Welcome to the Wildfire Research Team at Kings College London, based in the Earth & Environmental Dynamics Research Group in the Department of Geography. Located in central London, we work with collaborators to study vegetation fires and their impacts in many worldwide environments, using remote sensing, modelling and in situ methods. Examples are available at the links below. If you think you might like to work or study with us, or are just interested to learn more, feel free to contact us through Prof. Martin Wooster (martin.wooster@kcl.ac.uk).
Team Members
King’s Wildfire Research Team has been led by Professor Martin Wooster since 2002. Professor Wooster is Chair of Earth Observation Science at King’s College London, and a Divisional Director within NERC’s National Center for Earth Observation (NCEO). The Team works within the Earth & Environmental Dynamics Research Group at King’s, and comprises a mix of academics, full-time researchers, PhD students and technical staff – each working on aspects of landscape fire measurement and/or modelling.
Current Members @ King’s College London
♦ Professor Martin Wooster (Team Lead)
♦ Dr Weidong Xu
♦ Dr Jiangping He
♦ Dr Kari Hyll
♦ Dr Daniel Fisher
♦ Dr Tianran Zhang
♦ Dr Bruce Main
♦ Ms Hannah Nguyen
♦ Mr Mark de Jong
Associate Members @ King’s College London
♦ Dr James Millington
♦ Prof Bruce Malamud
Team Alumni & First Destination
♦ Dr Tadas Nikonovas (Swansea University) ♦ Dr Patrick Freeborn (US Forest Service) ♦ Dr Ronan Paugam (US Forest Service) ♦ Dr Josh Johnston (Canadian Forest Service) ♦ Dr Jon Atherton (Uni. of Helskini) ♦ Dr Ralph Beeby (NHS) ♦ Dr Gareth Roberts (Southampton University) ♦ Dr Thomas Smith (LSE) ♦ Dr Maria Tattaris (CIMMYT Mexico) ♦ Dr Samuel Sperling (IT consultant, London) ♦ Dr Gareth Mottram (Birkbeck University.) ♦ Dr George. Petropoulos (Aberystwyth Uni.) ♦ Dr Athanassios Zoumas (EU-JRC) ♦ Dr Alistair Smith (Uni. of Idaho)
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Wildfire Research at KCL
We use a variety of research approaches to study wildfires, including leading or collaborating on field campaigns almost every year. In recent years our work has incorporated measurements in North America, South Africa, Australia, Brazil, UK and others.
Click on a title below to discover a little more about our main research methods:
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Data Access & Calendar
We are heavily involved in developing algorithms and datasets to provide information on biomass burning activity and impacts, in this case mostly from satellite remote sensing. Here you can find links to a few of the Data Resources that stem from our work, and also some links to data from others that we regularly use. There is also a link to our fieldtrip/workshop Calendar.
