Osman Ibrahim
@osmanibrahim
Geospatial researcher at Hydraulics Research Center who improved water productivity by 9% using FAO WaPOR satellite monitoring.
TurkeyWhat I'm looking for
At Hydraulics Research Center, I built and operationalized a satellite-based monitoring system using FAO WaPOR MODIS data that documented a 9% improvement in water productivity across the Gezira Irrigation Scheme. FAO formally commended this work.
I’ve developed and published QGIS plugins, including GeoAccuRate and WaPOR Water Productivity, adopted by remote sensing researchers in multiple countries. I also built a Graph Convolutional Network crop classification system that achieved 99.9% overall accuracy on Sentinel-2 imagery.
As a doctoral student at Karadeniz Technical University, I’m focused on making Earth observation useful for water and food security. I build open-source geospatial tools and pipelines, including work on flood management, water quality monitoring, LiDAR change detection, and interactive dashboards.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Doctoral Student
Karadeniz Technical University
Sep 2024 - Present (2 years 1 month)
Worked as Doctoral Student at Karadeniz Technical University.
Remote Sensing & GIS Specialist | Research Assistant
Hydraulics Research Center-Ministry of Water Resources, Irrigation
Oct 2018 - Present (8 years)
Bullet points:
- Delivered a 9% documented improvement in water productivity across the 880,000-ha Gezira Irrigation Scheme by building and operationalizing a
satellite-based monitoring system using FAO WaPOR MODIS data - received formal FAO commendation
- Developed and published 2 production QGIS plugins (GeoAccuRate, WaPOR Water Productivity) to the QGIS Plugin Repository, adopted by remote sens
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Karadeniz Technical University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Geographic Information Science and Cartography
2024 -
Hydraulics Research Canter
Cirtified trainer -Hydraulics Research Canter
Jul 2020
Hydraulics Research Canter
GIS & RS in WaPOR system
Oct 2020
Regional Training Center of the Hydraulics Research Institute
Hydraulic Engineering in River Basins
Mar 2021
Hydraulics Research Canter
Projects certificates
Apr 2021
Omdurman Islamic University
B.Sc Honours-First class, Surveying Engineering
2012 - 2017
PARIS Training Center
Python for GIS Development
Oct 2019
UNESCO Category II Regional Center for Capacity Development and Research in Water Harvesting
Basics of Remote Sensing and Essentials for Water Harvesting Applications
Mar 2019
IOM - UN Migration
Geographic information systems by using QGIS program
Jan 2020
UNSW Sydney (The University of New South Wales) & IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
Remote Sensing Image Acquisition, Analysis and Applications
Dec 2023
Coursera
Geospatial Analysis with ArcGIS
Nov 2023
Coursera
Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS
Nov 2023
IBM
Data Analysis with Python
Mar 2024
Coursera
Data Visualization with Python
May 2024
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi
Master's degree, Surveying Engineering
2022 - 2024
Coursera
Data Analysis with Python
Mar 2024
Google for Education
Gemini Certified Educator
Oct 2025 · Expires Oct 2028
Google for Education
Gemini Certified University Student
Oct 2025 · Expires Oct 2028
DeepLearning.AI
Advanced Computer Vision with TensorFlow
May 2026
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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