Steven Chouto is a researcher with the CCRL. He is currently completing a PhD in physical geography at the University of Maroua (Cameroon). Prior to this, he completed a post-graduate specialisation in space science and technology at the African Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology in Morocco. During this time, he developed skills in statistical methods and geospatial scaling of earth science data. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the analysis of the vulnerability of socio-ecological systems to natural hazards around water resources affected by climate change, through spatial analysis of in situ, and large-scale geospatial and remote sensing data in cloud computing environments.