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Meet the SUSTAIN Supervisors

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1103"><u>Robotics and AI to Support Scalable Agronomy (RAISSA)</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Marc Hanheide

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Paul Murray

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Assessment in Grassland Ecosystems (AI-SAGE)</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Harnessing AI Tools and DNA-based Monitoring to Enhance Arthropod Biodiversity Assessments. </p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Multi-Object Visual Tracking (MOT) of Animals in Agriculture</p></li>
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Professor Christos Tachtatzis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/q1214"><u>Food Authentication Using Portable Sensors: Addressing Food Fraud and Food Mislabelling</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Louise Manning

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
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Dr David McBey

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1101"><u>Intelligent, Energy-efficient De-leafing for the Soft Fruit Industry</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Elizabeth Sklar

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Milan Markovic

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Towards sustainable net-zero farming using machine learning</p></li>
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Dr Matthias Kuhnert

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
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Professor Anil Fernando

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Dr Mamatha Thota

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Harnessing Explainable AI to Identify Key Microbial Drivers of Reduced Ruminant Greenhouse Gas Emissions</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Development of a Milk (mid-infrared) MIR Spectral Deep Learning Neural Network as a Classifier Model for GHG Emission Profiles in Dairy Cattle</p></li>
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Professor Chris Creevey

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary & Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Clear and sound: combining image analysis and bioacoustics to link pollinators traffic with fruit set and harvest.</p></li>
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Dr Roslyn Henry

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">A Machine Learning Accelerated Spectral Matching Algorithm to Identify Harmful Algal Blooms and Other Threats to Aquaculture Operations.</p></li>
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Professor David McKee

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Development of a Milk (mid-infrared) MIR Spectral Deep Learning Neural Network as a Classifier Model for GHG Emission Profiles in Dairy Cattle</p></li>
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Professor Craig Michie

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Harnessing AI Tools and DNA-based Monitoring to Enhance Arthropod Biodiversity Assessments.</p></li>
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Dr Karen Siu Ting

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">Trade-offs in land use: Utilising argumentation theory and dialogue to optimise for net-benefits</p>

Dr Dan Magnone

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">AI for the Decarbonisation of the Dairy Sector: Heat Recovery and Energy Harvesting</p></li>
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Professor Tom Jefferies

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Clear and sound: combining image analysis and bioacoustics to link pollinators traffic with fruit set and harvest.</p></li>
</ul>

Dr Fabio Manfredini

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Assessment in Grassland Ecosystems (AI-SAGE)</p></li>
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Dr Lan Qie

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Machine Learning and Bayesian Modelling Approaches for Big Data in Beef Agriculture & Food Production</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Using Machine Learning and AI Approaches to Determine the Origins of Post-Weaning Diarrhoea and Antimicrobial Resistance in Piglets</p></li>
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Dr Mingjun Zhong

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">Trade-offs in land use: Utilising argumentation theory and dialogue to optimise for net-benefits</p>

Professor Simon Parsons

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">AR2MS – Automated Robotic Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry Meat Sampling</p>

Dr Nick Birse

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1103"><u>Robotics and AI to Support Scalable Agronomy (RAISSA)</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Computer Vision and Multimodal Approaches to Automate Flower Bud Detection and Yield Forecasting of Medicinal Cannabis in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Clear and sound: combining image analysis and bioacoustics to link pollinators traffic with fruit set and harvest.</p></li>
</ul>

Professor Georgios Leontidis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary & Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/s1102"><u>Advanced Video Processing to Optimise Feeding of Livestock in Farms</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Machine Learning and Bayesian Modelling Approaches for Big Data in Beef Agriculture & Food Production</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Using Machine Learning and AI Approaches to Determine the Origins of Post-Weaning Diarrhoea and Antimicrobial Resistance in Piglets</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Multi-Object Visual Tracking (MOT) of Animals in Agriculture</p></li>
</ul>

Professor Ilias Kyriazakis

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/q1214"><u>Food Authentication Using Portable Sensors: Addressing Food Fraud and Food Mislabelling</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Hui Wang

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Francesco Del Duchetto

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1218"><u>Service Robots Interventions Promoting More Sustainable Buyers’ Choices in Supermarkets</u></a></p></li>
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Dr Leonardo Guevara

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/l1101"><u>Intelligent, Energy-efficient De-leafing for the Soft Fruit Industry</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Greg Keeffe

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1107"><u>Transparent Carbon Footprint Quantification and Reporting in Agriculture</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Dr Paul Williams

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1109"><u>Nature-based Solutions for Restoration of Degraded Soils in Sub-Saharan Africa</u></a></p></li>
</ul>

Professor Jo Smith

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8"><a href="https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/projects-1/a1106"><u>Machine Learning Crop Breeding in Precision-Controlled Vertical Farming for a Sustainable Future</u></a></p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Computer Vision and Multimodal Approaches to Automate Flower Bud Detection and Yield Forecasting of Medicinal Cannabis in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems</p></li>
</ul>

Dr Aiden Durrant

Cohort 1 (2024/25) Primary Supervisor; Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Artificial Intelligence for Satellite Assessment in Grassland Ecosystems (AI-SAGE)</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">Harnessing Explainable AI to Identify Key Microbial Drivers of Reduced Ruminant Greenhouse Gas Emissions</p></li>
</ul>

Dr Robert Atkinson

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary & Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Towards sustainable net-zero farming using machine learning</p></li>
<li><p class="font_8">AI for the Decarbonisation of the Dairy Sector: Heat Recovery and Energy Harvesting</p></li>
</ul>

Professor Vladimir Stankovic

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary & Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Machine Learning and Bayesian Modelling Approaches for Big Data in Beef Agriculture & Food Production</p></li>
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Dr Arran Hodgkinson

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Multi-Object Visual Tracking (MOT) of Animals in Agriculture</p></li>
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Dr Niall McLaughlin

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Using Machine Learning and AI Approaches to Determine the Origins of Post-Weaning Diarrhoea and Antimicrobial Resistance in Piglets</p></li>
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Dr Linda Oyama

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">AI for the Decarbonisation of the Dairy Sector: Heat Recovery and Energy Harvesting</p></li>
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Professor Lina Stankovic

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">AR2MS – Automated Robotic Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry Meat Sampling</p>

Dr Athanasios Polydoros

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Primary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Computer Vision and Multimodal Approaches to Automate Flower Bud Detection and Yield Forecasting of Medicinal Cannabis in Controlled Environment Agriculture Systems</p></li>
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Dr Oorbessy Gaju

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">A Machine Learning Accelerated Spectral Matching Algorithm to Identify Harmful Algal Blooms and Other Threats to Aquaculture Operations.</p></li>
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Professor Paulo Prodöhl

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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<li><p class="font_8">Clear and sound: combining image analysis and bioacoustics to link pollinators traffic with fruit set and harvest.</p></li>
</ul>

Professor James Windmill

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">A Machine Learning Accelerated Spectral Matching Algorithm to Identify Harmful Algal Blooms and Other Threats to Aquaculture Operations.</p>

Dr Steven Owens

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">Trade-offs in land use: Utilising argumentation theory and dialogue to optimise for net-benefits</p>

Professor Nir Oren

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

<p class="font_8">AR2MS – Automated Robotic Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry Meat Sampling</p>

Professor Mark Swainson

Cohort 2 (2025/26) Secondary Supervisor

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