Yuchuan Zhou is a PhD candidate in the Department of Geography, NUS, under the guidance of Prof. David Taylor and Dr. Hao Tang. Before his doctoral studies, he earned his BSc from the UBC in Vancouver and his MSc from the University of Edinburgh. Yuchuan's research aims to enhance the understanding of carbon dynamics in Southeast Asia's tropical forests. This work is crucial for aiding policy decisions to augment forest carbon sinks and advancing nature-based solutions. Methodologically, he integrates remote sensing, spatial big data analysis, field surveys, and machine learning to provide comprehensive insights into the complexities of tropical forest ecosystems in Southeast Asia.

Andreas Vollrath is a remote sensing and forestry expert working at FAO’s forestry department as part of the SEPAL team. His expertise covers image processing and analysis for both optical and radar data as well as data-driven image classification and information extraction for various environmental mapping and monitoring tasks. Among other things, he is currently involved in the country support and advancement of national MRV systems for development countries.

Pete has always been keenly interested in how remote sensing technologies such as satellite imagery and LiDAR can be applied to monitoring landscapes, natural resources and land-use change. His specialities include a practical understanding of remote sensing data and its application and the design of natational and project scale monitoring and alert systems.

Miss Naila Yasmin is a Remote Sensing GIS Expert from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations based in Headquarters in Rome. With over twelve years of experience, her expertise lies in Satellite Land Monitoring, MRV, Activity Data analysis, fire monitoring, and near real-time surveillance. She has actively contributed to capacity-building efforts, particularly under the UN-REDD Programme, emphasizing the application of remote sensing for sustainable land management.