Carlomagno Soto Castro is a geospatial data scientist and forest engineer with more than 20 years of experience applying remote sensing, machine learning and spatiotemporal analysis to tropical agriculture and natural capital in Latin America. He holds an M.Sc. in Geography from McGill University, where he worked on hyperspectral remote sensing of boreal peatland ecosystems, and a Bachelor in Forest Sciences Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. At EARTH University he leads applied research on precision agriculture, crop disease detection, forage and biomass estimation, and land use change, and has supervised undergraduate research projects since 2016. He lectures on Remote Sensing Image Analysis in the joint UNA–UCR professional master's programme in GIS and Remote Sensing, and co-founded lunatecH, which develops geospatial applications and agroclimate analytics for agribusiness and public-sector clients. His earlier work includes airborne hyperspectral campaigns at CeNAT-PRIAS and management of the GIS laboratory at La Selva Biological Station (Organization for Tropical Studies).
Earth University
Puerto Limón, Limón, Costa Rica
Agronomy
Full merit scholarship
Organization of American States, Washington D.C., USA
M.Sc. studies at McGill University, Canada. 2013-2015.
Graduate Scholarship
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Telecomunicaciones, San José, Costa Rica
M.Sc. studies at McGill University, Canada. 2013-2015
University Educator/Researcher
Earth University, Puerto Limón, Costa Rica
01 Feb 2016 - present
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
McGill University, Montréal, Canada
01 Sep 2013 - 30 Nov 2015
Manager
Organization for Tropical Studies, San José, Costa Rica
01 Feb 2009 - 30 Dec 2012
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología, San José, Costa Rica
02 Jan 2004 - 30 Nov 2008
Undergraduate Student
Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
02 Mar 1998 - 30 Nov 2003