Emily Lines

Forest ecologist interested in the use of remote sensing (from ground to satellites) and data science techniques to understand forest structure, function and dynamics.

 

Research Area

My research focusses on the structure, function and dynamics of forests, the disturbances they face, and the ways in which we can measure them. Research undertaken in my group is motivated by ecological and conservation questions, including fundamental questions of how forests function, as well as more applied questions such as how forests are responding to anthropogenic drivers including climate change and deforestation, and how effective forest management and conservation practices are.  My group undertakes fieldwork including terrestrial and drone laser scanning, drone photogrammetry, and traditional forest mensuration. We collaborate with a broad range of researchers including geomorphologists, computer scientists, geneticists and paleoecologists. We use data and computationally intensive methods, including deep learning, computer vision and computational modelling.

 

Project Interests

I am interested in working with applicants interested in both field and computational techniques to develop research topics using 3D remote sensing data to understand topics around forest functioning, including: biodiversity, structural dynamics, competitive interactions, dieback/disease, microclimate, radiative transfer, and regeneration.