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Personal profile
Personal profile
Professor Andrew Skidmore is a graduate in forestry from the Australian National University (ANU), he worked for 10 years with the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales (NSW) and undertook a PhD in remote sensing and GIS at the Australian National University. In 1991 he moved to the School of Geography, University of New South Wales, and also worked as member and later Director of the Centre for Remote Sensing and GIS. As Head of the Department of Natural Resource for 19 years from 1997 Professor Skidmore maintained an ongoing interest in vegetation mapping and monitoring, while recent research includes wildlife habitat assessment in East Africa, hyperspectral remote sensing, AI techniques for handling geoinformation and accuracy assessment.
Teaching
Coursework teaching in:
Advanced GIS, Management and Application of GIS, Remote Sensing Applications, Environmental GIS, Vegetation Science, (Spatial) Statistics.
Research interests
ERC Grant 2019
The overall aim of an European Research Council Advanced Grant, awarded to Prof Skidmore from 2019-2024, is to monitor biodiversity by upscaling field observations and genomic eDNA information using next generation satellite remote sensing.
Activities in research
Vegetation mapping and monitoring have been his main ongoing research theme, while recent research includes wildlife habitat assessment in East Africa, hyperspectral remote sensing, AI techniques for handling geoinformation and accuracy assessment.
International Journal Editorial Board Member
- International Journal of Geographical Information Systems (1995 - present)
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (1996 - present)
- International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (1997-present)
- International Journal of Geo-Information (2012-present)
Activities in capacity development
Professor Skidmore has undertaken wide-ranging consulting and advisory service work in Australia, Asia and Africa.
Research interests
Research prizes
- Schlich Medal 1983. This gold medal is presented from a British Commonwealth trust fund collected by public subscription.
- The Australian Academy of Science and The Institute of Foresters of Australia M.R. Jacobs Award 1986.
- The Institute of Foresters of Australia Hedges Bequest 1987. This annual award is presented to the author of the best paper published in Australian Forestry.
- The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1990 Autometric Award. This award is to stimulate development and recognise achievement in the field of photographic interpretation through special acknowledgment of the superior publication on the various aspects of imagery interpretation.
- The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 1997 ESRI Award. This award recognises the best GIS paper published in 1997.
- The European Association for Remote Sensing 2003 Best Conference paper presentation Award for: Mutanga, O., and Skidmore, A.K., 2003. Continuum-removed absorption features estimate savanna pasture quality in situ. 3rd EARSeL Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy, 13-16 May, 2003. EARSeL, Herrshing, Germany.
- The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2005 John J Davidson's award for the best practical paper published in 2005. Mapping coastal vegetation using an expert system and hyperspectral imagery.
- The 8th AGILE conference held in Portugal in 2005: "Remote sensing and GIS for mapping and management of invasive shrub Chromolaena odorata in Nepal" recieved the best remote sensing paper award as well as the second best conference paper award.
- The Talbert Abrams Award 2015 - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2nd place)
- 2015 John J. Davidson President’s Award for Practical Papers - American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2nd place)
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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OBSGESSION: Observation of Ecosystem Changes for Action
Skidmore, A. (PI), Huesca Martinez, M. (CoI), Abdullah, H. J. (CoI), Neinavaz, E. (CoI), Siegenthaler, A. (CoI) & Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (CoI)
1/01/24 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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E-shape: EuroGEO Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe
Skidmore, A. (PI), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (CoPI) & Neinavaz, E. (CoI)
1/05/19 → 30/04/23
Project: Research
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NextGEOSS: Next Generation GEOSS for Innovation Business
Skidmore, A. (PI), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (CoPI) & Neinavaz, E. (CoI)
1/12/16 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
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Bounding box versus point annotation: The impact on deep learning performance for animal detection in aerial images
Xu, Z., Wang, T., Skidmore, A. K., Lamprey, R. H. & Ngene, S., Apr 2025, In: ISPRS journal of photogrammetry and remote sensing. 222, p. 99-111 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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eDNA biodiversity from space: predicting soil bacteria and fungi alpha diversity in forests using DESIS satellite remote sensing
Skidmore, A. K., Abdullah, H., Siegenthaler, A., Wang, T., Adiningrat, D. P., Rousseau, M., Duan, Y., Torres Rodriguez, A., Heurich, M., Chariton, A. A., Darvishzadeh, R., Neinavaz, E. & de Groot, A., 20 Mar 2025, (E-pub ahead of print/First online) In: International journal of remote sensing. 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Fusing aerial photographs and airborne LiDAR data to improve the accuracy of detecting individual trees in urban and peri-urban areas
Xu, Y., Wang, T. & Skidmore, A. K., Mar 2025, In: Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 105, p. 1-12 12 p., 128696.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Ground-lying deadwood volume promotes soil beta diversity but not alpha diversity in European temperate forests
Rousseau, M., de Groot, G. A., Skidmore, A. K., Siegenthaler, A., Laros, I., Heurich, M., Adiningrat, D. P. & Neinavaz, E., 18 Jun 2025, In: Plant and Soil. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Integrating process-based vegetation modelling with high-resolution imagery to assess bark beetle infestation and land surface temperature effects on forest net primary productivity
Abdullah, H., Neinavaz, E., Darvishzadeh, R., Huesca Martinez, M., Skidmore, A. K., Lindeskog, M., Smith, B., Heurich, M., Steinbrecher, R. & Paganini, M., Jan 2025, In: Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment. 37, 15 p., 101499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile20 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Leaf traits and infrared spectra of 20 plant species
Buitrago Acevedo, M. F. (Creator), Groen, T. (Creator), Skidmore, A. (Creator) & Hecker, C. (Creator), DATA Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), 8 Jul 2016
DOI: 10.17026/dans-xs2-44qq, https://www.persistent-identifier.nl/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-y1-4wlc
Dataset
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Development and Validation of a Dense 18-Year Time Series of Surface Water Fraction Estimates from MODIS for the Mediterranean Region
Li, L. (Creator), Skidmore, A. (Contributor), Vrieling, A. (Contributor) & Wang, T. (Contributor), DATA Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), 3 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.17026/dans-xrz-y92s, https://www.persistent-identifier.nl/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-sf-8988
Dataset
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Evaluation of a new 18-year MODIS-derived surface water fraction dataset for constructing Mediterranean wetland surface water dynamics
Li, L. (Creator), Vrieling, A. (Creator), Skidmore, A. (Creator) & Wang, T. (Creator), DATA Archiving and Networked Services (DANS), 9 Jan 2020
DOI: 10.17026/dans-x7c-atbt, https://www.persistent-identifier.nl/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-t3-zueb
Dataset
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Changes in thermal infrared spectra of plants caused by temperature and water stress
Buitrago Acevedo, M. F. (Creator), Groen, T. (Creator), Hecker, C. (Creator) & Skidmore, A. (Creator), University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), 1 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.17026/dans-28e-eu2d, https://www.persistent-identifier.nl/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-fj1l-vy
Dataset
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LiDAR reveals a preference for intermediate visibility by a forest-dwelling ungulate species: Deer locational data
Zong, X. (Creator), Wang, T. (Creator), Skidmore, A. (Creator) & Heurich, M. (Creator), Zenodo, 17 Nov 2022
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.15dv41p1d, https://zenodo.org/record/7332478
Dataset
Prizes
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American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Autometric Award
Skidmore, A. (Recipient), 1990
Prize
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American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ESRI Award
Skidmore, A. (Recipient), 1996
Prize
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ITC Research Award for the Best Scientific Paper
Shi, Y. (Recipient), Wang, T. (Contributor) & Skidmore, A. (Contributor), 2019
Prize
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ITC Research Award for the Best Scientific Paper
Zhu, X. (Recipient), Wang, T. (Contributor), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor), Skidmore, A. K. (Contributor) & Niemann, K. O. (Contributor), 2016
Prize
Activities
- 5 Oral presentation
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From Pixels to Microbes: Harnessing Image spectroscopy DESIS data and eDNA for Forest Microbiome Mapping
Skidmore, A. (Contributor), Abdullah, H. J. (Speaker), Siegenthaler, A. (Contributor), Adiningrat, D. P. (Contributor), Duan, Y. (Contributor), Rousseau, M. S. D. (Contributor), Torres Rodriguez, A. (Contributor), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor), Wang, T. (Contributor) & de Groot, A. (Contributor)
2 Nov 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Thermal infrared airborne hyperspectral data for vegetation landcover classification in a mixed temperate forest
Korir, H. K. (Speaker), Neinavaz, E. (Contributor), Skidmore, A. (Contributor) & Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor)
22 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Prediction of Leaf Area Index Using Hyperspectral Thermal Infrared Imagery over the Mixed Temperate Forest
Neinavaz, E. (Speaker), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor) & Skidmore, A. (Contributor)
23 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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NextGEOSS Pilot: Remote Sensing-enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables for Biodiversity Monitoring
Neinavaz, E. (Speaker), Skidmore, A. K. (Contributor), Mucher, S. (Contributor), Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor), Hennekens, S. (Contributor), Meijninger, W. (Contributor) & Nieuwenhuis, W. (Contributor)
4 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Prioritizing Remote Sensing Enabled Essential Biodiversity Variables
Skidmore, A. (Speaker), Coops, N. C. (Contributor), Neinavaz, E. (Contributor), Ali, A. M. (Contributor) & Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. (Contributor)
13 May 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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Earth Observation for Biodiversity Modelling (EO4Diversity)
Skidmore, A. K., Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. & Huesca Martinez, M.
29/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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ITC and Bavarian Forest National Park renew data pool agreement
Skidmore, A. K., Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. & Wang, T.
25/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Fighting the nature crisis from space
Skidmore, A. K., Neinavaz, E., Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. & Wang, T.
13/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Early detection of European Spruce Bark Beetles with Remote Sensing Tiny Insect, big Problem
Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R., Skidmore, A. & Abdullah, H. J.
25/07/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Airborne Remote Sensing for Monitoring Essential Biodiversity Variables in Forest Ecosystems (RS4forestEBV)
Darvish (Darvishzadeh), R. & Skidmore, A.
17/09/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research