Sofanit Araya
Spatial Analyst
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolSofanit Araya is a Spatial Analyst with a decade of experience applying remote sensing, GIS and spatial modelling to environmental science, natural hazard mitigation and bushfire risk analysis. She holds a PhD in Spatial Sciences from the University of Adelaide and a master's in Geoinformatics from ITC, University of Twente, and her PhD work on multi-temporal time-series remote sensing won regional recognition in the 2018 Asian Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards. Sofanit blends academic rigour with applied programming—using Python, R and ArcPy—to build spatial decision-support systems, risk models and renewable energy viability assessments. She has translated complex spatial datasets into actionable policy and operational outputs at the University of Adelaide and now at Victoria’s DELWP. Beyond modelling, she developed CropPhenology software during research on soil property estimation, showing a knack for turning research methods into practical tools. She is motivated to leverage spatial analytics for sustainable environments and community-focused risk reduction.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Geology/Earth Science, General, Bachelor's degree, Geology/Earth Science, General at Addis Ababa UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Spatial sciences, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Spatial sciences at University of AdelaideMaster's degree, Geoinformatics, Master's degree, Geoinformatics at Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente
English, Amharic
Github Skills (1)
markdown2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (4)
SofanitAraya/CropPheno
Oct 2015 - Dec 2015
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
SofanitAraya/CropPhenology1
Dec 2016 - Jan 2020
Contributions:1 branch, 1 comment in 3 years 1 month
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