Find out more about our PhD Researchers

Samuel Valman

Developing an Earth Observation powered Digital Twin of river systems.

Neil Sutherland

Infrared Thermography and Architectural Conservation: Utilising Reality Capture for the Generation and Segmentation of Built Heritage Thermal Models.

Clara Peiret-Garcia

Accessibility and Mobility for Whom? Exploring Transport Inequalities Through Behavioural Profiling Using Time Use and Travel Survey Data

Luis Patino Velasquez

Quantifying water security using hyperresolution hydrological modelling on top of an Open Data Cube (ODC).

Rebecca Guiney

Downscaling GRACE-derived groundwater storage changes using InSAR ground displacement data and investigating how groundwater responds to climate variability

Samuel Christelow

Towards improved soil moisture retrievals from spaceborne GNSS Reflectometry.

Richard Burke

A geospatial modelling framework to assess flood risk under future scenarios of urban form.

Athanasia Apostolopoulou

Assessing the appropriate Energy Efficiency Measures for the Residential Stock, based on Future Climate Scenarios.

Adam Booth

Urban Air Management: A Digital Twin Approach

Rachel Walker

A Hyperspectral Approach to Understand the Association Between PSM (as Measured by InSAR Data) and Vegetation Assemblage for a Scottish Peatland

Sophie Mann

Using remotely sensed data to aid coastal management and protection, with a specific focus on using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite data. 

Keneuoe Maliehe

Earth Observations, Digital Footprints, and Machine Learning in Greenhouse Gas Stocktaking for Climate Change Mitigation – from City to Country Scales.

Chris Larkin

Spatial tools for the future of Active Travel Networks in the UK

Philip Home

Exploiting multi-domain datasets to understand geospatial association between biodiversity and public health in the UK

David Gregg

Developing a high-resolution hydrodynamic model for coastal waters and estuaries.

Ambreen Masud

Developing resilience and strengthening capacity of urban disaster risk management using remote sensing.

Francisco Salgado-Castillo

Opportunistic sensing for vegetation phenology

Eleanor Myall

A novel, low-cost rockfall monitoring method.

Carrow Morris-Wiltshire

Real-Time Prediction of Spatiotemporal Dynamics in the Built Environment: An AI and Internet of Things Approach

Oshadee Jayamanne

Monitoring quasi-static and dynamic deformations of high-rise buildings using low-cost GNSS receivers

Adewale Falaye

Geospatial data mining for intelligent resource use to deliver Net Zero Plus.

Olivia Fairless

Networking Newcastle’s Coastal Observatory: Using underwater sensors to monitor marine environments.

Ruth Dunn

Correcting Past and Future Rainfall Records.

Luis Cormier

Precise autonomous satellite navigation for high altitude and scientific missions.

Matthew Chapman

Context Aware AI techniques for Secure and Tamper-proof Satellite Image Distribution (Sponsored by Airbus Defence & Space)

Matt Causon

Towards Autonomy for Unoccupied Aerial Systems in UN SDGs

Lilian Akanazu

Automatic Landslide Mapping with Earth Observation Data

Clive Drowley

What is my local area? Finding the relevant spatial scale

Holly Dancer

Geospatial assessment of methane emissions from degrading permafrost across the Arctic

Hope Irvine-Wall

Between Three Rivers: Using Earth Observation and Machine Learning to Map Past Water Management Practices in the Middle East and North Africa

Michael Jones

Integrating LLMs with agent-based models for large-scale evacuation simulation

Nadia Skifa

Modelling of tailings dams failures

Roy Johnson

Integration of direct air capture with renewable energy (INTERFACING)

Ayisha Dubi

Developing a strategy to evaluate Understanding Gain Using Projection Augmented Relief Model (PARM).

Thomas Goldring

The challenges of automated big data fusion to bring the National Geospatial Database into the third dimension (Sponsored by Ordnance Survey)

Kaitlyn Ries

Spatiotemporal modelling the spread of invasive pests across Great Britain

Yashvini Shukla

Assessing Mangrove Canopy Heights in Myanmar using GEDI & Sentinel-2 for Effective Monitoring

Luke Taylor

Initial Steps Towards an Open Cadastre in the UK: A Case Study.

David Alvarez

An Agent-Based Model to simulate spatio-temporal urban mobility policies for a low carbon transport future.

Rachael Sanderson

Understanding the Geographies of Left Behind Places using Geospatial Data

Kristina Wolf

Geospatial data infrastructure for multi-agency incident management

Stuart Gordon

Analysing Railway Infrastructure Utilisation: A Geospatial Approach.

Corneliu Cotet

Public Transport Behaviour in the North-East: Mapping Attitudes and Intentions towards Automated Buses.

Tahsin Khan

Epidemic Modelling and Digital Intervention Strategies for Infectious Disease: A COVID-19 Case Study of Three English Cities.

Sally Crudge

Towards an Automated Approach for Monitoring Vegetation Green-Up Dynamics Using Vehicle Dashcams in Urban Environments.

Helen Haile

CubeSat platform to obtain accurate measurements of sea surface height.

David Fountain

Automatic extraction of hazard information from satellite InSAR ground motion data.

Clara Peiret-Garcia

Accessibility and Mobility for Whom? Exploring Transport Inequalities Through Behavioural Profiling Using Time Use and Travel Survey Data

Richard Burke

A geospatial modelling framework to assess flood risk under future scenarios of urban form.

Athanasia Apostolopoulou

Assessing the appropriate Energy Efficiency Measures for the Residential Stock, based on Future Climate Scenarios.

Mingyu Zhu

Development of a digital twin of the Port-of-Tyne for use in planning & resilience management.

Aleksandra Zaforemska

Low cost videogrammetric methods for 3D reconstruction and wind-induced tree movement monitoring