Professor David Bruce

David is a Professorial Research Fellow in Earth Observation (EO) at Flinders University and a faculty member of the International Space University. In the past David was an Associate Head of the School of Natural and Built Environments in the University of South Australia and leader of the Environmental and Geospatial Sciences discipline. In July 2024 David completed eight years as adjunct professor and associate professor at the University of South Australia and moved to Flinders University in 2016. David had had a long career in Earth Observation (remote sensing) and geospatial science in both government and academia; in the latter David has taught until 2026, at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He continues to supervise PhD students and undertake research, which is currently focused on the analysis of high spatial resolution satellite multi-spectral and multi-polarimetric SAR images for environmental applications. Current research projects using EO are focused on forest plantation health, urban tree canopy, thermal patterns and observations, shallow water marine water and coastal dunes analysis.