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Dr Jessica Payne – Alumni Success

Congratulations to Jess who has officially completed her PhD!


PhD Title: Falling Basins: revealing hidden faults from patterns of land subsidence from water extraction using Earth Observation data

Primary Supervisor:
John Elliott

Co-supervisors:
Mark Thomas


Since completing her PhD Jess is now a Higher Earth Observation Analyst in Natural England- the government’s advisor for nature.

The role is technical and requires the skills used in her PhD. For example, she has lead a project using InSAR to measure rates and extents of slope movement in Sites of Special Scientific Interest in England. She is also involved in a project using deep learning and drone survey imagery to access seal population dynamics in Norfolk. She loves the variety of the job and it’s application to protecting England’s nature.

Huge congratulations to Jess! We’re so excited to see the incredible places her work will lead her.