Thomas Burke Email & Phone Number

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

• GIS consultant at ADAS, the UK’s largest independent provider of agricultural and environmental consultancy, policy advice and research and development.
• Tendering and delivery of geospatial and environmental research and consultancy projects, with a focus on land cover, land use, natural capital and ecosystem services.
• Providing expertise in the sourcing, evaluation, management, analysis, and visualisation of geospatial data to investigate and solve environmental management issues.
• Developing environmental decisions support tools, dashboards, and interactive data visualisations using Python, C#, and Esri and Microsoft cloud platforms.

Lancaster, United Kingdom

• Industry led PhD working with Land Use Consultants Ltd and co-supervised by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, through the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation.
• Developed and applied geospatial approaches to quantify natural capital stocks in farms and agricultural estates, assessing uncertainty associated with data resolution and accuracy.
• Identified opportunities to enhance ecosystem service delivery at the national scale through changes in land use, using opportunity and constraint mapping, geospatial analysis, and the application of ecosystem service.
• Contributed to the delivery of environmental consultancy projects.

Lancaster, United Kingdom

Supported undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in range of GIS, remote sensing and geography modules during computer-based practical sessions and field excursions.

Lancaster, United Kingdom

QGIS plugin development (Python and PyQGIS), website design and development, and the development of science communication and research outreach materials.

Daresbury, United Kingdom

Acquisition and processing of spatial data, development of PyQGIS scripts to automate workflows.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Geography

Msci, Earth And Environmental Science, First Class

Key modules: Geoinformatics, Data Assimilation and Integration, Data Analysis and Programming Skills Fourth year dissertation.

A Levels

Environmental Studies: A* Biology: A Geology: A