- Developed several software tools (e.g., RootTrace, RooTrak, Cellset, Rootnav)
- Played a key role in the segmentation of X-ray computed tomography images of plant roots growing in soil
- Participated in EPPN and EPPN2020 projects
- Currently involved in a UK Infrastructure Fund Scoping Activity to provide a UK phenotyping infrastructure and develop PhenomUK into a national node of EMPHASIS
Research Experience
- Head of School at the School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham
- Served as Director of PhenomUK, the UK plant and crop phenotyping network, since its creation in 2018
- Involved in multiple technology development projects, driving the development of a national phenotyping research infrastructure
- UK Scientific Representative on the EMPHASIS Interim General Assembly
Background
Professor of Computer Science and Director of PhenomUK. Research interests center on image analysis and computer vision, particularly in plant phenotyping.