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Dr Andrew MacLachlan
Lecturer (Teaching)
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
Faculty of the Built Environment
- Joined UCL
- 27th May 2019
Research summary
Andrew's research interests revolve
around developing data-driven urban development recommendations to enhance
future sustainability and optimise resource investment. This covers the broad
themes of: city science, spatial data analysis, dynamic population modelling
and earth observation. His doctoral research used Earth observation to quantify
urban growth and demonstrated its application to sustainable city development.
With a background in remote sensing Andrew has also been involved with field
validation of Sentinel-3 data.
Teaching summary
Andrew is the director of CASA's Urban Spatial Science master’s programme and a fellow of the higher education academy. He was previously an academic instructor at the University of Southampton and University of Western Australia. Andrew currently teaches undergraduate quantitative methods in data science and visualisation (BASc0005) and convenes the MSc modules: Geographic Information Systems and Science (CASA0005) and the CASA dissertations across all programmes (CASA0004,10 and 12).
Education
- University of Southampton
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 2019
- University of Southampton
- Other higher degree, Master of Science | 2014
- University of Sheffield
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 2013
Biography
Andrew MacLachlan is a lecturer in spatial data science and
visualisation in the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), University
College London.
Prior
to joining CASA he completed his PhD by publication in the department of
Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton funded by
the Economic and Social Research Council in collaboration with the University
of Western Australia. Andrew has worked with a range of global government,
industry and charity partners in establishing policy improvements through
applied spatial and temporal environmental analysis.