Chris Waigl
Research Associate (Academic)
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
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Top SchoolChris Waigl is a research-focused geophysicist and software-savvy remote sensing scientist with 17 years of experience building validated data products to understand Arctic and boreal change, especially wildfire dynamics. Based in Fairbanks, he blends scientific programming (Python, R, Fortran, C) and GIS with operational web and database engineering (Django, PostGIS, MySQL) to move research tools into production-ready workflows. His work spans satellite and aerial thermal/infrared imaging, hyperspectral surveys, inverse modeling, and dynamical downscaling to create application-relevant datasets for fire behavior, river ice, and vegetation change. Prior roles in client-facing engineering and technology operations give him a rare mix of field instrumentation, operational support for large facilities, and product-oriented software delivery. He is trilingual (English, French, German) and an advocate for reproducible science, often integrating automation and internationalization into research pipelines. A background that includes ARM facility operations and teaching GIS/programming rounds out a profile equally comfortable with calibration trips to remote sites and production data services.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Geophysics / Remote Sensing, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Geophysics / Remote Sensing at University of Alaska FairbanksDipl.-Phys. Physics, Dipl.-Phys. Physics at Heidelberg UniversityVordiplom Physics, Vordiplom Physics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
English, German, French
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Github Skills (67)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
chryss/pygaarst
Sep 2013 - May 2021
Contributions:67 commits, 24 pushes, 3 branches in 7 years 8 months
pythongeospatialsensingremote-sensinggeospatial-analysis
chryss/pygaarst-scripts
Jul 2017 - May 2021
Contributions:7 pushes, 2 issues in 3 years 9 months
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