MissNing Ye

I obtained my PhD degree in forestry from the University of Canterbury (UC) in 2023. My research interests encompass a wide range of areas, including the application of geographic information science, drone data collection and processing, machine learning, and satellite image analysis in forestry. My PhD research focused on classifying New Zealand's native forests using optical satellite imagery. This research enabled accurate classification of the highly diverse native vegetation in New Zealand at a finer scale and at a lower cost. Afterward, I worked on an NZDFI project that aimed to use drone LiDAR data to generate a New Zealand-specific Eucalyptus biomass model. I have been at UC since 2019 and will continue my journey as part of the joint project between the Radiata Pine Breeding Company and UC, focusing on developing remote sensing methods for phenotyping adaptive traits in Radiata pine.