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Professor Martin Wooster is an expert in satellite Earth observation with a focus on quantifying the effects of biomass burning and landscape fires on the environment. He was appointed as a Professor of Earth Observation Science at King's College London in 2005, having joined the Department of Geography in 1998 after receiving funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under an Earth Observation Science Initiative, one of only four lectureships awarded nationally in the UK. He is a key member of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society and has previously served as the Principal Investigator at the NERC National Centre for Earth Observation. His research includes the development of operational Fire Radiative Power (FRP) products for the Meteosat Generation satellites, available in real-time through EUMETSAT's Land Satellite Applications Facility. Professor Wooster has held multiple investigatorships on a range of remote sensing missions. His academic qualifications include a BSc in Physics from the University of Bristol, an MSc in Remote Sensing from the University of London, and a PhD in Earth Sciences from the Open University, concentrating on exploring the ATSR instrument for monitoring active volcanoes. He leads King's Earth Observation Wildfire Research Group and invites interest from students for PhD supervision.
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