Observation, ground and drone surveys, and citizen science. This includes harnessing machine learning techniques for automated quality control, delivering data streams with in-built provenance to underpin scientific reproducibility, and designing collaborative research environments to support the storage and processing of this complex, heterogeneous data
Data acquisition and infrastructure
Associated Members
Gordon Blair
Director LU - School of Computing and Communications
Gordon is a Distinguished Professor of Distributed Systems in the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University, and is Co-Director of…
Paula Harrison
Director UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
Paula is a Co-Director of CEEDS, Professor of Land and Water Modelling and Principal Natural Capital Scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology &…
Mal McMillan
Director LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
Mal is a Co-Director of CEEDS, Reader in Environmental Sensing at the Lancaster Environment Centre, and a Principle Investigator for the UK Centre…
Tom August
Theme Leader UKCEH - Biodiversity
Tom is a computational ecologist who works at the interface of digital innovation, ecological research, and citizen science. Tom explores how new…
Lindsay Banin
Theme Leader UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
I am a scientist at UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Edinburgh. My research focuses on plant and ecosystem ecology, how plants interact with…
Eleanor Blyth
Theme Leader UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
I work with the JULES model, ensuring that it correctly represents what we know about the water cycle. This involves studying processes such as soil…
Yehia Elkhatib
Theme Leader LU - School of Computing and Communications
Dr Yehia Elkhatib is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the School of Computing and Communications of Lancaster University, UK, where he…
Matthew Fry
Theme Leader UKCEH - Water Resources
Matt is an Environmental Informatics Manager in the Water Resources Systems Group at UKCEH, He leads a team of data managers, analysts and software…
Pete Henrys
Theme Leader UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
Peter Henrys is a chartered statistician at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology specialising in long term large scale spatial-temporal modelling…
Amber Leeson
Theme Leader LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
Amber Leeson is Senior Lecturer in Environmental Data Science at Lancaster University, where she is Theme Lead for Environment in the Data Science…
Paul Young
Theme Leader LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I am an atmospheric and climate scientist, using environmental data science to conduct transdisciplinary research on global change. I collaborate…
Alona Armstrong
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
My research and innovation activities focus on developing understanding of the interactions between energy infrastructure and the environment. I use…
Richard Bassett
Member (Staff) LU - School of Computing and Communications
Richard an atmospheric scientist working in the School of Computing and Communications, Lancaster University. I have expertise in urban climate and…
Chris Bell
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
General interest in CEEDS topic areas - just observing.
Matt Brown
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
I am a numerical modeller interested in doing the modelling and programming behind any project involving the physics of the natural world, especially…
Fabio Carvalho
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
My main research focuses on plant-soil interactions and the impact of land-use change on biodiversity and ecosystem processes and services (e.g.,…
Thomas Chitson
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
I am an early career researcher at UKCEH in the Hydrological Status and Outlooks group. Currently I am working on developing an interactive Shiny App…
Graham Dean
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Pollution
I am an experienced computer scientist and technical manager who has worked within research & development activities in academia, industry and…
Philip Donkersley
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
Philip is an entomologist with a major focus on evolutionary and microbial ecology. He has worked on a range of ecosystems including pollinators and…
Michael Eastman
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
I am a hydrological analyst who is involved in hydrological simulation, forecasting and extreme value theory.
Heidrun Feuchtmayr
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
My overarching research theme within 20 years as a freshwater ecologist involves environmental and anthropogenic impacts on aquatic biotic and…
Andrew Folkard
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I work primarily in aquatic environments where my main interest is in bio-physical interactions between hydrodynamics and ecosystem functioning,…
Charles George
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
I am an Earth Observation Scientist using optical remote sensing technologies to extract biogeochemical properties of land surface vegetation.
France Gerard
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
I am a senior research scientist at CEH Wallingford. I develop the Earth Observation research carried out at CEH Wallingford. The main focus of the…
Sam Harrison
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Pollution
Environmental modeller specialising in the fate of contaminants in terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Martin Harvey
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Biodiversity
Research Associate Scientific Data Support with the Biodiversity Monitoring and Analysis/Biological Records Centre teams at UKCEH. Focus on liaison…
Victoria Janes-Bassett
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I'm a postdoctoral researcher at Lancaster based in both the Environment Centre and the School of Computing and Communications. As an…
Caroline King-Okumu
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
CEH International Development Opportunities Manager
Ann Kretzschmar
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
BSc Environmental Science (1977), Masters - Engineering Hydrology (1978) and Environmental Informatics (2011), PhD (2017) - "Utilising Reverse…
Peter Levy
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
My work focusses on greenhouse gas fluxes from ecosystems and the effects of land use change. I have experience in plant physiology, micrometeorology…
Stephen Maberly
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
I am a lake ecologist with a particular interest in understanding how external stressors and internal interactions affect the structure and function…
Ellie Mackay
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
I am a freshwater ecologist with an interest in the collection and use of long term and high frequency data to answer critical questions about how…
Cristina Martin Hernandez
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
Research Associate in information systems and a data analyst. Manage, develop and maintain websites such as APIS, SCAIL and UK Critical Loads and…
Linda May
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
I have more than 40 years’ of experience as a freshwater ecologist. Initially, my main research focus was the population dynamics of zooplankton and…
Cristina McBride-Serrano
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I am a soil science research technician at the Lancaster Environment Centre. I am interested in soil and water conservation in a world with a…
Anthea Milnes
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
I am the Head of Communications and Engagement at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.
Deena Mobbs
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Biodiversity
I am a member of the Ecological and Socio-Ecological Interactions Group at Edinburgh, working as a modeller and data specialist. I am also a member…
Katie Muchan
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
My main research interests are in hydrology, with a focus on hydrometric data management, analysis and interpretation. I joined UKCEH in 2012 as a…
David Norris
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
I am a member of the UKCEH Informatics Liaison Network
Simon Oakley
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
I investigate the effects of climate and land use change on plant-soil biogeochemical processes in terrestrial ecosystems, delivering research to…
Oliver L. Pescott
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Biodiversity
I'm a plant ecologist and botanist with a strong interest in statistics, meta-science, and communicating uncertainty. A lot of my work at UKCEH…
John Quinton
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
Soil Scientist with interests in the sustainable use of soils, their interaction with water and approaches to monitoring and modelling their…
Stefan Reis
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
My work focuses on the integrated modelling and assessment of impacts of air pollution and climate change on human health and ecosystems.
Eftathios Reppas Chrysovitsinos
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I am an environmental engineer with a PhD in Applied Environmental Science. At the moment, I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at…
James Robinson
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
My research aims to understand how climate changes are impacting tropical ecosystems and fisheries, and to understand how fish can continue to…
Ed Rowe
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
I'm a user and designer of ecosystem models, with particular interests in soil / vegetation biogeochemistry, and dynamic niche occupancy models…
Ali Rudd
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
Ali is a Hydrological Modeller at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. She has experience in the application and evaluation of national-scale…
Paul Scholefield
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
My research interests examine the impact of environmental change and disturbance on terrestrial ecosystems , focusing on the interaction between the…
Kevin Sene
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I’m an Honorary Researcher at LEC where my interest is in using statistical tools to help understand complex hydrological systems to inform the…
Simon Smart
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
Ecologist interested in understanding human impacts on soils, vegetation and plant biodiversity via modelling and retrospective analysis of…
Amin Soltangheisi
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
I do research in soil chemistry and plant nutrition and fertilization. I am mostly focused on the fate of phosphorus in agroecosystems. My current…
Joshua Talib
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Hydro-Climate Risks
After completing my PhD titled "what determines the location and intensity of the Intertropical Convergence Zone" at the University of…
Yuk Tang
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Atmospheric Chemistry & Effects
I am an atmospheric scientist with expertise in the development and application of low-cost and innovative air sampling methods for the monitoring of…
Stephen Thackeray
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Water Resources
My research focuses on the impacts of climate change, and other environmental stressors, on freshwater ecosystems. I am especially interested in how…
Oliver Wild
Member (Staff) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
My research interests are in atmospheric composition, chemistry and transport, and in understanding how natural and anthropogenic emissions of trace…
Claire Wood
Member (Staff) UKCEH - Soils & Land Use
I currently work in the Land Use Group at Lancaster, working as a (spatial) data manager and analyst. Additionally, I work as a member of the…
Guillaume Blanchy
Member (Student) LU - Lancaster Environment Centre
Currently doing a PhD on applying geophysics to monitor soil moisture changes under large variety field trial for high-throughput phenotyping.…
Associated Projects
DSNE: Data Science of the Natural Environment
In DSNE, we will develop a data science of the natural environment, deploying modern machine learning and statistical techniques to enable better informed decision-making as our climate changes.…
Explainable AI for UK Agricultural Land Use Decision-making
Agricultural land use dynamics and their associated driving factors represent highly complex systems of flows that are subject to non-linearities, sensitivities, and uncertainties across spatial and…