Summary
Ruben Remelgado is a Technical Lead and geographer with over a decade of experience translating complex spatial-temporal problems into concise technical solutions across academia and research institutions. He has led agroecological modelling and high-performance biodiversity mapping projects using remote sensing, GIS, and custom geocomputation workflows (R, IDL), bridging disciplinary gaps between human geography, natural hazards, and earth observation. Comfortable in fuzzy, abstract domains, he pairs strong organizational foresight with hands-on coding and self-taught technical depth gained largely on the job. Based in Bonn, Germany, Ruben contributes to capacity-building initiatives like Horizon 2020’s EarthBridge and has a track record of turning large, multi-temporal datasets into actionable insights for ecology and land-use applications. Not obvious from titles alone: his background in digitizing historical cartography and animal movement studies gives him a rare blend of historical, ecological, and computational perspectives.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Geography, Master of Science - MS, Geography at University of Lisbon
Bachelor's degree, Geography, Bachelor's degree, Geography at Universidade do Porto