Sébastien Valade
Professor (Investigador Titular A) at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico
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Top SchoolSébastien Valade is a volcanologist and professor with 12 years of research experience who builds production-ready satellite monitoring systems that apply deep learning to detect volcanic unrest. He founded and develops MOUNTS, a platform that fuses Sentinel-1/2/5P data with ML to provide near-real-time volcanic monitoring, bridging academic research and operational geohazard tools. Based at UNAM in Mexico City, he advanced from postdoctoral roles across Europe to a tenured investigator role, bringing strong expertise in radar, Doppler methods, and multi-sensor remote sensing. His doctoral work applied Doppler radar to explosive eruption dynamics, a thread that informs his data-driven approach to eruption signals and hazard assessment. Known for translating complex geophysical signals into actionable monitoring products, he combines rigorous academic publishing with open, service-oriented software development. An unusual strength is his ability to operate at the intersection of field volcanology, signal processing, and scalable satellite-based ML systems.
12 years of coding experience
Doctorat de philosophie, Volcanologie, Mention Très Honorable avec Félicitations du Jury, Doctorat de philosophie, Volcanologie, Mention Très Honorable avec Félicitations du Jury at Université Blaise Pascal (Clermont-II) - Clermont-FerrandIngénieur, Géosciences, Ingénieur, Géosciences at LaSalle Beauvais
French, English, Italian, Spanish, German
Github Skills (3)
geo3
transient2
react2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
sebastienValade/mounts
May 2017 - Mar 2018
Contributions:52 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
sebastienValade/PlumeAscentTracker
Jul 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:6 commits in 5 months
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