Nicholas Charles Coops FRSC is an Australian-Canadian researcher. He is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing at the University of British Columbia's Department of Forest Resources Management. In 2020, Coops received the Marcus Wallenberg Prize in recognition of his work in with satellite imagery in order to make predictions about forest growth and the ability of forests to store carbon.
Nicholas Charles Coops | |
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| Born | 1968 (age 55–56) Melbourne, Australia |
| Awards | Canadian Remote Sensing Society Gold Medal, Marcus Wallenberg Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | PhD, 1995, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | The modelling of remotely sensed data: a local and a global case study (1996) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization |
Early life and education
editCoops was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1968.[1] He completed his PhD at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1995 and began working with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.[2] During his time in Australia, Coops developed satellite and airborne remote sensing technologies to aid in forest management and conservation activities.[3]
Career
editCoops left his native Australia in 2004 to become a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia's Department of Forest Resources Management.[4] In this role, he undertakes a range of research projects which apply remote sensing data to forest growth and biodiversity issues. Recently he has focused on the integration of LIDAR and optical remote sensing for forest growth, vegetation / forest classification and the use of drones for high spatial resolution forestry operations and applications. In 2012, Coops was promoted to a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing to continue his research into using remote sensing technologies to improve forest structure and function.[5] After serving for seven years, Coops was renewed as a Tier 1 chair in 2019.[6]
During his second term as a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, Coops' research of expanding conceptual advancements to geospatial modelling was recognized on an international scale. In 2020, Coops was the co-recipient of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize in recognition of his work with satellite imagery in order to make predictions about forest growth and the ability of forests to store carbon.[1][7] Coops was also awarded the silver and gold medals of the Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) in 2014 and 2020 respectively for his service and leadership in remote sensing in Canada. Coops was recognised by UBC with their 2020 UBC Killam Research Prize in the Applied Science, Medicine and Sciences senior category.[8] Nationally, in 2022 Coops was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for being "a global leader in the application of remote sensing technology for the management and monitoring of forest ecosystems."[9] He was also named the 2022 Canadian Institute of Forestry Scientific Award recipient.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Model for forest growth during climate change". The Marcus Wallenberg Prize. 28 April 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Faculty: Nicholas Coops". University of British Columbia. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Global Brainpower Brought to UBC with Federal Research Funding". University of British Columbia. November 12, 2004. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
- ^ "Calling All". The Vancouver Sun. April 30, 2005. Retrieved December 16, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Thirteen Canada Research Chairs valued at $11 million appointed at UBC". University of British Columbia. October 12, 2012. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS". University of British Columbia. June 24, 2019. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "UBC FORESTRY PROFESSOR RECEIVES 'NOBEL PRIZE OF FOREST RESEARCH'". University of British Columbia. April 28, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "Dr. Nicholas Coops Receives UBC Killam Research Prize". University of British Columbia. March 30, 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "DR. NICHOLAS COOPS NAMED FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA". University of British Columbia. September 6, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ "DR. NICHOLAS COOPS NAMED 2022 CANADIAN INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT". University of British Columbia. September 20, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
External links
editNicholas Coops publications indexed by Google Scholar