Karsten Spaans is a Head of Research and Development with 16 years of experience specializing in large-scale InSAR and Earth observation systems, currently leading R&D at SatSense from the Greater Annecy area. He combines a PhD in Geophysics and Geodesy with hands-on engineering to build continually-updating processors that deliver high-resolution ground-movement products with national-scale coverage. Karsten has scaled technical teams and revenue while moving novel research—ionospheric-delay retrieval and global automated InSAR processing—into production. He enjoys teasing out minute signals from mountains of satellite data and building visualization and delivery tools that make complex geodata actionable. Outside work he’s an avid trail runner and cyclist who spends much of his free time in England’s national parks, a detail that reflects his practical curiosity about landscapes he models professionally.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophyics and Geodesy, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geophyics and Geodesy at University of Leeds
Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Delft University of Technology
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