WEBINAR

Environmental Sensing: Polarimetric LIDARs for Crop Monitoring

Join us for an insightful webinar on how cutting-edge polarimetric LIDAR technology, developed by the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, is revolutionizing precision agriculture by effectively mapping plant water stress and addressing the challenges of feeding a growing global population.

December 17, 2024

7:00 PM UTC

1 hour

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Summary

As discussed at the World Summit on Food Security, the world's population is projected to reach 10 billion by 2050, which will boost increased food production. This challenge and expected modest economic growth stimulated growing interest in Precision Agriculture (PA) techniques, which are crucial for addressing the technological challenges in remote sensing plants' pathogens and water stress. Among these techniques, polarimetric LIDARs stand out as the most advanced and cost-effective sensors, proving their efficiency in precision farming based on remote sensing platforms.

This webinar will present the state-of-the-art polarimetric LIDARs and approach for mapping plants' water stress conditions suggested by Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AIPT). The innovative step vs the current state-of-the-art polarimetric LIDARs will be done by applying all fibre designs and merging polarimetry with existing LIDAR intellectual property patented by Aston.

Speakers

Assoc. Prof. Sergey V. Sergeyev

Associate Professor

Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies, Aston University

Sergey Sergeyev received his MSc and PhD degrees in optics and laser physics from Belarusian State University (BSU), Minsk, in 1985 and 1991, respectively. From 1988 to 1999, he worked at the Department of Physics, BSU in a range of different positions, from Research Assistant to Senior Researcher/Team Leader. As a team leader, he was the PI of projects related to polarisation laser dynamics. From 1999 to 2005, Sergey moved to Sweden and acquired industrial and academic experience by working on erbium-doped fibre amplifiers’ design and characterisation at Ericsson AB, Acreo AB, and Royal Institute of Technology. From 2005 to 2010, he worked at the Optics Research Group (ORG), Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT), Ireland, as a Senior Researcher and PI on projects related to erbium-doped fibre amplifiers and polarisation phenomena in fibre Raman amplifiers and lasers. In 2010, he was awarded a prestigious and very competitive Marie Curie Fellowship as a Senior Researcher and joined AIPT, Aston University. He has since continued employment at AIPT, initially as a Senior Research Fellow (2012-15), AIPT Senior Research Fellow (2015-18), and Associate Research Professorial Fellow (since 2018). He has co-authored over 200 papers in top-rank journals and conference proceedings, five patents, one book and four book chapters.

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