Dominique Weber
Technical Specialist at Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolDominique Weber is a Technical Specialist and environmental scientist based in Zurich with 14 years of experience applying remote sensing and spatial analysis to ecology, conservation, and forest management. At WSL he focuses on geodata, land monitoring and large-scale land cover datasets, combining rigorous field‑oriented science with scalable data products. He is fluent in R, Python and Java, and has a track record in algorithm development, project management, teaching and scientific publishing from roles at BFH and WSL. Dominique’s background in software engineering (federal diploma) and early industry experience give him a rare ability to bridge robust software practices with ecological research. He routinely verifies and integrates remote sensing outputs for operational monitoring, turning complex spatial data into actionable insights for conservation and forest inventory. Colleagues value him for translating technical complexity into clear, usable datasets and for pursuing practical innovations in forest‑focused remote sensing.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Environmental Science at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesMaster of Science - MSc, Environmental Science, Master of Science - MSc, Environmental Science at University of ZurichFederal Diploma in Information Technology including Federal Vocational Baccalaureate, Computer Software Engineering, Federal Diploma in Information Technology including Federal Vocational Baccalaureate, Computer Software Engineering at bildxzug
German, English, French, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (24)
r-package9
proj9
spatial8
r7
gdal7
geos7
agriculture6
convex-hull6
polygon6
ckan4
change-detection4
monitoring3
plugin2
google-docs2
mediawiki2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dominiqueweber/test-issues
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:3 branches, 2 issues in 1 month
jrasinma/semanticbot
Apr 2012 - Apr 2013
Contributions:13 commits in 11 months
semantic-datasemantic-mediawikidata-integrationgoogle-docssemantic
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