👋 Hi, I’m Rodrigo Principe

Forest Engineer 🌳 | Data Scientist | Open Source Advocate

🌍 About Me

I am a forest engineer working as a data scientist, passionate about using technology to understand and protect our natural resources. My expertise bridges environmental science and software engineering, with a strong emphasis on geospatial data analysis.

🐍 Python & Geospatial Expertise

• Python Developer: Extensive experience building data-driven solutions for remote sensing and environmental monitoring.
• Google Earth Engine: Advanced user of the Earth Engine platform, focusing on its Python API for scalable geospatial workflows.
• Open Source: Original creator and active maintainer of geetools, a toolkit for Google Earth Engine in Python widely used in the Earth observation community.

🚀 Projects & Contributions

• geetools: Helpers and utilities for GEE Python API.
• Remote Sensing Applications: Land cover mapping, change detection, forest monitoring, and environmental analytics.
• Community Engagement: Supporting researchers and practitioners through open source and collaboration.

💡 Skills

• Python, Google Earth Engine (JavaScript & Python APIs)
• Geospatial libraries: rasterio, geopandas, shapely, GDAL, etc.
• Data science & machine learning for environmental and agricultural data
• Remote sensing, GIS, forest monitoring

📫 Connect

• GitHub
• LinkedIn

Always open to collaboration, knowledge sharing, and new ideas!