Javier Fourcade
Investigador Principal at Data Observatory
Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Summary
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Top SchoolJavier Fourcade is a landscape ecologist and remote sensing researcher with over a decade of experience combining UAVs, hyperspectral imaging, LiDAR and machine learning to map biodiversity, biomass and ecosystem functions. As Principal Investigator at Data Observatory and Assistant Professor at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez since 2021, he translates cutting‑edge imaging and structural equation modeling into practical monitoring tools for invasive species detection, fire impacts and land‑use change. He earned a Dr. rer. nat. from KIT (Germany) and brings a strong applied geomatics background from the Universidad de Chile, bridging academic research with government and observatory collaborations. An active presenter across Europe and the Americas and member of IAVS, ISPRS and GEOBON, he uniquely couples field‑scale botanical insight with scalable remote sensing workflows.
10 years of coding experience
Ingeniero en Recursos Naturales Renovables, Ingeniero en Recursos Naturales Renovables at Universidad de Chile
Spanish, English, German
Github Skills (30)
python9
lidar-data8
linear-models7
rust7
change-detection6
lidar6
tidymodels6
google-earth-engine6
landsat6
r-package6
random-forest5
matplotlib5
algorithm4
data-science4
arima4
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JavierLopatin/JavierLopatin.github.io
Mar 2024 - Mar 2026
Contributions:9 PRs, 141 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years
JavierLopatin/PLS-Path-Modeling
Jan 2016 - Apr 2020
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes in 4 years 3 months
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