Dr Catherine Waite

Research Fellow at Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge

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Dr Catherine Waite is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Zoology. She is a quantitative ecologist with an interest in integrating remote sensing and field-based data collection techniques to examine ecosystem functioning. Her current research focuses on land-use scenario modelling to identify management regimes and interventions to meet human and biodiversity needs. She also has an interest in tropical forest functioning, in particular the role that lianas play in tropical forest recovery pathways and carbon storage. She is working on developing dynamic global vegetation models to include liana data in order to investigate global carbon storage and forest recovery from climate and anthropogenic disturbance. From 2023-24, Catherine was also a Cambridge Zero David MacKay Research Associate at Darwin College.

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    Exploring the Future of the Fens: Cultivating community insights

    Dr Catherine Waite organised an event as part of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens Festival of Plants. The event, titled ‘Exploring the Future of the Fens’, aimed to deepen the public's understanding and connection to the Fenland landscape.