Derek Robinson, University of Waterloo

Research

allometric equations carbon game engines geographic information systems LiDAR remotely piloted aircraft remote sensing Settlement areas

Latest funding

Valuing urban ecosystems (VUE): Using Environment-Ecosystem Accounting to Evaluate Nature's Contribution to People in Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$58,080
Creating carbon reference frames in Settlement areas using drones, LiDAR, and game engines.
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$70,000
Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$1,447,485

All 5 grants and awards

Valuing urban ecosystems (VUE): Using Environment-Ecosystem Accounting to Evaluate Nature's Contribution to People in Canadian Cities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Robinson, Brian E.

Keywords: environmental-economic accounting; ecosystem services; ecosystem valuation; natural capital

$58,080

Creating carbon reference frames in Settlement areas using drones, LiDAR, and game engines.

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Robinson, Derek

Keywords: remotely piloted aircraft; remote sensing; carbon; spatial statistics; settlement areas; lidar; tree cover; allometric equations; game engines; geographic information systems

$70,000

Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: nature; environmental history; climate change; digital humanities; land use; archaeology; forests; water; natural resources; student training; Sussex; middle ages; Medieval; Herstmonceux; Battle Abbey; Pevensey Castle

$1,447,485

Environments of Change: Digitizing Nature, History, and Human Experience in Late Medieval Sussex

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: nature; environmental history; climate change; digital humanities; land use; archaeology; forests; water; natural resources; student training; Sussex; middle ages; Medieval; Herstmonceux; Battle Abbey; Pevensey Castle

$800,532

Advances in Modelling Land Change and Estimating Ecosystem Function Across Ontario

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Robinson, Derek

$156,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: allometric equations Dear Professor Robinson, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on allometric equations connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Creating carbon reference frames in Settlement areas using drones, LiDAR, and game engines." (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]