Todd Sajwaj - Remote Sensing Scientist
My name is Todd and I have just begun my new role of Remote Sensing Scientist with APEM’s research and development group in Oxford.
I earned my BSc from the University of Minnesota in Ecology and an MSc in Ecology from the University of North Dakota. During this time, I spent three years managing projects to assess the population demographics, movement patterns and habitat utilisation of several species of turtles in central Minnesota for the U.S Army National Guard. Discovering that society’s need for turtle ecologists was very marginal, I pursued a second MSc at Utah State University in Geography, particularly the ecological applications of remote sensing, statistics and plant ecology. Following my education, I spent several years employed by the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Geological Survey mapping plant communities across broad regions of the western US (notably Nevada) via satellite imagery and considerable amounts of ground truth data. While these positions gave me the opportunity to learn a great deal about the vegetation ecology of the western deserts and mountains, working alone in these large unpopulated regions provided too many opportunities to converse with the various shrubs and trees.
I emigrated to the UK in 2006 after I had met an English lady whilst on a cycling holiiday in Spain - we are now located in Oxford with our 2 children. In my spare time, I am coming to grips with the flora of Oxfordshire, active with my local bat and amphibian/reptile groups and can be seen herding our kids along the country walks around Oxford.
