Peter Pietrzyk
Research Associate
Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolPeter Pietrzyk is a research associate at Fraunhofer IIS with nine years of interdisciplinary experience applying imaging, sensor systems, and computational methods to plant phenotyping across scales from microscopy to field ecosystems. He holds a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Georgia where he developed machine learning and image-processing tools to quantify root architecture and root hair responses to drought and nutrient stress. With an MSc in Geomatics and a BSc in Aerospace Engineering from TU Delft, he brings strong geospatial and remote-sensing expertise—previous work includes airborne laser scanning for forest monitoring and urban heat island modeling. He combines hands-on sensor calibration and 3D scanning with algorithm development, uniquely positioning him to translate controlled-environment phenotyping into scalable monitoring solutions for climate-resilient agriculture. An uncommon strength is his cross-domain fluency: from C++ geomatics prototypes and photogrammetry to plant-focused ML pipelines—which helps bridge lab-scale discovery and larger-scale remote sensing applications.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Czech Technical University in PragueUniversity of GeorgiaMaster's Degree, Geomatics, Master's Degree, Geomatics at Delft University of Technology
German, English, Polish, Dutch
Github Skills (7)
microscopy7
extraction7
imaging6
python5
image-processing5
computer-vision5
scientific-computing3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
Computational-Plant-Science/DIRTmu
Nov 2021 - Nov 2022
Automatic root hair extraction from microscopy images
Contributions:3 releases, 91 commits, 2 PRs in 11 months
microscopy-imagesextractionpythonhairscientific-computing
PeterPieGH/GitExercise
May 2020 - Sep 2020
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 3 months
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