Carlos Zuleta Salmon

• Lead two major projects within NFDI4Earth: CAMELS-PLUS and CREATIVE, at the interface of environmental science, research data management, and software engineering. • Architect and supervise containerized workflows (Python, R, Octave) that encapsulate complex modeling and data-processing chains under Open Container Initiative (OCI) standards; expose them via RESTful APIs, web interfaces, and command-line tools.

• Developed automated Python/R pipelines for ingestion, processing, and quality control of large environmental datasets (ERA5-Land, CMIP6, RADOLAN, Sentinel-2, DEMs) at national and catchment scales. • Contributed to the CAMELS-DE dataset, standardizing metadata and integrating geospatial databases for long-term reuse and large-sample analysis (supporting machine-learning applications). • Implemented prototype APIs and visualization tools for interacting with data and model results

• Led the national program for integrated watershed management, combining data-driven assessments, geospatial modeling, and climate adaptation strategies across Ecuador’s major basins. • Oversaw the design of GIS and remote-sensing decision-support systems to monitor land-use change, water balance, and ecosystem vulnerability; produced technical reports and scenario analyses for policy and investment decisions.

• Designed data-driven models and simulation frameworks for land- and water-management scenarios across Central America, combining field data, remote sensing, and socioeconomic indicators. • Built reproducible workflows (Python, R, GIS) and geospatial databases; created visual dashboards to support policy decisions and community-based adaptation strategies.

Civil / Geo- & Environmental Engineering • Research focus: hydrological modeling, geospatial data integration, and large sample environmental analysis. . Developed computational workflows and Python-based automation tools to analyze soil-water interactions and runoff processes under varying land-use and climatic scenarios.

• Model development for integrating hydrology, GIS, land use changes, climate change, and socioeconomic information to create scenarios and perform historical analyses and assessments of large-scale watersheds and hydropower plants. • Awarded IDRC Research Scholarship on “ICT, Water and Climate Change,” emphasizing digital tools and data-driven approaches.

• Grounding in geospatial analysis, environmental systems, and cartography. • Land-use change and watershed sustainability using remote sensing analysis and geo-statistics.