DrOmosalewa Odebiri

Dr Omosalewa Odebiri is an environmental scientist and research fellow specialising in environmental science, ecology, remote sensing, and climate-change mitigation. His research focuses on understanding how terrestrial, freshwater, and coastal ecosystems respond to environmental change, and how nature-based solutions can be used to improve ecosystem condition, support carbon management, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

His work integrates field ecology, environmental monitoring, geospatial analytics, remote sensing, machine learning, and quantitative modelling to support evidence-based environmental management. He has worked across soil carbon systems, coastal and freshwater vegetation, farm dams, seagrass and kelp ecosystems, and aquatic greenhouse gas monitoring. His research aims to improve the monitoring, restoration, and sustainable management of ecosystems that are critical for climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and environmental decision-making.

His current projects include:

• Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from farm dams to assess how management interventions, such as livestock exclusion and improved water-quality management, can reduce methane emissions and support more sustainable agricultural landscapes.
• Monitoring coastal and marine benthic habitats using Sentinel-2 imagery, bathymetry, environmental datasets, and spatial modelling to support operational ecosystem monitoring and management in Port Phillip Bay.
• Advancing nature-based climate solutions in aquatic ecosystems, including teal carbon and blue carbon systems, by linking carbon dynamics, ecosystem condition, and restoration opportunities.
• Developing geospatial and machine-learning tools for environmental decision-making, including remote sensing models, spatial dashboards, and predictive frameworks for mapping ecosystem change, carbon stocks, and environmental risk.
• Supporting applied environmental management and policy translation through interdisciplinary collaborations with academic, government, and industry partners.