- E-mail: erl27@cam.ac.uk
- Tel: 01223 760563
- Address:
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
Downing Place
Cambridge
CB2 3EN - Personal website:
https://www.linesresearchgroup.com
Thematic research group: Dr Lines is a member of the Climate and Environmental Dynamics and Biogeography and Biogeomorphology groups.
Researchers: Dr Lines is working with the following research staff:
Graduate students supervised by Dr Lines currently are:
- Matthew Allen
- Amandine Debus
University Associate Professor in Physical Geography, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, Turing Fellow
Biography
Career
- 2023-, University Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
- 2020-2023, University Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
- 2014-2020, Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, School of Geography, Queen Mary University of London
- 2012-2014, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Geography, University College London
Qualifications
- PhD, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
- MRes, Mathematics in the Living Environment, University of York
- MSci, Mathematics, Imperial College London
Research
Current research projects
- Next generation forest dynamics modelling using remote sensing data (UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship UKRI, 2020), PI. With PDRAs Harry Owen and Milto Miltiadou.
- Environmental monitoring: blending satellite and surface data (Alan Turing Institute, 2020), co-I.
- Voices of the Future (NERC Treescapes, 2020), co-I.
- 3DForEcoTech Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies (COST action CA20118), WP5 Leader.
- Forgotten forests: exploring wet woodlands as carbon-dense ecosystems (Woodland Trust, 2022), co-I.
- Scaling up agroforestry as a forest landscape conservation and sustainable livelihood strategy (CCI Collaborative Fund, 2023), co-I.
Current PhD students
- Will Flynn (QMUL) NERC London DTP. Quantify the Impacts of Forest Disturbance Using Novel High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Data.
- Matt Allen (UKRI AI4ER CDT). Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Enhanced Environmental Monitoring.
- Amandine Debus (NERC C-CLEAR DTP). Deforestation dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: combining Earth Observation and socio-economic data to understand unregulated land use change.
- Adam Noach (NERC C-CLEAR DPTP). The forgotten forests: remote sensing and predictive modelling to understand the structure, function and future of wet woodlands.
Completed PhD students
- Harry Owen (QMUL) NERC London DTP. Climate Change and Biomass Dynamics: Novel Methods in Extracting Forest Biophysical Properties. (2021)
Prospective PhD students
I’m interested in supervising projects in the areas of forest ecology and remote sensing. Some projects I am currently advertising may be found on my NERC C-CLEAR DTP page, and I offer supervision through the AI4ER programme.
External activities
- Associate Editor, Journal of Ecology
- Co-founder, Wet Woodlands Research Network https://www.wetwoodlands.com/
- Co-organiser, Alan Turing Institute Environment and Sustainability Interest Group
Publications
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Teaching
- Geographical Tripos Part 1A, Paper 2
- MPhil in Holocene Climates