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Name Viet Nguyen
Label GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst
Email duc.nguyen@uni-greifswald.de
Phone +49 3834 420 4544
Url https://vietducng.github.io/
Summary A GIS and Remote Sensing analyst with 4+ years of experience working with geospatial analysis, remote sensing, and WebGIS. Skills on 🤖 Python, R, QGIS, Metashape, PostgreSQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, Machine learning.

Work

  • 2023.11 - present

    Greifswald, Germany

    GIS and Remote Sensing analyst
    Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald
    • Analyzed spatial data with Python (GeoPandas, Xarray,NumPy, GDAL, etc.), and R (sf, terra, lidR, etc.)
    • Performed drone-based data acquisition (spectral, RGB, and LiDAR data)
    • Processed drone-based data with Agisoft Metashape, DJI Terra
    • Developed WebGIS using HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Leaflet)
  • 2022.03 - 2022.04

    Lübeck, Germany

    Student Assistant in Terrestrial laser scanning
    Naturwald Akademie
    https://www.pyrophob.de/
    • Planned and performed TLS campaigns in 45 forest plots in Brandenburg
  • 2021.10 - 2023.05

    Eberswalde, Germany

    Intern
    Thünen Institute of Forest Ecosystems
    Forest inventory based on ALS point cloud on large-scale levels (https://winmol.thuenen.de/)
    • Developed methods to derive individual tree attributes (coordinate, tree height, diameter at breast height (DBH), crown base height, crown area) from ALS point clouds using R (lidR, rLiDAR, TreeLS, etc.), achieved 78% tree detection rate 4584 km2 of heterogeneous forest in North Rhine-Westphalia using AMS3D algorithm
    • Evaluated statistically models for tree attributes using R, attained 0.86 R2 of tree height estimates, and 0.74 R2 of DBH estimates
  • 2021.01 - 2023.08

    Eberswalde, Germany

    GIS and Remote Sensing technician
    Centre for Econics and Ecosystem Management, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
    land-cover classification, crop type mapping, LiDAR analysis (https://www.transect.de/), (https://virtualforests.eu/)
    • Implemented Random Forest algorithm using Python with Landsat 8, Sentinel 1, and Sentinel 2 data. Achieved 91% overall accuracy of crop type classification in central Asia
    • Collected and digitized on-screen ground truth data for landcover classification using QGIS, Google Earth
    • Interpreted multi-temporal remote sensing metrics (e.g., NDVI, NRPB, VV, VH)
    • Produced maps, figures, and tables using R and QGIS
    • Analyzed statistics with R (dplyr, ggplot2, etc.)

Education

  • 2020.10 - 2023.06

    Eberswalde, Germany

    M.Sc
    Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development
    Forest Information Technology
    • GPA: 1.0 (German grade)
  • 2015.10 - 2019.06

    Hanoi, Vietnam

    B.Sc
    Vietnam National University
    Soil Science

Certificates

Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry
The University Centre in Svalbard 2024
An Introduction to Web GIS
Louisiana State University 2024
Elements of AI
University of Helsinki 2023
Geo-Python
University of Helsinki 2023
Automating GIS Processes
University of Helsinki 2023
Introduction to R
DataCamp 2021
Python Data Structures
University of Michigan 2021
Using Python to Access Web Data
University of Michigan 2021
Getting started with Python
University of Michigan 2021
Sustainable Forest Management and Bio-Economy
University of Valladolid 2020

Skills

GIS
QGIS
ArcGIS
Programming
Python
R
WebGIS
HTML
CSS
JavaScript (Leaflet)
Photogrammetry
Agisoft Metashape
Remote sensing
FORCE
Digital
Microsoft Office
Git
GitHub
Docker
Linux

Languages

German
B1
English
C2
Vietnamese
Native