Analytical & technical skills: machine learning, self-supervised learning, pattern recognition, artificial neural nets, PLSR, random forest, clustering, classification, SVM, recurrence analysis, time series analysis, smoothing, filtering, data assimilation, radiative transfer modelingThematic interests: natural resource management and nature-based solutions (NBS), agriculture, forestry, geoinformation, drought monitoring, precision farming, agricultural intelligence, land cover mapping, change detection, disturbance mapping, land surface phenology, index based insurance, food security, yield forecasting, SOC stock assessment (soils/forest)Platforms & sensors: Optical multi-spectral satellites and airborne/orbital imaging spectrometer such as Sentinel-2, Landsat, MODIS, Pleiades, WorldView, AVHRR, HyMap, HySens, DAISFull waveform (GEDI) LiDAR Other sensor modalities such as Radar and Thermal, UAV