Lee is a Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Specialist at Fera within the Land Use and Sustainability team, where he is involved in the collection, analysis and dissemination of geographic information to support agricultural and environmental monitoring.

Lee has a particular interest in developing mobile data collection applications for in field data collection as well as the use of Web Maps and Web Applications to present and share spatial data. He is also a qualified UAV Pilot, highly experienced piloting both fixed-wing and rotary UAVs for the collection of visual, thermal, multispectral and hyperspectral imagery data.

Lee is a Chartered Geographer, specialising in GIS and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. His recent work at Fera has focused on:

• Development of mobile data collection and inspection applications to allow plant health inspectors to collect and record data out in the field.

• Development of Web Applications to disseminate tree pest and disease outbreak data to Defra plant health officers.

• Potato Plant Counting Algorithm from UAV MS imagery - Development of a Web Application to display the results of an automatic potato plant counting algorithm preformed on UAV acquired multispectral imagery, to allow the farmer to estimate future yields.

• Inspection Targeting Pilot Study - UAV Scoping project in to how well plant health inspections can be targeted by identifying and classifying different tree species, host species from UAV data.

• Coconut Lethal Yellowing Disease, Mozambique (CLYD) - Use of multi temporal VHR satellite data and manned aerial survey data to determine the effectiveness of treatment methods implemented to control CLYD.