Nature-Based Solutions
Carbon mapping
Conservation science
Fire dynamics
Forest carbon
Geospatial sciences
GIS
LiDAR
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Dr Niels Andela heads up BeZero’s Remote Sensing team and is an expert on forest disturbance and carbon stock estimates. He spent over five years working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center developing novel methods to monitor wildfires and constrain their role in the carbon cycle and has also lectured in remote sensing at Cardiff University. Niels holds a PhD in Earth Sciences from VU University Amsterdam and is the (co-)author of over 30 research articles covering remote sensing, the carbon cycle, tropical vegetation dynamics, and global climate change.
Before joining BeZero, Niels was a lecturer in remote sensing at Cardiff University, developing novel approaches for understanding and monitoring tropical ecosystem change.
Education
VU University Amsterdam, MSc in Hydrology
VU University Amsterdam, PhD in Earth Sciences
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Assistant Research Professor
Cardiff University, Lecturer
Research associations
ESA Sense4Fire grant on estimating carbon emissions from fire
Examining the role of LiDAR in our ratings, and its ability to help carbon markets deliver on the potential of global forests as climate solutions
Exploring the potential weather impacts of El Niño 2023, and the knock on effects this could have on nature based projects in the BeZero universe.