Hydrological assessment with satellite and ground based measurements. A special focus on: Impact evaluation for regenerative agriculture. We analyze, evaluate and recommend.
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Education and fieldwork facilitation focused on hydrological or other environmental topics.
MSc thesis and fieldwork on a socio-hydrological framework for smallholder farmers in Marathwada, Maharashtra, India. How choosing cash crops and droughts drives the situation of smallholder farmers to a very precarious one.
During my time at Research Consultancy FutureWater I was responsible for the execution of the project ThirdEye, where UAVs were enabled to assist local farmers in Mozambique in their daily agricultural practices. My position was part of the YEP programmes.
During my time at VanderSat I focused on Agricultural applications of Satellite Remote Sensing, in particular for irrigation. I lead a project to advance Water Productivity with the help of data. The project encouraged me to start a PhD in observing waterlogging from space. A pressing issue in agriculture, especially in the sugarcane plantation we studied in Mozambique.
In May 2023 I succesfully defended my PhD "Monitoring waterlogging from space - Observations from an irrigated sugarcane plantation." A very transformative journey on a personal and professional level. Throughout my PhD I worked as a Remote Sensing Scientist. While sometimes challenging to balance workload, my working environment has always been very supportive.
VanderSat got aqcuired by Planet in 2022 and so did my job as a Remote Sensing Scientist. More and more the focus was on building scalable satellite products that could be used for any type of agriculture. But it more and more creeped in that I did not want to contribute to just any type of agriculture, especially knowing the many environmental problems we face today result from industrial agriculture.
I concluded in these past years sustainability is not enough. We will not secure our ecosystems for future generations by having just a little less negative impact on our natural surroundings. No, we have to be more radical! Initiate transformation from the roots and go after your highest potential. For me this means on a personal level: to step out of my consumerist self and co-create a community where ecological produce is abundant. And on a professional level: channel everything I know in co-creating and supporting new regenerative agricultural realities.
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