Stef Lhermitte
Associate Research Professor (BOFZAP)
Flemish Region, Belgium
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Top SchoolStef Lhermitte is an associate research professor and remote sensing scientist with a decade of experience applying multi-source satellite data and land surface models to study snow, ice, climate, and ecosystem dynamics. He holds a PhD in Bioscience Engineering from KU Leuven and combines academic leadership roles at KU Leuven and TU Delft with hands-on expertise in big-data remote sensing and machine learning. His work spans improvements to climate model albedo parametrizations, hierarchical spatio-temporal segmentation tools, and operational snow and hydrological applications—often bridging field insight from Chilean arid zones to polar cryosphere studies. Known for translating complex satellite time series into actionable environmental insights, he also runs the Earthmapps initiative to make remote sensing outputs more accessible.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Bioscience Engineering, PhD, Bioscience Engineering at KU LeuvenBig Data: Management, analysis, visualization and legal aspects, Big Data: Management, analysis, visualization and legal aspects at Ghent UniversityCandidate (BSc), Bio-engineering, Distinction, Candidate (BSc), Bio-engineering, Distinction at Universiteit Antwerpen
Dutch, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (16)
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Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
steflhermitte/earthmapps
Feb 2017 - Mar 2025
Contributions:117 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 2 months
steflhermitte/EO-Notebooks
Nov 2019 - Nov 2022
Contributions:115 commits, 3 PRs, 108 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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