Olivier Burggraaff
Higher Scientist at National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolOlivier Burggraaff is a higher scientist with nine years’ experience developing optical sensing techniques to measure air and water quality, currently working on smartphone spectropolarimetry for citizen science within the MONOCLE project. Based at the National Physical Laboratory’s Climate and Earth Observation group, he focuses on QA, metrology and evaluation of climate indicators, contributing to Copernicus service quality assurance. His background includes a PhD from Leiden University and a track record of bridging laboratory optics, field measurements, and citizen-enabled instrumentation like iSPEX 2. Olivier combines rigorous academic research with practical instrument development, uniquely positioning him to translate complex optical science into deployable environmental monitoring tools.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Master of Science (MSc) at Leiden UniversityCourse, Course at University of MaineGymnasium, Gymnasium at Erasmus College ZoetermeerDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Universiteit Leiden
Dutch, English
Github Skills (40)
mls9
prediction-model9
heatmap9
python-bindings9
folium8
modeling8
hpc-applications8
location8
power-systems8
electrical-engineering8
simulation8
modeling-tool8
openstreetmap7
google7
geo7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
mowerther/iop_nns
Oct 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:129 pushes, 12 branches, 1 tag in 4 months
monocle-h2020/camera_calibration
Feb 2018 - Aug 2022
Contributions:7 releases, 1405 commits, 1147 pushes in 4 years 6 months
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