Hans Van Der Kwast
Associate Professor Of Open Science And Digital Innovation
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolHans Van Der Kwast is an Associate Professor of Open Science and Digital Innovation with over 20 years’ expertise in GIS, remote sensing and hydrological modelling, currently based at IHE Delft. He combines academic leadership and hands-on capacity building through his consultancy QWAST-GIS, free OpenCourseWare materials, and certified QGIS training. A prolific open-source contributor, he developed the widely used PCRaster Tools plugin (60,000+ downloads), co-authored “QGIS for Hydrological Applications,” and runs a popular YouTube channel with 25,000+ subscribers. His work bridges research, software development and practical implementation of spatial data infrastructures for the water sector, often in international and development contexts. Well connected within the QGIS developer community and a co-founder of the Dutch QGIS User Group, he translates cutting-edge GIS tools into accessible training and operational solutions.
14 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
VWO, VWO at Comenius CollegeMSc Physical Geography (GIS Remote Sensing), MSc Physical Geography (GIS Remote Sensing) at Utrecht University
English, French, Spanish, German, arabic (moroccan), Dutch, Latin, Swahili
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (85)
notebook10
wps10
gdal10
data-management10
spatial10
openstreetmap10
ogc10
qgis10
tms10
shapefile10
system-information10
jupyter10
wcs10
wms10
jupyter-notebook10
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
jvdkwast/PyQGIS_Hydro
Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
Contributions:34 commits, 2 PRs, 36 pushes in 2 years 6 months
hydrologicalpythonpyqgis
jvdkwast/PyQGISTutorials
Dec 2020 - Jun 2022
Jupyter Notebooks with PyQGIS Tutorials
Contributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 1 year 6 months
pythonjupyter-notebookpyqgisipywidgetsnotebooks
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