Jose Safanelli
Research Scientist at Woodwell Climate Research Center
Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJose Safanelli is a research scientist with nine years of experience applying geospatial modeling, remote sensing, and machine learning to soil, cropland, and agricultural monitoring. Based at Woodwell Climate Research Center, he advances soil spectroscopy and soil carbon measurement efforts that inform large-scale environmental and policy decisions. His background spans academic and government-focused projects in Brazil and Europe, delivering mapping and monitoring products used by federal agencies such as MAPA and CONAB. Jose combines hands-on field soil sampling and spectroscopy with cloud-scale analysis using tools like Google Earth Engine, reflecting both practical and computational expertise. He holds a Doctor of Science in Agriculture and an MBA, bridging technical research with applied programmatic impact. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of translating complex spectral and remote-sensing data into operational products that support national agricultural programs.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business adminstration, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business adminstration at MBA USP/EsalqB.Sc in Agronomy Agriculture, B.Sc in Agronomy Agriculture at Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaCertificate program in agriculture Agronomical sciences, Certificate program in agriculture Agronomical sciences at CEDUP Vidal RamosEscola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz"
English, Portuguese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (71)
elevation10
soil10
heightmap10
spectral10
geospatial-visualization10
google-earth10
geopandas9
folium9
google-earth-engine9
geopackage9
earth9
agriculture9
terrain9
landsat9
earth-engine9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
zecojls/downloadSoilGridsV2
Oct 2020 - Nov 2022
R scripts for downloading SoilGrids v2 data
Contributions:9 commits, 1 PR, 8 pushes in 2 years 1 month
downloadingr-scriptsrstats
zecojls/tagee
Apr 2020 - Dec 2022
Terrain Analysis in Google Earth Engine
Contributions:22 commits, 5 PRs, 28 pushes in 2 years 8 months
landsatgeotiffgoogle-earth-engineearthearth-engine
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