Carlos Silva
Assistant Professor Of Quantitative Forest Science
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolCarlos Silva is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Forest Science at the University of Florida who blends remote sensing, AI, and quantitative ecology to advance understanding of forest structure, biomass, and disturbance dynamics. With 11 years of experience and a PhD in Natural Resources, he develops open-source tools (rGEDI, TreeTop, rLiDAR, ForestGapR, leafR, ICESat2VegR) that translate LiDAR, optical, and SAR data into actionable insights for carbon monitoring and sustainable management. His work, supported by over $9M in funding and leadership on multiple NASA, NSF, USDA, and JFSP projects, bridges academic research and practical policy needs. Previously at the University of Maryland and NASA centers, he combines deep algorithmic expertise with field-informed validation across scales from TLS plots to satellite footprints. Notably, he directs SilvaLab to democratize advanced remote sensing methods, making high-precision forest metrics broadly accessible to scientists and land managers.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Resources, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Natural Resources at University of IdahoForestry, LiDAR remote sensing - Aplicação da tecnologia LiDAR ao Inventário Florestal, Forestry, LiDAR remote sensing - Aplicação da tecnologia LiDAR ao Inventário Florestal at Universidade de São Paulo / USP
English
Github Skills (33)
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r-package10
airborne10
scanning10
dynamics9
visualization8
ecosystem8
hierarchical7
forestry7
data-visualization6
modeling6
tree5
ecology4
mls4
soil4
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
carlos-alberto-silva/ForestGapR
Dec 2018 - Oct 2020
ForestGapR: An R Package for Airborne Laser Scanning-derived Tropical Forest Gaps Analysis
Contributions:1 release, 103 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year 10 months
r-packagetropicallasergapsairborne
carlos-alberto-silva/weblidar-treetop
Feb 2021 - Nov 2021
Contributions:98 commits, 93 pushes in 9 months
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