Dr Luke Brown
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Honorary Staff
Biography
Luke worked as Lecturer in GIS & Remote Sensing at the University of Salford between 2022 and 2025, having also held a European Space Agency (ESA) Living Planet Fellowship during this time.
Since 2026, he is based at King’s College London as Senior Lecturer in Earth Observation. He continues to engage with the University of Salford as an Honorary Lecturer.
Qualifications
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PGCert Academic Practice
2023 - 2024 -
PhD Remote Sensing
2015 - 2021 -
MSc Applied Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing (with Distinction)
2014 - 2015 -
BSc (Hons) Geography (First Class)
2011 - 2014
Publications
- GROUNDED EO: Data-driven Sentinel-2 LAI and FAPAR retrieval using Gaussian processes trained with extensive fiducial reference measurements
- Hyperspectral Leaf Area Index and Chlorophyll Retrieval over Forest and Row-Structured Vineyard Canopies
- Near-infrared digital hemispherical photography enables correction of plant area index for woody material during leaf-on conditions
- Stage 1 Validation of Plant Area Index from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation
- HemiPy: A Python module for automated estimation of forest biophysical variables and uncertainties from digital hemispherical photographs