Lauren Koerner

Lauren Koerner is the MSC Climate Change Spatial Analyst, she is supervised by MSC Principal Scientist Katie Longo, and works to strengthen the scientific evidence that supports the MSC program.

Lauren is currently focused on geospatial analysis of climate change risk to MSC fisheries. This research work aims to find how fisheries might adapt and mitigate against climate change effects. 

Prior to working at the MSC, Lauren was trained in Environmental Modelling and Management at King’s College London (KCL) where she gained postgraduate experience in using machine learning for environmental remote sensing and GIS to explore environmental change. 

Since joining the MSC Lauren has worked on managing MSC data, building reporting dashboards for colleagues to gain insights on the program, and geospatial analytics of fisheries certified to the MSC Fisheries Standard.

MSc. in Environmental Modelling and Management, King’s College London​ 

Thesis - Use of Sentinel-2 and machine learning in Google Earth Engine for mapping invasive Psidium cattleianum (strawberry guava) in tropical forests of Mauritius

BSc in Environmental Studies from State University of New York at Binghamton​ 

Thesis - Biochar for agricultural soil amendments: An overview and cautions for temperate region application