The Weekly Anthropocene Interviews: Dr. Christopher Anderson, Forestry Satellite Data Analyst
A Scientist Spotlight Interview
A version of this article was previously published by The Weekly Anthropocene in May 2022, before the move to Substack. Here, it’s updated with more graphics and links!
Dr. Christopher Anderson is an environmental data scientist who has conducted extensive research with satellite imagery. Dr. Anderson is currently a researcher at Stanford University's Center for Conservation Biology. He is also the cofounder, CTO, and "resident expert in biodiversity mapping, plant ecophysiology, and satellite image analysis" of Salo Sciences, a conservation technology company. Dr. Anderson's personal website is at earth-chris.github.io, his Google Scholar page is here, and Salo Sciences' website is at salo.ai.
A lightly edited transcript of this exclusive interview follows. This writer’s questions and remarks are in bold, Dr. Anderson's responses are in regular type. Bold italics are clarifications and extra information added after the interview.
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