I am a remote sensing specialist who focuses on the environmental challenges we face today, with a particular interest in the maritime. I started in Physical Geography at Durham (UK), before moving on to a Masters in Environmental Science at Cambridge (UK). Since finishing a PhD in glaciology (Lund, Sweden) I worked in commercial geospatial intelligence, before moving back into academia with a focus on the validation and application of remotely sensed data (land surface temperature) at King’s College London (KCL). These projects involved collaboration with ILRI, NASA-JPL and ESA, working in diverse environments from East Africa to China and across Europe. After KCL I continued work on land surface temperature at the UK's National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO). Most recently I spent time working in the maritime domain before taking up the post of lecturer at the University of Auckland.