Summary
Elliot Simon is a PhD-trained atmospheric data scientist and Senior R&D Engineer specializing in measurement systems and methods for renewable energy, with 11 years of experience combining hands-on instrumentation, remote sensing, and data infrastructure. Based in Copenhagen, he leads measurement R&D at DTU Wind and Energy Systems while also serving as Technical Director at Renewables Inc., bridging academic research and practical deployment. His background spans meteorology, test & measurement, and software engineering, enabling end-to-end solutions from sensor design to data pipelines and analysis. A former NCAR visiting scientist with international study and work experience, he pairs rigorous experimental methods with pragmatic engineering to improve wind resource assessment and measurement reliability. Notably, he brings both operational leadership and deep technical fluency—able to debug field systems as comfortably as he designs reproducible research workflows.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree (dual degree), Bachelor's degree (dual degree) at Florida State University
Hiroshima University
NCSSS High School Diploma, NCSSS High School Diploma at Center for Advanced Technologies (CAT)
Master’s Degree, Master’s Degree at Uppsala University
Technical University of Denmark
Post-Graduate Study Program (Fraunhofer IWES), Post-Graduate Study Program (Fraunhofer IWES) at University of Kassel
Norwegian, Japanese, Danish, Swedish, German, Spanish, English