My main research interest is in the collection, application and analysis of geospatial data. I have been involved with projects covering a diverse range of subjects including environmental degradation (invasive species mapping), agricultural disease detection (agricultural trials), and more recently land ownership mapping (land reform). These projects have all required the use of geographic information systems (a subject I also teach extensively in), with some also necessitating the use of unmanned aircraft systems (aka drones, for which I hold a GVC certificate) and remote sensing techniques (e.g. pixel/object-based classification).

Current

• Scottish Government SRP (2022-27): Impacts Of Land-based Financial Support Mechanisms On Land Values, Landownership Diversification And Land Use Outcomes. Co-I (Contract)
• Scottish Government SRP (2022-27): Development And Implementation Of Tools, Strategies, And Stakeholder Engagement To Understand Threats And Improve Disease Management In Practice. Co-I (Contract)
• Scottish Government SRP (2022-27): Modelling The Socio-economic, Greenhouse Gas And Natural Capital Impacts Of Land Use Policy And Opportunities?. Co-I (Contract)
• Scottish Government SRP (2022-27): The Impact Of Novel Crops And Farming Technologies On The Scottish Agricultural Landscape. Co-I (Contract)

Previous

• SEFARI Gateway (2024); Quantifying 'Ag of the middle' in the North Highlands of Scotland. Co-I (Contract)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2021-2022); Developing an inland flood/hydrological system and indicators to monitor and inform land management in Montserrat. Co-I (Contract)
• Plunkett Foundation (2021-2022); Growing the Community Business Network UK-wide: Understanding the ‘cold spot’ areas where Plunkett Foundation supports fewer community businesses. Co-I (Contract)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2021-2022); Understanding and modelling the effects of land management scenarios on reef resilience in Montserrat. Co-I (Contract)
• Science & Advice Scottish Agriculture (2019-2021); Investigating and demonstrating the potential benefits of drone-capturing imagery analysis to enhance disease detection and varietal differentiation in potato crops. PI (SFC UIF)
• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2021); Developing a decision support tool to inform land management scenarios in Montserrat. Co-I (Contract)
• Scottish Natural Heritage (2017-2018); Lowland deer management: assessing the delivery of public interests. Co-I (Contract)
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency (2016-2017); Using UAV technology and data processing to address issues in waste management and environmental protection. PI (NERC Fellowship)
• SRUC (2014-2015); Development and demonstration of unmanned aerial vehicles. Co-I (SFC UIF)

MSc Environmental Protection & Management

• Professional Research Skills in Practise (Lecturer)
• Environmental Survey and Monitoring (Lecturer)
• Environmental Impact Assessment (Lecturer)

MSc Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity

• Professional Skills for Ecology and Evolution (Lecturer)

BSc (Hons) Environmental Management

• Advanced GIS (4th Year) (Lecturer)
• Geographic Information Systems ad Remote Sensings (3rd Year) (Lecturer)
• Fundamentals of Geospatial Approaches and Data Analayis (2nd Year) (Lecturer)

BA (Hons) Rural Business Management

• Geographic Information Systems (2nd year) (Lecturer)

• First and second supervisor to multiple undergraduate students every year since 2017.
• First and second supervisor to multiple MSc students every year since 2019.