About me:
Name:
Ernesto Fabián Santos García
Born:
August, 22th, 1982. Quito, Ecuador
Nationality:
Ecuatorian
Current Position
Junior Researcher
Areas of specialization
GIS, remote sensing, deforestation, ecological modelling, land planning
Education
2002 – 2009 Engineer in Geography and Land Planning, Pontifical Catholic University
2007 – 2010 Technician in Ecoturism, Pontifical Catholic University
2011
Professional Master in Geoinformation Science for Land Resources, San
Simon University
Grant
2014 – 2018 Ph.d. scholarship from SENESCYT (Ecuadorian Government)
Appointments:
2007
2009
2009 – 2010
2011
2010 – 2013
2012 – 2013
2012 – 2013
Junior researcher, Pontifical Catholic University
Technician in Land Planning, Government of Galapagos Islands
Province
Aid worker, German Service of Technical Cooperation and the
Government of Pastaza Province – Amazon Region
Consultant, Ecociencia Foundation
Consultant, Network of Socio Environmental Geoinformation of
Amazon Watershed (RAISG)
Consultant, The Natural Conservancy
Technical in Remote Sensing, Environmental Ministry of Ecuador
Relevant works and publications:
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014
Geomatic techniques applied to understand the water cycle at Santa
Cruz – Galapagos Islands (engineer degree thesis)
Reflections of social problems for the development of ecotourism in
Ecuador, case study: province of Pastaza (essay)
Geographic characterization of Andean wetlands (technical report)
Deforestation on tropical forests from image processing of Landsat 7
with scan-off and clouds cover in the sector Auca Sur, Yasuní National
Park – Ecuador (master degree dissertation)
Deforestation Maps of the Ecuadorian Amazon Basin and integration
with the regional Map of the Amazon Basin, scenarios 2000, 2005 and
2010, scale 1:100.000 (technical report)
Determination of priorities of conservation over watersheds in
freshwater biodiversity at the Napo Watershed – Amazon Region
(technical report)
Determination of priority sites of conservation due the impact of
roads projects in Napo Watershed – Amazon Region
(technical report)
A framework for Mapping Potencial Strata Forests and Ecosystems
in Ecuador (technical report)
Courses taken:
2009
2010
2011
2013
Atmospheric correction with FLAASH, workshop by RAISG (40 hours)
Forest monitoring, workshop by INPE, IBAMA and JIICA (130 hours)
IDL programming, workshop by RAISG (40 hours)
Monitoring Deforestation from the Ground to the Cloud, workshop by
Google (20 hours)
R programming, workshop by Silvacarbon (40 hours)
LiDAR processing, workshop by INPE (40 hours)
Skills:
GIS and remote sensing:
ArcGis, ENVI ,ERDAS, ImgTools, Ilwis, Grass, QGis,
Hypercube, Dinamica Ego, Fuzion
Statistics and programming: R, Python, Excel
Field work:
GPS navigation, topography, unmanned aerial vehicles
control, agroecology, soil sampling, soil restoration
Languages:
Spanish (native), english
Hobbies:
Mountain biking , trekking and cooking