David Segersson
Scientist At Swedish Defence Research Institute at FOI, Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut
Greater Linköping Metropolitan Area Sweden
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Top SchoolDavid Segersson is a research scientist and technical lead with 15+ years of experience in urban climate, air quality and environmental modelling, now at the Swedish Defence Research Institute after leading urban climate research at SMHI. He blends scientific rigour—PhD-level work and CFD/Large Eddy Simulation expertise—with hands-on software engineering, using Python, C++, Fortran, high-performance computing and DevOps practices to deliver modelling systems and applications. His portfolio spans international projects from Europe to South America, including operational tools for dynamic shipping-emissions modelling based on AIS and consultancy for major arena projects using OpenFOAM. A productive problem solver, he is actively exploring machine learning and AI to enhance dispersion and urban-environment models, bringing uncommon depth across numerical modelling, geospatial databases and production-grade software.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied environmental science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Applied environmental science at Stockholms universitetMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental and Aquatic Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Environmental and Aquatic Engineering at Uppsala University
Github Skills (10)
gis3
mesh3
delaunay3
scripting2
data-mesh2
triangulation2
abstraction2
python2
data-abstraction1
delaunay-triangulation1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dsegerss/GIS-tools
Mar 2011 - Jul 2019
Contributions:31 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 4 months
SMHI-Apl/OFTools
May 2015 - Sep 2018
Contributions:28 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 4 months
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