Michael Hodge

Senior Data Scientist

Michael is a senior data scientist, having joined the campus in May 2018. Michael has a PhD in Earth Sciences from Cardiff University and has experience in using satellite imagery and building probabilistic models for assessing natural hazards. In particular, he collaborated with the Malawian Government to improve their knowledge and understanding of large, infrequent earthquakes. During this time he was also involved with many STEM related workshops.

Before his PhD, Michael worked for several years at Natural Resources Wales, where he delivered a EU funded sustainable land management scheme. His current ambitions within the campus are to utilise his satellite imagery experience in a number of research projects.

Posts by Michael Hodge

Using Sentinel-2 images to measure the change in tree coverage in eastern Uganda: what does it mean for the Mbale Trees Programme?

We used machine learning to develop a model to identify areas of trees from satellite images in eastern Uganda, where the Mbale Trees Programme has been running since 2010.

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