Expert Interviews
Who is behind the science? We ask researchers to share their stories and opinions about the their work and potential implications.
Martijn Witjes is a PhD candidate at OpenGeohub Foundation, focusing on large-scale spatiotemporal land cover modeling. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Joaquin van Peborgh is Director of Product at OpenEarth Foundation. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Quentin Groom is the lead of the Biodiversity Informatics team at Meise Botanic Garden in Belgium, and part of the B-cubed project. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Paolo Filippucci (PhD) is a research fellow at the Hydrology group of the Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection (IRPI) of Italian National Research Council (CNR). Following this presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Peter A. Strobl is a Senior Scientist at European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Dr. Joan Masó (m) is a Principal investigator of CREAF leading specialized group on geospatial interoperability, GIS, remote sensing. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Florian Franziskakis has been working at the GEO Secretariat since 2019 where he was involved in the technical development of the GEO Knowledge Hub, and is now coordinating in situ related activities in GEO. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Dr. Diego Soto Gómez is a postdoctoral researcher in the field of soil science, with expertise in areas such as soil physics and microbiology, tomography, image analysis and hydrology. Currently, he conducts his research at the University of Vigo (UVigo). Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Peter Zellner is a geographer with a focus on geoinformatics, remote sensing and their application to environmental topics. Adhering to openness in research, data and software, he is involved with the ADO Project (Alpine Drought Observatory), led by Eurac Research. Following his presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Edzer Pebesma leads the spatiotemporal modelling lab at the Institute for Geoinformatics of the University of Münster. He is author of the book “Spatial Data Science: With applications in R” which appeared in May this year in print and is entirely available online on https://r-spatial.org/book/. Edzer is one of the initiators of openEO, a fresh approach to working with Earth observation data cubes in the cloud, and is an active contributor to the R-spatial community. Following this presentation, he was asked a few questions by OEMC’s Working Package 8 OpenGeoHub’s communication experts.
Luca Brocca is Director of Research at the National Research Council, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection of (CNR-IRPI) in Perugia. His main research interest lies in the development of innovative methods for exploiting satellite observations (soil moisture, rainfall, river discharge) for hydrological applications including floods, landslides, rainfall, droughts, irrigation, and water resources management.
Prof. Gordon Blair is the Head of Environmental Digital Strategy at UKCEH.