I am a remote sensing scientist leveraging satellite data to support studies of the natural environment and climate change.

My primary scientific interests and expertise lie in (but are not limited to) time series analyses of optical satellite data, particularly within the context of big data applications. Over the past few years, my work has focused on short- to long-term changes in grassland ecosystems, with particular attention to shifts in ground cover fractions (namely green vegetation, non-photosynthetic vegetation, and soil) and their relationships to environmental and meteorological conditions. Most recently, I have expanded my interests towards agricultural ecosystems and machine learning classification approaches, with the goal of exploring and understanding long-term changes in extensively managed ecosystems complementary to grasslands.
To date, I have had the privilege of working with several research institutions, universities, and private companies across Europe and beyond, contributing to projects funded by the European Commission, NASA, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). These experiences have helped me grow as a researcher and hone both my technical and interpersonal skills.
In my day-to-day work, I use a suite of commercial and open-source tools. My early research relied primarily on IDL/ENVI. Since 2018, I have been an avid GEE user, with several GEE-enabled scientific publications and applications to my name. Most recently, to gain greater control over data pre-processing, I transitioned to using FORCE processing engine, which I integrate into my processing pipelines and complement with an ensemble of R and Python scripts,through workflow engines.

In those (rare) moments when I am outside my office habitat, I am most likely to be found cycling, or fixing bikes / working on my next bike project (n+1). I love being active and exploring the world… but at the end of a day, there is nothing better than to sit down with a book and a mug of (green) tea… happiness is to be found in quiet moments and simple things.