Laura Read
Laura is a geospatial analyst with expertise in GIS, statistical analysis, and user experience design, applying these skills to transdisciplinary problem-led research in marine and terrestrial ecosystems. She holds a BSc in Environmental Science and Geographic Information Science and a BBus in Sustainable Enterprise and Design. At EnviroStrat, she leverages her geospatial expertise to support impact investment projects, ecosystem restoration, and nature-based solutions. Day-to-day, Laura utilises Python, R, PostgreSQL, and QGIS. She brings a technical and analytical perspective to sustainable resource management and blue economy development, with a particular interest in utilising deep learning, remote sensing, and ocean condition models.
Sessions
ORA Reefs aims to restore degraded rocky reef ecosystems across Tīkapa Moana by removing large-scale kina barrens. To support marine habitat identification and monitoring, we are developing a classification pipeline in Python and QGIS. Using the Depth-Invariant Index to isolate seabed reflectance from water column reflectance.