Christopher Anderson
Science Lead, Forest Ecosystems at Planet
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Anderson is a Science Lead specializing in forest ecosystems who designs and builds satellite-based forest monitoring systems to reveal how ecosystems — and the people in them — are changing. With 11 years of experience spanning field-forward airborne campaigns at the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to founding and serving as CTO of conservation tech startup Salo Sciences, he blends hands-on engineering, remote sensing, and ecological science. At Planet Labs he translates high-resolution satellite data into operational tools for tracking forest structure and change at scale. He holds a PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Stanford and an undergraduate background in plant sciences, giving him deep domain expertise that informs pragmatic technical solutions. Known for bridging ecology, space, and design, he has a track record of turning complex scientific workflows into production-ready systems that serve conservation and decision-making.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa CruzDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Stanford University
Github Skills (44)
ecology10
conda-forge10
biodiversity-informatics10
insar10
maxent10
conda10
forge10
geospatial10
spectral10
biogeography10
satellite10
earth-engine10
modeling10
earth-observation9
classification9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
earth-chris/earthlib-legacy
Jun 2018 - Nov 2022
Spectral endmembers and unmixing tools for satellite land cover mapping.
Contributions:2 reviews, 273 commits, 43 PRs in 4 years 5 months
sentinel-1satellite-imageryunmixinginsarsatellite
stanford-ccb/ccb
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022
Convenience functions and scripts to support species distribution modeling (SDM), including a python wrapper for MaxEnt
Contributions:99 commits, 3 PRs, 44 pushes in 3 years 11 months
pythonsdmpython-wrapperconvenience-functionspython-bindings
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