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Tomislav Hengl

Tomislav Hengl

Co-Founder

Tom Hengl has more than 20 years of experience as an environmental modeler, predictive soil mapper, data scientist and spatial analyst. He has collaborated on projects with numerous international organizations including The Nature ConservancyWoods Hole Research Centrethe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, UNCCD, Africa Soil Information ServicePBL and numerous other organizations.

His extensive experience in spatial prediction and statistically-based modeling has led him to become a widely recognized expert in the areas of Machine Learning and Big Geodata for environmental modeling.

Phone: +31 (0) 317 427537

Email: tom.hengl@envirometrix.net

Education:

  • Post-doc, IBED / University of Amsterdam (Ecology / biodiversity)
  • Post-doc, JRC European Commission (Soil science / Pedometrics)
  • PhD, ITC / Wageningen University (Geoinformation science)
  • MSc, ITC Enschede (Soil Resource Management)

Appointments:

  • 2018–present: Vice-Chair OpenGeoHub Foundation
  • 2018–present: EnvirometriX Ltd., The Netherlands.
  • 2010–2018: Senior researcher, Wageningen University / ISRIC, The Netherlands.
  • 2007–2010: Post-doctoral researcher, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • 2005–2007: Post-doctoral researcher, European Commission JRC, Italy.
  • 1998–2005: PhD student / Ass. Professor, Croatia / The Netherlands.
  • Machine Learning
  • Global soil and vegetation mapping
  • High Performance computing