Congratulations to Philipp Barthelme who successfully defended his PhD thesis: “Impact of humanitarian mine clearances on tropical forest carbon storage”.
The panel of examiners was very impressed with Philipp’s dedication and enthusiasm for his research, and commended his constructive and comprehensive evaluation that demonstrates a deep understanding of the research topic.
A special thank you note goes out to Philipp’s supervisor, Dr Gary Watmough, Dr Eoghan Darbyshire, Prof Dom Spraklen and Prof Iain Woodhouse, and both examiners, Dr Catalina Munteanu and Prof Caroline Nichol.
During his time as a SENSE student, Philipp enjoyed his training programme, trips and networking opportunities that helped him to broaden his perspective and to connect with other SENSE students, in particular through an initiative of starting the ML4GEO group in Edinburgh. Philipp also praised the support received through his CASE partner. In his own words: “I had a great internship with my CASE partner, the Conflict and Environment Observatory. I think having and internship integrated in the PhD really provides useful information on how potential jobs after the PhD might look like and if they could be a good fit.”
Philipp has already secured a postdoctoral research post at Oregon State University on damage mapping in conflict settings.
SENSE would like to take this opportunity to thank our funder the Natural Environment Research Council, Philipp’s CASE partner institution CEOBS, SENSE wider community, and Phillip’s family and friends, for their invaluable support and input into Philipp’s PhD journey.
From all of us at SENSE – congratulations! Wishing you all the very best in your future career.