Kate Heaphy

I am a New Zealand ecologist with a background in conservation, invasive species, and landscape-scale ecological connectivity. My main research interests are currently focussed on better understanding the impacts of climate change on tropical forests in order to help mitigate them. I also have a keen interest in engaging forms of science communication, including creative non-fiction.

My NERC Envision-funded PhD investigates drought responses of the Amazon rainforest in areas of differing water table depths, supervised by Drs Marielle Smith, Tyeen Taylor, Simon Willcock (Bangor University), Juliana Schietti (Federal University of Amazonas, UFAM in Brazil), and Scott Stark (Michigan State University, MSU in the USA). I work with both remote sensing data and field observations taken from several forest sites across the Brazilian Amazon.