Matt Cooper

Matt is a prospective PhD candidate working as a systems scientist addressing linkages between anthropogenic soil disturbances and tropical forest recovery mechanisms. His doctoral study will utilise state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques to bridge the gap between plot scale and landscape scale analyses of tropical forest carbon and vegetation dynamics. His specific focus lies in East Africa where he has lived and worked for more than ten years in different conservation and restoration ecology projects. His master's degree was obtained at the Freie Universitaet in Berlin in Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity and his bachelor's degree at The Open University in Milton Keynes in Environmental Science.