Dr Roxane Francis

Roxane Francis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Ecosystem Science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Her research spans field‑based ecology, analytical chemistry, drone technology, and advanced remote sensing, with a strong focus on understanding and monitoring freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.

A major component of her work involves the analysis of satellite imagery and other remotely sensed data to map ecosystem extent, function, and change across large spatial scales. She has extensive experience using Landsat and other Earth observation time series within cloud‑based platforms such as Google Earth Engine and the Digital Earth Australia Sandbox, developing scalable and reproducible workflows for ecosystem mapping, surface water estimation, and automated classification aligned with the Global Ecosystem Typology.

Her broader research includes waterbird monitoring and management in Australia and Botswana; the use of portable X‑ray fluorescence (pXRF), stable isotope analysis (SIA), and ICP‑MS to investigate diet, provenance, and toxic exposure; and the application of drones and machine learning to collect and analyse ecological data. Roxane is highly proficient in R, Python, and JavaScript, integrates field and remote sensing data seamlessly, and combines strong computational skills with extensive experience working in remote field environments.