Oceanographer & Geospatial Scientist | Former Automation Engineer
I bridge the gap between rigorous systems engineering and marine science. As an automation engineer turned PhD Candidate in Marine Sciences, I build end-to-end data pipelines for satellite remote sensing and develop ocean hydrodynamic models to study ecological connectivity.
- Kelp Forest Dynamics: Detecting Nereocystis luetkeana and Macrocystis pyrifera from Sentinel-2 imagery across the Northeast Pacific (2015–2025).
- Kelp Spore Dispersal Modeling: Simulating population connectivity in British Columbia using the FVCOM hydrodynamic model (804K-node unstructured mesh) paired with OpenDrift/OceanParcels Lagrangian particle tracking.
- Sargassum Detection: Classifying pelagic Sargassum in the Caribbean Sea and Equatorial Atlantic using machine learning pipelines on Aqua-MODIS, Sentinel-3 OLCI, Sentinel-2 MSI, and Landsat-8/9 OLI data.
- Earth Observation: MODIS-Aqua, Sentinel-2 MSI, Sentinel-3 OLCI, Landsat-8/9 OLI, Ocean Color, Spectral Indices
- Machine Learning: XGBoost, Random Forest, KNN, 1D/2D-CNN, MLP
- Ocean Modeling: FVCOM, OpenDrift, OceanParcels, HYCOM, CMEMS, GLORYS12, ERA5, TPXO10, pyTMD
- Geospatial Processing: GRASS, GDAL/OGR, GeoPandas, Cartopy, Rasterio, OpenDroneMap
- PhD in Marine Sciences - CICIMAR-IPN, Mexico (Expected Jul 2026)
- Fellowship - NF-POGO Centre of Excellence, Dalhousie University, Canada (2024–2025)
- MSc in Marine Resources Management - CICIMAR-IPN, Mexico (2022)
- BSc in Automation Engineering - CUJAE, Cuba (2015)