Data science for the public good

Data Scientist

Tom joined the Campus as a Data Scientist in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) hub in August 2019.

Prior to this he worked at Forest Research where he developed machine learning methods for detecting forest clear-felling from radar satellite imagery. Tom has also worked in private sector in the United States where he specialised in geodatabase technology for a software company.

Tom is particularly interested in how open source technologies commonly used in data science can be applied to geospatial and remote sensing imagery analysis. Tom has an MSc in Data Science and a BSc in Environmental Science.