Marcus Okonkwo
(he/him)Remote Sensing Scientist | Earth Observation & Climate Analytics
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Remote sensing scientist with 10 years applying satellite imagery to environmental challenges across Africa. Specialist in SAR interferometry, multispectral classification, and time-series analysis for agriculture monitoring.
Leading automated crop monitoring at Planet Labs for 15 African countries. Previously at UN Environment Programme on disaster mapping.
Experience
Lead Remote Sensing Scientist
Planet Labs
2022-01-15 - Present | Nairobi, Kenya (Remote)
Leading automated crop monitoring using PlanetScope daily imagery. Built ML pipelines for crop type classification achieving 92% accuracy.
Earth Observation Specialist
UN Environment Programme
2018-04-01 - 2021-12-31 | Nairobi, Kenya
Developed rapid damage assessment workflows using SAR imagery for flood and drought events across 8 countries.
GIS & Remote Sensing Analyst
Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources
2015-08-01 - 2018-03-30 | Nairobi, Kenya
Land cover change detection using Landsat time series. Trained 200+ GIS professionals from 15 African countries.
Education
Ph.D.
University of Twente (ITC) - Earth Observation for Food Security
2019-01-01 - 2023-06-30
M.Sc.
University of Nairobi - Geographic Information Systems
2013-09-01 - 2015-07-01