Our People
Thematic Group
- BUSINESS & GLOBAL GOVERNANCE IN SPACE 9
- COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS 6
- EARTH OBSERVATION 20
- EXOPLANETS & THE SOLAR SYSTEM 13
- Exoplanets and the Solar System 1
- GALAXIES & THE WIDER UNIVERSE 7
- Galaxies and the Wider Universe 2
- SPACE ENGINEERING & INSTRUMENTS 15
- STEERING GROUP ACADEMIC CHAIR 1
- STEERING GROUP ACADEMIC MEMBERS 5
- STEERING GROUP COORDINATION MEMBERS 2
- STEERING GROUP EXTERNAL ADVISOR MEMBERS 1
Ben Fernando
Access Fellow, Christ Church College
AREAS OF INTEREST
Seismology and Tectonics
Gonzalo Linares Matás
Stipendiary Lecturer in Archaeology & Anthropology, St. Hugh’s College; DPhil Candidate in Archaeology
AREAS OF INTEREST
Earth Observation, Funerary Landscapes, Settlement Patterns, Mediterranean Basin, Sahara, Palaeolithic Archaeology
Claire Nichols
Associate Professor of the Geology of Planetary Processes
AREAS OF INTEREST
Planetary interiors, planetary magnetism, planetary habitability.
Jonathan S. Lim
DPhil Student in Archaeology
AREAS OF INTEREST
Earth Observation, Heritage Landscapes, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Multispectral Imagery, UAV Remote Sensing.
Samira Barzin
Oxford Martin Fellow & Research Associate
AREAS OF INTEREST
EO4SDG, AIforGood/ MLforGood, Machine and Deep Learning, Development Economics, Computational Economics, Big Data, Environmental Economics, (Global) Climate Justice, Cities in Developing Countries
Michael Fradley
Research Associate
Areas of interest: Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, Earth Observation, Ethics
John-Michael Kendall
Professor and Chair of Geophysics
AREAS OF INTEREST
Seismology; Geology; Geophysics; Mineral Physics, Geodynamics; Engineering
Brian Sheil
Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow
AREAS OF INTEREST
Underground construction, Soil-structure Interaction, Machine Learning; Bayesian Learning, Satellite Monitoring of Infrastructure, Bespoke Sensor Development
Michael Obersteiner
Director of the Environmental Change Institute
AREAS OF INTEREST
Ecosystems; Biodiversity; Forestry; Agriculture; Economics, Finance; Integrated Assessment
Richard Washington
Professor of Climate Science & Director of the Radcliffe Meteorological Station
AREAS OF INTEREST
Dust Storms; African Climate Change
Heather Bouman
Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry
AREAS OF INTEREST
Oceanography, Climate and Palaeoenvironment
Richard Walker
Professor of Tectonics
AREAS OF INTEREST
Geodesy; Tectonics; Volcanology and Related Hazards
David Pyle
Professor of Earth Sciences
AREAS OF INTEREST
Geodesy; Tectonics; Volcanology and Related Hazards
Tamsin Mather
Professor of Earth Sciences
AREAS OF INTEREST
Geodesy, Tectonics, Volcanology and Related Hazards
Steven Reece
Senior Research Associate
AREAS OF INTEREST
Machine learning; Bayesian Learning; Deep Learning; Satellite Imagery Data Analytics; Disaster Management; Environmental Protection.
Philip Stier
Professor of Atmospheric Physics & Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
AREAS OF INTEREST
Aerosols; Clouds; Volcanic Emission
Don Grainger
Reader in Atmospheric Physics
AREAS OF INTEREST
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer; Aerosol; Atmospheric Trace Gases; Cloud; Volcanic Emission
Freddie Kalaitzis
Senior Research Fellow
AREAS OF INTEREST
Machine Learning; Remote Sensing
Atilim Güneş Baydin
Departmental Lecturer and Senior Researcher in Machine Learning
AREAS OF INTEREST
Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Probabilistic Programming; Simulators