Prof. Doreen S. Boyd currently is a Professor of Earth Observation and Associate Director of the Rights Lab, leading the Lab's Measurement and Geographies Programme. She received a BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Wales, Swansea in 1992, and a PhD (University of Southampton) in 1996. She gained her PGCert in Teaching and Learning in HE in 2002. She has held Lectureships at Manchester, Kingston, and Bournemouth Universities, UK, and between 2004 and 2006, she held the position of Senior Research Leader in Research and Innovation at Ordnance Survey, GB. In 2007 she joined the University of Nottingham as an Associate Professor and was subsequently (in 2013) promoted to Reader and then Professor (in 2019). She won the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) ‘Earth Observations for the SDGs’ (EO4SD) award. She serves on the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Airborne Research and Survey Facility (ARSF) Steering Committee, the EUFAR Scientific and Transnational Access Steering Panel. Her main research interest is in using cutting-edge geospatial data science on standard and novel data streams. The principal data stream is captured by remote sensing systems, including terrestrial-based, unoccupied and occupied aerial systems, and satellites carrying both passive and active sensors.