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Lucy Bastin is a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Digital Technologies at Aston University, part of the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. She holds academic roles since 2003, including leadership in the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas (DOPA) project at the European Commission. Her research focuses on biodiversity informatics, remote sensing, and citizen science, with applications in conservation planning and sustainable development. She advises PhD students on topics like GIS, remote sensing, and citizen observatories.
Education: BSc Zoology (University of Nottingham), MSc GIS (University of Leicester), PhD in Spatial Population Ecology (University of Birmingham). She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Research Interests: Essential Biodiversity Variables, metadata standards for citizen science, uncertainty in conservation models, disease mapping (e.g., MRSA), and environmental policy support. She developed the DOPA toolkit for protected area monitoring and co-authored the Bari Manifesto for biodiversity variables.
- Key Projects: DOPA Explorer 2.0, FLIERS EU project, EuroGEOSS initiatives
- Recent Awards: Midlands Women in Tech Finalist (2021), Best Paper Award (2018)
- Teaching: Software Engineering, Professional Ethics in Computing, GIS modules
Labs/Teams: Part of the Computer Science Research Group and Aston Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Application. Collaborates with global partners on initiatives like BIOPAMA and the Green Deal Data Space.
