Prof. Abel Ramoelo is the Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, and the associate professor at the University of Pretoria. He undertakes inter- and multi-disciplinary research focusing on developing and improving techniques for extracting mapping vegetation health assessment, species (including invasive), biochemistry, and productivity as well as water quality and quantity using optical (hyperspectral and multispectral) and active (LiDAR, and SAR) remote sensing data at various scales, for informing decision about natural resource and environmental management (i.e., biodiversity conservation, land degradation, climate change impact, water resources), and food security. He is also involved in projects focusing on land use, cover mapping, and change detection in natural, agricultural and urban landscapes. He published over 90 peer-reviewed scientific and conference papers and is also a member of the Editorial Board of the ISPRS International Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geo-Information Science. He successfully supervised over 25 MScs and PhDs. 

Abel is currently serving as Treasurer of the African Association on Remote Sensing of Environment (AARSE).