Data Science.
AI.
Carbon.

Climate change is one of our most pressing problems, and Machine Learning and AI offer exciting new tools for modelling soil and forest carbon. Dr Melanie Zeppel is using Machine Learning (ML) to address climate change, by modelling carbon in various forest types across the world. Using Machine Learning and AI to model soil and forest carbon also helps improve biodiversity and drought-resilience.

Melanie has been working in climate change and plant and soil responses to drought for 15-20 years, which has given her a passion for addressing both climate change, and the careers of women in STEM. She is a keen advocate of increasing our dialogue on how we can reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration.