SES Explorer 2022 - James Kempton

Описание: James won this year's SES Explorer Award for Inspirational & Scientific Trailblazing for EXPEDITION PAYANGKO.

James is a researcher at the University of Oxford. From attaching cameras to birds for studying their soaring energetics, designing algorithms for autonomous drone flight, modelling the spread of infectious diseases, to conducting remote expeditions that discover new animal species, he works across diverse disciplines and mixes fieldwork and mathematical modelling to pursue his research.

James’s expedition aims to be the first scientific expedition to ascend the northern slopes of the Cyclops Mountains in Indonesian New Guinea. The expedition team will collect biological and geological samples from the mountains to discover new species, rediscover lost species (including the enigmatic Attenborough's Long-beaked Echidna), aid in the region's conservation, and support scientific research into the evolutionary diversification of New Guinea's fauna. Furthermore, in collaboration with the local Yongsu people and local NGOs, the expedition aims to develop the Cyclops Mountains as a home for scientific research and conservation.

Supported by The Rowan Bentall Charitable Trust, The O’Hea Charitable Trust, Avocet Insurance Consultants and The Coleridge Family.