Kate Newby

Kate is a PhD researcher at the University of Exeter. Her research is titled ‘Monitoring of landslide hazards with wireless sensor networks and machine learning’. The project is joint funded by the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy and industry partner Copernicus Technologies. Her research concerns improving our response to geomorphological hazards, specifically landslides in Southern England. The project aims to develop our understanding of slow-moving landslide dynamics using novel wireless sensor technologies, with a view to improving monitoring and forecasting techniques. Kate’s undergraduate dissertation also investigated landslide hazards, researching landslide memory in the Pyrenees using a participatory approach.

Broad research specialisms: landslide (geomorphological) hazards, wireless sensor networks, machine learning, GIS

Supervisory team: Dr Georgie Bennett (University of Exeter, Streatham Campus), Professor Chunbo Luo (University of Exeter, Streatham Campus), Dr Kyle Roskilly (University of Exeter, Penryn Campus), Dr Irene Manzella (University of Twente, Netherlands)