Ferdinando Urbano
Scientific Officer at European Commission
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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Top SchoolFerdinando Urbano is a Scientific Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre with over a decade of experience applying GIS, spatial databases, and data management to agricultural and environmental policy. He has a long track record as an independent consultant for European research institutes, national parks and international organizations, translating complex spatial data into actionable insights for policy and conservation. Trained with a PhD from Università IUAV di Venezia and a master’s from Politecnico di Milano, he blends strong academic grounding with pragmatic, project-driven delivery. His work spans technical roles—GIS and spatial database expert—and policy-facing roles within the Common Agricultural Policy domain, giving him rare fluency across science, technology and governance. Based in Milan, he is known for bridging interdisciplinary teams and long-term consultancies into scalable data products that inform EU decision-making. A less obvious strength is his sustained ability to operate both as a hands-on technical specialist and as a trusted advisor for multi-stakeholder environmental projects.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master degree (Laurea - 5 years), Master degree (Laurea - 5 years) at Politecnico di MilanoProfessional master, Professional master at Istituto Agronomico per l'OltremareDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Università IUAV di Venezia
English, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Github Skills (2)
sensu10
monitoring7
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
feurbano/corsoparchi
Feb 2021 - Jul 2021
Contributions:197 pushes, 5 branches in 5 months
EUROMAMMALS/eurodeer_db
Mar 2016 - Feb 2021
Contributions:174 commits, 166 pushes in 4 years 11 months
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