Congratulations to Lucy Wells who successfully defended her PhD thesis: “Mapping the world’s dry tropical biomes; a structural and functional approach using remote sensing”.
The panel of examiners was very impressed with Lucy’s depth of knowledge, methodological rigor and impactful findings.
A special thank you note goes out to Lucy’s supervisor, Dr Casey Ryan, Dr Kyle Dexter and both examiners, Dr Patrick Meir and Dr Nicola Stevens.
During her time as a SENSE student, Lucy enjoyed her training programme and networking opportunities that helped to connect with other SENSE students. Lucy also praised the support received through her CASE partner and supervisory team. In her own words:
My supervisory team based in Edinburgh were excellent and we had a very good working relationship. I was able to use various areas of expertise from my supervisors when I needed it and was welcomed into both research groups. The same is also true of my additional supervisor at Exeter university, who we added to the team when I began my PhD as he has relevant experience working in Brazil, where I undertook a lot of my research.
Lucy has already secured a role as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Edinburgh University in Landscape-Scale Ecology and Natural Capital Accounting.
SENSE would like to take this opportunity to thank our funder the Natural Environment Research Council, Lucy’s CASE partner institution Highlands Rewilding, SENSE wider community, and Lucy’s family and friends, for their invaluable support and input into Lucy’s PhD journey.
From all of us at SENSE – congratulations! Wishing you all the very best in your future career.