Navid Jadidoleslam

Summary of Qualifications

Throughout my career in academia and industry, I have honed my abilities to efficiently deliver innovative solutions in scientific and engineering fields, particularly in the field of geospatial data science. I have a strong background in big data and large spatial data analysis and am proficient with tools for geospatial data analysis and visualizations.

Work Experience

Geospatial Data Scientist

Aug 2022 -- Present
Bayer Crop Science, Breeding

• Developed and deployed software for computing vegetation indices from multispectral satellites (PlanetScope, Sentinel 2)
• Conducted assessment of satellite-based planetary variables with in-field sensor observations
• Developed high-resolution physics-based hydrologic model for soil moisture and overland flow
• Collaborated in multiple projects such as data processing of satellite-based data for yield simulations

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Aug 2021 -- Jul 2022
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

• Applied models and Bayesian methods for estimating irrigation from GPM and SMAP missions
• Ensemble-based conditional soil moisture predictions globally using Earth Observation (EO) satellites
• Co-authored a successful NASA grant for global investigation of conditional soil moisture distributions

Graduate Research Assistant

Aug 2016 -- May 2021
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

• Developed models for data assimilation of satellite observations in operational flood forecasting system
• Conducted extensive research on the variability of soil moisture in space using field sensors and satellite data
• Developed and implemented an open-source, web-browser based software for interactive visualization of space-time data.

Graduate Research Assistant

Sep 2012 -- Jun 2014
Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey

• Conducted numerical simulation of long-term ocean wave energy of Aegean Sea
• Evaluated and fine-tuned model simulations by analyzing buoy and satellite altimetry data
• Analyzed space-time characteristics of wave power

Education

Computer Skills

• Programming Languages and Tools
  Python, C++ (STL), SQL, PostGIS, GDAL, rasterio, numpy, pandas, geopandas, h5py, xarray, Dask

• Deep Learning and Image Processing
  Tensorflow, Keras, OpenCV (C++/Py)

• Environments and Utils
  GCP, EarthEngine (JS/Py), BigQuery, Docker,Git, SVN, MkDocs, QGIS

Certificates

• Coursera Deep Learning Specialization
• DeepLearning.AI TensorFlow Developer Specialization

Publications and Conferences

• Google Scholar
• ResearchGate

Honors and Awards

• Research Grant from Graduate Student Supplemental Research Competition - Iowa Water Center
• Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship for the Fall 2020
• Outstanding Reviewer - Renewable Energy Journal (Awarded in July 2017)
• CUAHSI Conference Travel Grant

Services

• Remote Sensing, Reviewer, 2021 - Present
• Soil and Tillage Research, Reviewer, 2021 -- Present
• Renewable Energy Journal, Reviewer, 2017 -- Present

Society Memberships

• American Geophysical Union
• IEEE
• SIAM

Languages

Art

Painting (Oil), Photography, Guitar and Melodion, Digital Music Composition, Singing