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Ghana

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Spatial Data Scientist & Remote sesnisng Expert | 5+ years of experience in GIS research

Profile Summary

I am a spatial data scientist and consultant with experience supporting international research institutions and NGOs in fields such as biodiversity, climate change resilience, agricultural monitoring, humanitarian response, and urban planning. My technical proficiency includes ArcGIS, QGIS, Python, R, and MaxEnt. As a current graduate scholar, I lead a focused project on Fall Armyworm infestation in maize, using remote sensing and spatial modeling to map pest hotspots and advise integrated pest management strategies in Ghana. I have successfully delivered geo-visualization, data-cleaning, and mapping solutions that inform environmental decision-making, policy, and project design.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Landscape Ecology
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ SQL
• ☆ Excel
• ☆ Tensorflow
• ☆ LaTex
• ☆ R
• ☆ Tableau
• ☆ Scikit-learn
• ☆ Markup Languages

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Graduate Student Research Fellow

University of Cape Coast

December 2024 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant / Research Assistant

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

May 2022 - November 2024

Research Intern

Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization

January 2020 - December 2021

Education

Masters in GIS and remote sensing

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

January 2024 - Present

Bsc in GIS and remote sensing

Dedan Kimathi University of Technology

September 2015 - April 2019

Certifications

• GIS and Remote Sensing for Coastal Management

  African Centre of Excellence for Coastal Resilience

  June 2025 - Present

• Building Climate Risk Assessments from Local Vulnerability and Exposure

  NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program

  November 2023 - Present

• Modelling and Mapping Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Sequestration Potential

  Global soil partnership

  February 2021 - Present

• An Introduction to ODK

  Statistics for Sustainable Development

  November 2020 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Faith Ashiono, Tobias Landmann, Michael Schmitt, Burak Ekim, Jandouwe Villinger, Jan C. Habel, Henri E. Z. Tonnang (2023). Insect diversity is a good indicator of biodiversity status in Africa . Communications Earth & Environment.