James is an environmental scientist using remote sensing and spatial analysis techniques to monitor environmental change, with broad interests in mapping, coding, playing with and visualising spatial data. James originally joined FoAM in 2018 on secondment from his PhD. He is now a part time research fellow at the University of Exeter, and part time at FoAM, where he will be helping to modify the Sonic Kayaks to allow people with visual impairments to kayak independently, guided by geolocated sounds.