MSc STUDENT
Ameera Yacoob
Position: Student
Discipline: Hydrology
Centre: Centre for Water Resources Research (CWRR)
School: School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Campus: Agriculture Campus
Room no./Building: Rabie Saunders Building
Email: 218023873@stu.ukzn.ac.za
Biography
I am Ameera Yacoob, an MSc in Hydrology candidate and a recent graduate with an honours degree in hydrology (Cum Laude). I received the Roland Shulze award for the top third-year hydrology student proceeding with hydrology honours and am a Golden Key International Honour Society member. My research is part of a WRC project that uses drone technology for crop health assessment and evapotranspiration estimation.
Qualifications
BSc Hydrology and Soil Science
BSc Honours in Hydrology
Current Research Projects
Leveraging the Google Earth Engine to analyse very high spatial resolution unmanned aerial vehicle data to guide and inform precision agriculture in smallholder farms
Recently Completed Projects (2020-23)
Investigating microbial water quality in household water storage in Pietermaritzburg
Hobbies and Interests
Reading books and partaking in outreach projects