Congratulations to SENSE CDT PGR Megan Udy who recently successfully defended her PhD thesis: “Optical and radar satellite measurement of volcanic eruption impacts on vegetation”
Megan joined SENSE in 2020 and completed her PhD at the University of Leeds.
Thanks go out to her supervision team: Dr Susanna Ebmeier and Professor Andy Hooper, and also to Megan’s examiners: Professor Tim Wright and Dr Richard Streeter
Megan has gone on to a Postdoctoral position with the German Aerospace Centre, DLR
Megan said of her time with SENSE:
I think the SENSE community is the main thing that sets SENSE apart from other CDTs/DTPs (along with the training). I have discussed this with others in my cohort but the time taken to organise events and training and get us all together across all institutions is admirable. Particularly the writing retreats, these were invaluable to me towards the end and also provided a great way to see and catch up with others. I believe the friendships and relationships built through Sense will carry on through our individual careers and create a great network and I’m excited to see this develop.
Megan highlighted how valuable to training offered by the SENSE CDT was:
The broadness of training, while underappreciated at the time, is definitely something Sense did well. I also liked the amount of training and events run by Sense and how that made us feel like a cohort even across different institutions.
SENSE would like to take this opportunity to thank our funder the Natural Environment Research Council
From all of us at SENSE – congratulations Megan! Wishing you all the very best in your future career – we look forward to hearing about your future endeavours.