
We are proud to announce that Emily Dowd has been awarded a PhD degree on 26th November 2024.

Emily joined the NERC SENSE CDT on 1st October 2020 and did her PhD at the University of Leeds under the supervision of Dr Chris Wilson, Prof. Martyn Chipperfield, Prof. Emanuel Gloor, Prof. Alistair Manning and Prof. Ruth Doherty. During her PhD she published two papers, one which captured the first methane gas leak to be detected from space and mitigated in the UK. She completed a two-month CASE partnership at the Met Office which gave her the skills to estimate the gas leak using the Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment (NAME). Emily also completed one month as a visiting scientist position at the European Space Agency where she worked on developing the nested grid model for the TOMCAT CTM and compared simulations with Senintel-5P retrievals.
During her PhD, Emily co-founded the SatSchool outreach programme with three other SENSE students. This project introduces key Earth Observations concepts to 11-15 year olds and the project continues to reach school pupils across the UK.
What’s next for Emily?
Emily is now a Research Fellow in Greenhouse Gas Modelling at the University of Leeds and is working on the EO4CH4 project. This project aims to use Earth Observation to support the reduction of methane emissions from agriculture in Australia.