Krishna Rao
AI Scientist at Watershed
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKrishna Rao is an AI Scientist and Earth scientist with nine years of experience building remote sensing and machine learning tools to monitor forest health and climate impacts. Currently completing a PhD in Earth System Science at Stanford and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he has progressed from field engineering to ML-driven climate roles at Watershed and an AI residency at X. His work bridges rigorous domain science and production ML—translating satellite and sensor data into operational insights for carbon and ecosystem management. Known for combining hands-on field experience with scalable data pipelines, he seeks roles that apply applied ML to climate solutions and ecosystem monitoring.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasPh.D. Earth System Science, Ph.D. Earth System Science at Stanford University
English, Hindi
Github Skills (30)
pytorch10
python10
data-science10
machine-learning10
deep-learning10
tensorflow10
neural-network9
jax9
earth-engine5
google-earth-engine5
catalog5
geoserver4
geospatial4
gis4
jet4
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kkraoj/lfmc_from_sar
Jun 2018 - Aug 2022
Map live fuel moisture using remote sensing and deep learning
Contributions:186 commits, 165 pushes, 16 branches in 4 years 1 month
kkraoj/wildfire_from_lfmc
Mar 2020 - Mar 2022
Contributions:46 commits, 54 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
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