Arina Machine

I'm a second-year PhD student primarily supervised by Professor Heiko Balzter. My research focusses on the application of remote sensing to agroforestry in the United Kingdom. The aim of my PhD is to utilise remote sensing and artificial intelligence to map agroforestry fields across the entirety of the United Kingdom. Using these maps, I hope to estimate the carbon storage of agroforestry systems across the United Kingdom, and potentially identify hotspots for their introduction.

I hold a BA and MSci in Natural Sciences, specialising in Plant Sciences and Systems Biology. Alongside my PhD, I supervise the IA Natural Sciences "Evolution and Behaviour Module" at a number of Cambridge colleges and act as a co-convenor of Researchers' Forum of the Institute of Environmental Futures at the University of Leicester. I am also a member of the AgriFood for Net-Zero Early Careers Researchers' board for 2024.

Machine, Arina; Balzter, Heiko (2024). Agroforestry as a tool for Net Zero in the UK. University of Leicester. Report https://doi.org/10.25392/leicester.data.25465360.v1