I am an interdisciplinary researcher investigating how technology can be used to monitor biodiversity, in particular using bioacoustic and ecoacoustic approaches.
Bioacoustic and Ecoacoustic Data in Audiovisual Core
Good practice guidelines for long-term ecoacoustic monitoring in the UK
22/04/2025 - Urban Research Station
03/03/2025 - Impacts of Urban Noise
22/01/2025 - TDWG Kingston Biodiversity Network
05/12/2024 - NHM x Natural England
08/11/2024 - Digital Dimensions of Nature Recovery
Some thoughts on:
By 2050 68% of the world’s population will live in urban areas. The Urban Research Station studies how urban areas can be made better for people, for nature, and for the climate (and hopefully also create joy).
The sensor network will consist of round 25 devices measuring acoustic activity and the environment.
Sensor network philosophy - how we thought about the deisgn of a sensor network.
Sensor network install - documenting the installation of the sensor network.
Digital twins - how the sensor network will help form a digital twin of the NHM Gardens.
Urban heat islands - studying the impact of urbanisation on temperature variations.
Acoustics
There is a long history of visual observations of species, these are currently collected through a mix of transects and ad-hoc recording.
Anybody can contribute to ad-hic recording using iNaturalist or iRecord.
More-than-human appraoches to biodiversity research are looking at how we can make urban areas more habitable for all species.
The Nature of Tech - Amazon Web Services and the Natural History Museum (2025) - discussing the use of technology in biodiversity research.
Natural History Museum’s new gardens aim to restore UK’s urban nature New Scientist (2024)