Matthew Faith, a PhD researcher from the University of Plymouth, has been awarded a place on the prestigious enrichment scheme of The Alan Turing Institute.
The Enrichment Scheme Placement award will enable him to spend nine months at the renowned institute in London, working alongside leading experts from the UK's growing data science and AI research community.
Matthew will use the fellowship to broaden the scope of his PhD - co-funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the University - which is looking into the societal consequences of climate change impacts on plankton.
He is aiming to generate more accurate data about plankton in the North East Atlantic but also new insights into species such as jellyfish, for which current information is surprisingly limited.
Collaborating with University of Edinburgh Turing Fellow Dr Oisin Mac Aodha, he will be using recent advances in machine learning to improve the utility of various datasets, including citizen science projects and historical surveys.
He is also looking at how modelling can be directly linked to people's health and wellbeing, and the environment.
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