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Dr William Woodgate
Dr

William Woodgate

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Overview

Background

Will is a University of Queensland teaching and research academic and recent ARC DECRA holder (DE190101182). His research aims to bridge scales for remotely sensing dynamic vegetation productivity and health. Will was the Principal Investigator of the CSIRO/TERN-OzFlux Tumbarumba tall forest research site from 2016-2025. Now in its 25th year it is one of Australia’s longest continuously running flux tower sites and rated equal second globally for verification of environmental satellite products [1]. Previously Will held the position of Research Scientist at CSIRO, after commencing as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2015.

Will has experience with a range of passive and active remote sensing technologies including combining LiDAR, optical- and thermal-imagery for estimating vegetation structure and function. His current research focuses on scaling observations of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from leaf to canopy scales at flux tower sites. He is based in the Earth Observation Research Centre at UQ.

Please also feel free to get in touch with Will to discuss potential collaborations.

[1] Camacho, F., Román, M.O., Nickeson, J., Göttsche, F.-M., Ducanson, L., Sanchez-Azofeifa, G.A., Woodgate, W., Karan, M., Descalzo, L.d.l.M., & Monzo, C.D. (2018). Proposition of CEOS LPV Super Sites for Validation of Biophysical Satellite Products. Paper presented at the ESA LPVE - Land Product Validation and Evolution 2018, ESA/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.10375.50087

Availability

Dr William Woodgate is:
Available for supervision

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    TruForest: Founding an Australian Rainforest LiDAR Monitoring Network (ARC LIEF administered by University of the Sunshine Coast)
    University of the Sunshine Coast
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2026
    AVILAS: Automating individual tree-scale vegetation structure and aboveground biomass inventory and monitoring at local to regional scales with drone LiDAR and satellite data.
    Innovative Biodiversity Monitoring Program
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    AquaWatch Pathfinders: Earth Observation Sensor Design Simulator Testbed (End to End Simulator) (SmartSat CRC project led by SatDek Pty Ltd)
    SmartSat CRC
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2023
    Leaf to landscape: Near-instant vegetation growth and productivity rates
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr William Woodgate is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Spaceborne LiDAR as a vegetation biomass scaling tool

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Scaling dynamic plant function from leaf to landscape

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Automating individual tree-scale aboveground biomass inventory and monitoring at local to regional scales with drone LiDAR and satellite data.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Determining the effects of abiotic stress on crop growth development, and yield under different nitrogen applications using remotely sensed data for cotton and wheat.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Scott Chapman, Associate Professor Andries Potgieter

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhancing Forest Biomass Estimation in Cambodia Using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing and Machine Learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn

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