Experience

Professional experience
Year symbol Date Role Details
2023–present Researcher (formerly Junior Group Leader)
Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Innsbruck, Austria
Remote sensing, geostatistics, and machine learning for geoscience.
2021–2023 Assistant Professor in Geo-Environmental Data Science
Utrecht University
Used machine-learning frameworks to enhance geoscience.
February–fall 2021 Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Geological Sciences, Stanford University
Bridged machine learning and geostatistical simulation in Jef Caers’ Center for Earth Resources Forecasting team.
March–July 2020 Postdoctoral Researcher
Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne
Studied forest regrowth in Vietnam through remote-sensing analysis from 1984 onwards in Christian Kull’s team.
June–August 2016 Intern
CERN OpenLab
Contributed to the GeantV software project for large-scale stochastic simulation of fundamental particles, supervised by Andrei Gheata and Maria Girone.
June–December 2015 Assistant Researcher
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne
Developed a method to complete gaps automatically in point-cloud datasets, supervised by Grégoire Mariéthoz.
March–December 2014 Intern / Research Assistant
cpvrLab, Bern University of Applied Sciences
Developed image-processing and photogrammetric methods for an automatic camera that scans manholes in 3D, supervised by Marcus Hudritsch.

Education

Education
Year symbol Date Degree Details
2016–2020 PhD
Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne
Thesis: Multiple-point geostatistical approaches to spectrally enhance satellite imagery. Supervisor: Grégoire Mariéthoz. Defended 8 January 2020.
2011–2014 Engineering degree
École des Mines d’Alès
General engineering and computer science, with an innovation option.
2008–2011 Preparatory class, MPSI/MP*
Lycée Albert Schweitzer, Mulhouse
Advanced mathematics, physics, and algorithms.

Prizes and Awards

2022 · Google

Google Developer Expert in Earth Engine

2022 · NVIDIA

Academic Hardware Grant Program — A100

2021 · Swiss National Science Foundation

Early Postdoc.Mobility

2019 · International Association for Mathematical Geosciences

Student travel grant

2015 · Intel

Grand Prize, Modern Code Developer Challenge

Skills

Programming

Google Earth Engine
Google Developer Expert
C / C++ / OpenMP
Advanced
MATLAB
Advanced
Python
Advanced
TensorFlow
Advanced
CUDA / OpenGL / OpenCL
Advanced
Shell / Bash
Advanced
Emscripten
Advanced
JavaScript / HTML / CSS
Advanced
Markdown
Advanced
LaTeX
Intermediate
R
Intermediate
Maple
Intermediate
Java
Intermediate
SQL
Intermediate
OWL / SPARQL
Intermediate

Interfacing

  • MATLAB ⇄ Python
  • Python ⇄ C/C++
  • MATLAB ⇄ C/C++

Software

  • Sublime Text
  • Git
  • Illustrator
  • Microsoft Office
  • Cinema 4D
  • QGIS

Languages

French
Native
English
Professional
German
Basic