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Hellen Wanjala

Hellen Wanjala

Intern at Remote Sensing Department

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Solutions Engineer at Planet | Remote Sensing for Water & Food Security

  • Education

    • Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente

      2018 - 2020
      Masters of Science in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation Water Resources and Environmental Management

      Activities and Societies: As a sports fan, I was an active member of the 'Run for fun' and badminton team. Participated in the 47th Batavierenrace marathon, and a couple of inter-school badminton tournaments. Thesis: 'Comparison of FAO WaPOR RS-based to SWAT+ model agricultural water productivity estimates in Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya.'

    • Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology

      2011 - 2015
      Bachelor of science in Soil, Water & Environmental Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Environmental Management Club (JEMA), Geospatial Association, participated in ESRI Eastern Africa Education user conferences, Society of Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering (SABE), Badminton team. Research project: ‘Derived remotely sensed climatic data in crop water requirement simulation using CROPWAT, Eastern Kenya.'

  • Experience

    • Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD)

      Jan 2015 - Apr 2015
      Intern at Remote Sensing Department

      Under the project titled ‘Land Use and Land Cover Mapping for Development of Green House Gas Inventories in East and Southern Africa’, I was involved in satellite image acquisition, processing, analysis and interpretation using Remote Sensing tools, as well as training and capacity building.

    • Esri Eastern Africa

      Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
      Graduate Technical Intern

      Developed workable ArcGIS solutions for various industries including workflow automation and web applications. Also, capacity built on the various ESRI suite online, desktop and mobile GIS products.

    • Kenya Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Council (KENTTEC)

      Jan 2017 - Jun 2018
      GIS Assistant

      Implemented application tools and procedures, and management of KENTTEC Geodatabase to coordinate tsetse eradication in Kenya and mitigate socio-economic constraints; poverty, food shortage, trypanosomiasis and sleeping sickness.Projects included: Development of Tsetse & transmitted Trypanosomiasis Atlas in Kenya by FAO, Grid-based monitoring tsetse survey in Maasai Mara Ecosystem, and Assessment of Tsetse &Trypanosomiasis control impact on household level in Lamu County, Kenya.

    • ELEAF

      Nov 2019 - Dec 2019
      Intern

      Time-series comparison of evapotranspiration data from different sources; 2 RS-based sources and insitu-based.My duties include; evapotranspiration data extraction, main conversions, and analyses for the defined regions of interest using python.Statistical representation and documentation of obtained results.

    • VanderSat

      Sept 2020 - Dec 2021
      Remote Sensing Analyst

      Responsible for developing solutions in the Agricultural Index Insurance sector using VanderSat core products.

    • Young Expert Programmes

      Sept 2021 - Aug 2023
      YEP Expert (YEP Water)

    • Planet

      Jan 2022 - now
      Solutions Engineer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Associate Expert

      NEMA

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Peer Mentor

      Issued by Souls of Charity Initiative on Jan 2010
      Souls of Charity InitiativeAssociated with Hellen Wanjala