Lauren Attfield

Lauren is a postdoctoral researcher and the data practice lead for the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. She is broadly interested in developing analysis approaches for geospatial data to improve interoperability and quality of evidence; such as considering how data from different sources or at different resolutions or extents can be integrated, and how best to quantify and communicate uncertainty.

Lauren previously worked for Natural England where she provided statistics and data science expertise to evidence projects under Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment programme, including working with data providers and evidence users to improve accuracy and interpretation of derived data products. Lauren’s background is in applied mathematics, holding an MMath Mathematics from the University of Oxford, after which she completed a PhD in zoonotic disease ecology at Imperial College London in collaboration with the Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, UCL.