Will Evans
- Position: Postgraduate Researcher in Radar Entomology
- Areas of expertise: Radar entomology; quantitative ecology; community ecology; biogeography; insect morphometrics; dual-polarisation meteorological radars.
- Email: W.L.Evans@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: Fairbairn House
- Website: BioDAR Website | Twitter
Profile
I’m based at the National Centre for Atmospheric Science and work alongside my supervisor, Dr Ryan Neely III, and a team of researchers spanning radar meteorology, ecology, genetics, and data science as part of the BioDAR Project. Together, we develop and inform machine-learning algorithms to allow weather surveillance radars to locate, identify, and quantify airborne insect communities.
I’m an interdisciplinary conservation scientist with a passion for research that exploits traditional field skills and remote-sensing technologies to understand and combat insect declines. I completed an undergraduate degree in Zoology at the University of Sheffield and graduated with an MSc in Biodiversity & Conservation from the University of Leeds. My Masters thesis explored the relationships between morphological and dual-polarisation radar-derived observations of nocturnal macro-moth communities.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>Qualifications
- BSc Zoology
- MSc Biodiversity & Conservation
Student education
My teaching interests include experimental design; data analysis; insect identification; habitat management; community ecology.