Björn Backeberg
Senior Researcher Environmental Hydrodynamics And Forecasting at Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)
Delft, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBjörn Backeberg is a senior physical oceanographer and research software leader with 15+ years of ocean-climate research experience and eight years focused on building simulation software and data platforms. Based in Delft and serving as Senior Researcher and Product Owner at Deltares, he leads H2020/Horizon Europe work packages to create cloud, HPC and HTC solutions for large Earth-observation datasets and digital twin components. He combines deep domain expertise in numerical ocean modelling and satellite remote sensing with hands-on coding in Python, BASH, Fortran and occasional Matlab to move models from research into operational products. As a member of the Deltares Science Council and former director of the Nansen‑Tutu Centre, he blends strategic science stewardship with team and programme leadership across international collaborations. He has a PhD in physical oceanography and a track record of translating complex observational and modelling work into practical forecasting systems and data services.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Oceanography - Numerical ocean modelling, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physical Oceanography - Numerical ocean modelling at University of Cape TownMaster’s Degree, Physical oceanography - Numerical ocean modelling and satellite remote sensing, Master’s Degree, Physical oceanography - Numerical ocean modelling and satellite remote sensing at University of Bergen (UiB)
English, German, Afrikaans, Norwegian, Dutch
Github Skills (27)
porting7
transfer-learning7
structured-data6
snakemake6
computer-vision5
natural-language-processing5
ensemble-learning5
gluon5
python5
pytorch4
data-science4
automl4
time-series4
machine-learning4
deep-learning4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
backeb/sea_search_area_calculator
Jun 2019 - Jun 2022
Use real-time wind (and ocean current coming soon) forecasts to calculate search areas coordinates for persons/objects lost at sea.
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
pythonpersonscoming-soonoceannotebook
backeb/notebooks
Oct 2018 - Jul 2023
Contributions:27 pushes in 4 years 10 months
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