Chidinma Akah

I love finding stories in geospatial data and have a passion for the analysis of satellite imagery and data visualization. Committed to continuous learning with great enthusiasm in research and development, I am looking for the opportunity to connect my university knowledge with practical assignments while exploring my interests to promote solutions for transformative change.

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap                                                                                                                                 Ongoing

• Participate in different open mapping projects across the globe which are aimed at providing a complete map and geospatial data towards contributing to sustainable development and disaster management.

Intern (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology), Luxembourg                                 October – April 2023

• Literature research to determine the current state of the art and associated dataset on the application of UAV drone data in agriculture and forestry.
• Adapted selected methods to LiDAR and Thermal imagery, considering specific boundary conditions. 
• Develop knowledge of large data process automation and python scripting.
• Report, present, and document processing chains to relevant stakeholders.

MSc, Environmental Remote Sensing    -    Until Dec 2023

Universität Trier                                                                                                                       

BSc, Geology, University of Nigeria    -    2015 Nigeria