Tomislav Hengl

Dr. Tomislav Hengl is a leading researcher and Technical Director at OpenGeoHub Foundation and Envirometrix BV, specializing in spatial statistics, machine learning, and environmental data science. With over 20 years of experience in predictive soil mapping and geostatistics, he has pioneered open source frameworks for automated global environmental mapping.

• Co-founder of OpenGeoHub Foundation
• Initiator of OpenGeoHub Summer Schools (running since 2007)
• Project leader of OpenLandMap system
• Recipient of Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021)

His research focuses on:

• Machine learning for spatial/spatiotemporal data
• Environmental data cube systems
• Global soil and vegetation mapping
• Open source geospatial software development
• Spatio-temporal predictive modeling
• Cloud computing for Earth observation data

Recent research trends include:

• Development of high-resolution global terrain models
• Analysis of vegetation productivity using satellite time-series
• Ensemble machine learning for environmental mapping
• Integration of multi-source geospatial datasets
• Applications in climate change impact assessment
• Advancing open data infrastructures

Scientific contributions include:

• Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021)
• Over 60 journal publications
• Founding Vice-Chair of the International Society for Geomorphometry (2011-2015)
• Development of open source R packages for geospatial analysis