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Current Members

GIScience
Dr Urška Demšar Chair, Senior Lecturer in Geoinformatics GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile	Dr Fernando Benitez-Paez Lecturer in Spatial Data Science GSD profile Research@StAndrews Profile
Dr Charlotte van der Lijn Associate Lecturer in Spatial Data Science GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile	Dr Tania Mendo Lecturer GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile
Mr William McVean Scientific and Data Officer Research@StAndrews profile
Physical and Environmental Geography
Dr Richard Streeter Senior Lecturer in Environmental Geography GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile	Dr TJ Young Lecturer in Physical Geography GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile
Dr Ian Lawson Senior Lecturer GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile	Dr Tom Cowton Director of Teaching GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile
Dr Craig Smeaton Lecturer GSD profile GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile	Dr Doug Benn Professor in Glaciology GSD profile Research@StAndrews profile

Postdoctoral Researchers

Name	Research	Contact
Dr Sen Li	Dr Sen Li is involved in the Connecting Generations Across Geography project, which investigates geographical distances between kin using spatial statistical methods.	[email protected]

PhD Students

Student	Research Topic	Contact
Ali Moayedi	Understanding the influence of geomagnetic and environmental factors on migratory bird navigation through data mining	[email protected]
Meixuan Liu	Meixuan research looks into bird navigation mechanisms in Procellariiformes by coupling olfactory cues and bird movement and the integration of a data-driven approach.	[email protected]
Alistair McConnell	Studying movements of bottlenose dolphins with a spatio-temporal networks approach, in partnership with Morigenos, the Slovenian marine mammal society. The project is split into three parts, studying i) spatial structure in dolphin movement with origin-destination (OD) networks, ii) integrating analysis of temporal structure in OD networks, iii) linking spatiotemporal dynamics in dolphin movement to habitat properties.	[email protected]
Pamela Lattanzi	Pamela is an Italian PhD student in the FishMed doctoral program of the University of Bologna, in collaboration with the National Research Council. Currently, she works at the CNR-IRBIM of Ancona (Italy), and her research is focused on data analysis to support sustainable fisheries management and marine biodiversity.	[email protected]
Xunhua Li	Xunhua focuses on the interactions among multiple clues and potential disturbances in bird migratory navigation through novel learning methods.	[email protected]
Yajie Zhu	Yajie focuses on the response of soil erosion to climate change in Iceland's sub-arctic environment, using a combination of remote sensing (satellite and drone) and modelling methods.	[email protected]
Adam Anthony	Adam is a part of the Connecting Generations project. His research focuses on migration trajectories and residential proximity to parents among immigrants and their descendants in the UK.	[email protected]
Daniela Alvarez-Gallo	Daniela's project addresses the pressing challenge of understanding and managing energy consumption in urban environments, focusing on the intricate interplay between social inequalities, synthetic population modeling, and energy demand dynamics.	[email protected]
Klaren Tanalgo	My research uses quantitative and spatial analysis to investigate the socio-demographic determinants of suicide among older persons in East Asia. The project hopes to contribute empirical data to inform government policies on dignified ageing and suicide prevention.	[email protected]

Former members