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Name Viet Nguyen
Label Geospatial Analyst
Email duc.nguyen@uni-greifswald.de
Phone +49 3834 420 4544
Url https://vietducng.github.io/
Summary A geospatial analyst with 3+ years of experience working with GIS, remote sensing, geo data, and 3D point cloud. Familiar with photogrammetry, statistics, machine learning, programming, visualization, and Webmaps

Work

  • 2023.11 - Current

    Greifswald, Germany

    GIS analyst
    Institute of Geography and Geology, University of Greifswald
    • Analyzed spatial data with Python (GeoPandas, GDAL, rasterio, multiprocessing, etc.), and R (sf, terra, lidR, rgdal, doParallel, etc.)
    • Performed drone data acquisition (multispectral, RGB, LiDAR data)
    • Processed drone data with Metashape
    • Created Web maps 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 prepared for TLS campains
    • Performed TLS measurements in 45 forest plots in Brandenburg
  • 2021.10 - 2023.05

    Eberswalde, Germany

    Internship
    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, crown base height, crown area) using R (lidR, rLiDAR, TreeLS, etc.)
    • Evaluated results statistically using R. 78% tree detection rate in North Rhine-Westphalia using AMS3D algorithm, 0.86 R2 of tree height estimates, and 0.74 R2 of DBH estimates
  • 2021.01 - 2023.08

    Eberswalde, Germany

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

Education

  • 2020.10 - 2023.05

    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
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
Google Earth Engine
Programming
Python
R
SQL
WebGIS
HTML
CSS
JavaScript (Leaflet)
Database
PostgreSQL
PostGIS
Digital
Microsoft Office
Data Management
Git
GitHub
License
EU Drone License A1-A3

Languages

German
A2
English
C2
Vietnamese
Native