staff.yml

- surname: Labetski
  name: Anna
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: anna.png
  period: 2016-2022
  current: "data scientist at [Ordnance Survey](https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk)"
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/alabetski
  email: a.labetski@tudelft.nl
  twitter: BigLabetski
  description: "Topic: Generalisation of 3D City Models, working on the [UMnD project](https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/projects/umnd/).<br><br>I have an HBA in Human Geography and GIS from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Geospatial Analysis from University College London. <br><br>My interests include: Cartographic Generalisation, Levels of Detail, Transportation Networks, Active Transportation, and Metadata (automation, storage and update)."
  projects:
    - name: umnd
      role: PhD Candidate
  uuid: a89ef52f-fe91-490e-b6fa-df879548abde

- surname: Ibrahimli
  name: Nail
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: nail.png
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/nail
  email: n.ibrahimli@tudelft.nl 
  #twitter: _add_twitter_
  description: "Learning-based 3D reconstruction of urban objects"

- surname: Hobeika
  name: Nadine
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: nadine.png
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/nhobeika
  email: n.hobeika@tudelft.nl
  description: "Data-driven design tool for healthy indoor spaces."

- surname: León-Sánchez
  name: Camilo
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: camilo.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/cleon
  email: c.a.leonsanchez@tudelft.nl
  twitter: camiloaleonsan
  description: "Semantic 3D city models for energy applications"

- surname: Jong-Lansbergen
  van: de
  name: Martine
  title: Secretary
  photo: martine.jpg
  email: m.m.m.dejong-lansbergen@tudelft.nl
  phone: "+31 15 27 82540"

- surname: Du
  name: Shenglan
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: shenglan.png
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/shenglandu
  email: shenglan.du@tudelft.nl
  description: "I am a PhD candidate in the group of 3D geoinformation. My project is involved as a part of the AI-lab 3DUU (3D Urban Understanding), which mainly focuses on the 3D understanding for urban applications. I received my MSc degree (with the Best Thesis Award) in Geomatics in 2019 at TU Delft. In addition to that, I have an one-year work experience as a remote sensing specialist in Cobra Groeninzicht. My research interests include machine learning, 3D geodata analysis, and 3D modelling."

- surname: Pađen
  name: Ivan
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: paden.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/ipaden
  email: i.paden@tudelft.nl 
  description: "Topic: the automation of urban flow simulations with 3D city models"

- surname: García-Sánchez
  name: Clara
  title: Assistant-prof.
  photo: clara.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/gsclara
  email: c.garcia-sanchez@tudelft.nl
  twitter: gsclara_
  uuid: 13b768b1-a213-48de-a15d-2cecea86b246

- surname: Agugiaro
  name: Giorgio
  title: Assistant-prof.
  photo: giorgio.jpg
  email: g.agugiaro@tudelft.nl
  github: github.com/gioagu
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/gagugiaro
  description: "His main research interests are in the field of Geographical Information Systems and spatial data integration, with particular focus on semantic 3D city modelling and their energy-related topics.
  Some of his research topics deal for example with the development of an information model to manage and exchange semantically-enriched multi-resolution 3D data for urban energy planning.
  Having a semantic 3D virtual city model as background, the idea is to foster software integration to allow complex urban system simulation and close (or reduce) the gap between geo-information and simulation.
  He is currently chair of the [ISPRS Technical Commission 4 WG 10 (Advanced Geospatial Applications for Smart Cities and Regions)](http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg10.html) and national representative for Austria of the Urban Data Management Society (UDMS)."
  uuid: 1e5e67d1-609f-43ca-8cae-9a6ff3e33a8e

- surname: Gao
  name: Weixiao
  title: Postdoc (guest)
  photo: weixiao.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/weixiao
  projects:
    - name: mesh2lod
      role: PhD Candidate
    - name: meshannotation
      role: PhD Candidate
  description: "Topic: Automatic generation of semantic 3D city models from 3D textured meshes. Working in collaboration with [CycloMedia](https://www.cyclomedia.com)."
  email: w.gao-1@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/weixiao-gao-86283a121
  # phone: "+31 6 4483248"


- surname: Vitalis
  name: Stelios
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: stelios.jpg
  email: s.vitalis@tudelft.nl
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/svitalis
  description: "Topic: 4D data structure to model semantically rich 3D+LoD GIS data in 4D. Working on the [UMnD project](https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/projects/umnd/)."
  twitter: liberostelios
  projects:
    - name: umnd
      role: PhD Candidate
    - name: 3dbag
      role: Developer
  # phone: "+31 15 27 81298"
  uuid: 4107d441-1aa1-43df-9467-b0274bb5f1ff

- surname: Helm
  van: van der
  name: Margo
  title: Secretary
  photo: margo.jpg
  email: j.m.vanderhelm@tudelft.nl
  phone: "+31 15 27 81298"

- surname: Arroyo Ohori
  name: Ken
  title: Lecturer/researcher
  photo: ken.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/ken
  email: ken@ken.mx
  projects:
    - name: umnd
      role: Postdoc
    - name: sdi-ams
      role: Postdoc
    - name: i3s
      role: Postdoc
  uuid: f2122c66-ace9-4f79-9e69-6822a0c33fc7
  # phone: +31 15 27 85154

- surname: Ledoux
  name: Hugo
  title: Associate-prof.
  photo: hugo.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/hledoux
  email: h.ledoux@tudelft.nl
  phone: +31 15 27 86114
  # twitter: hugoledoux
  mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@hugoledoux
  projects:
    - name: umnd
      role: Associate-prof.
    - name: inous
      role: Associate-prof.
    - name: mesh2lod
      role: Associate-prof.
    - name: meshannotation
      role: Associate-prof.
    - name: multiroofs
      role: Associate-prof.      
  uuid: 51e8cf2f-0266-421f-970f-71466b50d886


- surname: Stoter
  name: Jantien
  title: Professor
  longtitle: Full professor 3D geoinformation
  description: "I am full professor [3D GeoInformation](http://3d.bk.tudelft.nl) group, Section Urban Data Science, and Department Head [Urbanism](https://www.tudelft.nl/bk/over-faculteit/afdelingen/urbanism).
                I obtained my PhD degree ([3D Cadastre](http://www.itc.nl/library/Papers_2004/phd/stoter.pdf)) in 2004.
                For this work, I received the KNAW/Tienstra Award.
                After my PhD, I worked several years at ITC, University of Twente (2004-2009) and led there a research group on “automated generalisation”.
                Since I returned to Delft University of Technology (2009), I have combined my academic position with a job as an innovation consultant at the [Kadaster](https://www.kadaster.nl/about-us). From TU Delft I am posted to [Geonovum](http://www.geonovum.nl).
                Since December 2016, I have also been a Principal Investigator at the [Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions](https://www.ams-institute.org).
                My research interests are 3D urban data modelling, automated generalization and information modelling. 

                For my research on [5D data modelling](http://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/projects/geo5d/), I received the Vidi grant of the Netherlands Scientific Foundation ([NWO](https://www.nwo.nl/en/researchprogrammes/nwo-talent-programme)).
                In addition, I received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council for my proposal Urban Modelling in higher dimensions ([ERC](https://erc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/document/file/erc_2015_stg_results_all_domains.pdf)), followed by a Proof-of-Concept grant for the project [detailed 3D Building models Automatically Generated for very large areas](htttps://www.3dbag.nl).
                I have led/am leading, and have participated/am participating, in many national and international projects on topics related to 3D/GeoBIM modelling for urban applications.
                Recent examples are the EuroSDR GeoBIM project, the Horizon Europe [Change toolkit for digital building permit project](https://chekdbp.eu) and the Nationaal Groeifonds Project [Lifecycle extension of infrastructure](https://tki-bouwentechniek.nl/wp-content/uploads/NGF-programma_Toekomstbestendige-Leefomgeving_Samenvatting.pdf).
                I am (co)author of over 350 academic and professional articles.
                I am fulfilling/have fulfilled several roles in the Open Geospatial Consortium and the European Spatial Data Research association. 
                Currently I am vice president Research of [EuroSDR](https://www.eurosdr.net). I fulfill this position together with Prof dr Joep Crompvoets from KU Leuven."
  pagetext: Below are my publications between 2013 and 2024. A complete list of my publications can be found [here](https://pure.tudelft.nl/portal/en/persons/je-stoter(1f6b45c5-44ba-4745-a730-d5d3e627e3db)/publications.html).
  photo: jantienstoter.jpg
  email: j.e.stoter@tudelft.nl
  phone: +31 15 27 81664
  twitter: jantienstoter
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/jstoter
  projects:
    - name: umnd
      role: Professor
    - name: noise3d
      role: Professor
    - name: sdi-ams
      role: Professor
    - name: 3dbag
      role: Professor
    - name: i3s
      role: Professor
    - name: meshannotation
      role: Professor
    - name: multiroofs
      role: Professor      

  uuid: 1f6b45c5-44ba-4745-a730-d5d3e627e3db

- surname: Nan
  name: Liangliang
  title: Associate-prof.
  photo: liangliang.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/liangliang
  projects:
    - name: mesh2lod
      role: Associate-prof.
    - name: meshannotation
      role: Associate-prof
  email: liangliang.nan@tudelft.nl
  uuid: d3a367ae-869e-481d-96ff-b1961b6d64c9

- surname: Pronk
  name: Maarten
  title: PhD candidate (external)
  photo: maarten.jpg
  homepage: evetion.nl
  email: m.j.pronk@tudelft.nl
  twitter: 3vetion
  github: github.com/evetion
  uuid: 5bbeb7ee-44cf-4dd6-9208-8df2a57a990c

- surname: Beuster
  name: Lukas  
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: lukas.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/lbeuster
  email: l.r.n.beuster@tudelft.nl
  description: "I am an early stage researcher specializing in geographic data science and GIS. 
  I am currently splitting my time between the 3D Geoinformation research group at TU Delft, the [Senseable City Lab](https://senseable.mit.edu/) at MIT and the [Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS)](https://www.ams-institute.org/). 
  My PhD research focuses on scalable solutions for urban climate change adaptation and is anchored in the broader themes of climate resilience, remote sensing, and assessments of urban morphology.<br/><br/>
  
  My current work explores the role of shade in mitigating urban heat stress. 
  Urban heat is a growing challenge as cities warm faster than rural areas, often surpassing the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Climate Accords. 
  Traditional strategies may not fully address this, so urban planners must explore alternatives like shading, which can effectively reduce Mean Radiant Temperature (MRT), a key factor in outdoor thermal comfort. 
  While planners and designers can’t control all climate variables, they can influence shading through urban design, which is under-researched for large cities. 
  My PhD project aims to measure shade at scale, assess the impact of buildings and trees, and evaluate how well cities provide shade where it’s most needed.<br/><br/>

  In addition to my interest in shade, I am also investigating the role of additional data sources, such as remote sensing and mobile sensing platforms, in improving the availability and coverage of urban climate data."

- surname: Martin
  name: Miguel
  title: Research fellow
  photo: miguel.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/mmartin
  email: M.Martin@tudelft.nl
  description: "I am Marie Curie postdoctoral research fellow under the supervision of [TU Delft](https://www.tudelft.nl/) and [CMU](https://www.cmu.edu/). 
  My research focuses on physically-based modelling of interactions between buildings and their outdoor environment.<br/><br/>
  
  Before joining TU Delft, I was research engineer at the [Masdar Institute of Science and Technology](https://www.ku.ac.ae/institute/masdar-institute) in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).
  Then, I was full-time Ph.D student at the [National University of Singapore](https://www.nus.edu.sg/) where I was granted the [President's Graduate Fellowship](https://fass.nus.edu.sg/prospective-students/graduate/research/scholarships/presidents-graduate-fellowship).
  After receiving my Ph.D., I worked as postdoctoral research scholar at the [Berkeley Education Alliance for Research in Singapore](https://bears.berkeley.edu/) under the SinBerBEST 2 Theme D project.<br/><br/>

  The Marie Curie action is a three-year project called Smart City Innovations and Experiments using New Climate and Energy Simulations (SCIENCES) and supervised by [Prof. Jantien Stoter](https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/jstoter/), [Assist. Prof. Clara Garcia-Sanchez](https://3d.bk.tudelft.nl/gsclara), and [Prof. Mario Berges](https://www.cmu.edu/cee/people/faculty/berges.html). 
  In this project, I am looking for solutions to (1) improve simulations of air pollutants in urban areas, (2) co-simulate statistical and physically-based urban microclimate models, and (3) generate physically-based models from 3D city models and Internet-of-Things.
  Based on these solutions, it is aimed at proving that physically-based urban microclimate models could easily be integrated into digital twin platforms for the development of climate-neutral and smart cities."

- surname: van der Vaart
  name: Jasper
  title: Scientific Software Developer and Researcher
  photo: jasper.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/jvdvaart
  email: J.A.J.vanderVaart@tudelft.nl
  description: "CHEK (change toolkit for digital building permit)"

- surname: Cannatella
  name: Daniele
  title: Assistant-prof.
  photo: daniele.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/dcannatella
  email: D.Cannatella@tudelft.nl
  description: "Urban Data for Design"

- surname: van der Heide
  name: Daan
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: daan.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/dvdheide
  email: D.H.vanderHeide-1@tudelft.nl
  description: "I am a PhD candidate working for both TU Delft and the Rijkswaterstaat (Ministry of Infrastructure) on the Integral Height System of the Netherlands (IHN).
  My research focuses on merging open data point clouds collected in the Netherlands, to build an accurate representation of the country, similar to the National Elevation Dataset of the USGS. 
  The subjects include investigating the effects of merging, co-registration, mutation detection, and maintaining elevation datasets.<br/><br/>

  At the Rijkswaterstaat I work in the Central Information Department. Here I examine geodata collected by current infrastructure projects, before updating chart systems such as the DTB and BGT. 
  As my department is undergoing the data transition, I am responsible for automating and innovating processes using point clouds and remote sensing datasets through the use of FME, Python, and Google Earth Engine.
"

- surname: Stavropoulou
  name: Gina
  title: Data Engineer
  photo: gina.jpeg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/gstavropoulou
  email: G.Stavropoulou@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/gina-stavropoulou/
  description: "My work in the group mainly focuses on the maintenance and further development of the 3DBAG.
                I also engineer where engineering is needed."
  projects:
    - name: multiroofs
      role: Data engineer                

- surname: Patil
  name: Akshay
  title: Postdoc
  photo: akshay.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/apatil
  email: a.l.patil@tudelft.nl
  description: "Postdoc: CFD techniques to study flows within urban environments and quantify the uncertainties in these predictions."

- surname: EL Yamani
  name: Siham
  title: Postdoctoral Researcher
  photo: siham.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/selyamani
  email: S.E.ElYamani@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/selyamani/
  description: "I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at TU Delft, where I am working on the development of GeoBIM-based solutions for the Digital Building Permit Check project.<br/><br/>
  
  Before I joined TU Delft, I worked as a GIS consultant for urban applications and real estate valuation in Morocco, as a follow-up to my master’s degree in Geomatics and Topographic Engineering from IAV Hassan II Institute (Morocco) and Real Estate valuer diploma from [ICH Paris](https://ich.cnam.fr/formations/diplome-de-l-ich/le-diplome-de-l-ich-1425194.kjsp) (France).
  After my industry experience, I was teaching professor at ITSGRT (Institut des Techniciens Spécialisés en Génie Rural et Topographie, Morocco).<br/><br/>
  
  From teaching to learning, I embarked as a full-time Joint Ph.D. candidate between the [IAV Hassan II Institute](https://iav.ac.ma/fr) (Morocco) and the [University of Liege](https://www.uliege.be/cms/c_8699436/fr/uliege) (ULIege, Belgium), working within the [Geomatics unit](https://geomatics.uliege.be/fr/home.php). 
  I also served as teaching assistant at [Architecture Faculty](https://www.archi.uliege.be/cms/c_4038790/fr/archi) where my focus was to perform SCAN-TO-BIM projects based on the SLAM technology.Specifically, I developed 3D property valuation model, from the conceptualization to the BIM and CIM data integrability.<br/><br/>
  
  You can read [here about my scientific publications](https://orbi.uliege.be/simple-search?query=%28%28uid%3As196635%29%29&title=Publications+of+Siham+El+Yamani&sort_by0=1&order0=DESC&sort_by1=3&order1=ASC&sort_by2=2&order2=ASC) which were honored with an IEEE and an EuroSDR awards."

- surname: Sterrenberg
  name: Amy
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: amy.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/asterrenberg
  email: A.G.E.Sterrenberg@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://linkedin.com/in/amy-sterrenberg
  description: "I am a PhD Researcher at TU Delft, working on Data- and AI-driven Transportation Infrastructure Life-Cycle Extension at 3D GeoInformation and AiDAPT Lab. The research integrates geoinformation, digital twins, AI, and algorithmic decision-making to develop optimal strategies for life-cycle extension of infrastructure. This work is carried out in the context of the National Growth Fund project “Future proof living environment”, in collaboration with the City of Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Metropolitan Solutions.

Background: 
I graduated from TU Delft in July 2023 with an MSc degree in Building Technology, with a thesis focused on Deep Generative AI for multi-objective optimization of structures. Following graduation, I gained over a year of industry experience as a Computational Designer and Architect-Engineer with a strong focus on computational design, AI and sustainability across various architectural and structural design projects, as well as research & development (R&D)."

- surname: Baba
  name: Hidemichi
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: hidemichi.png
  homepage: hideba.notion.site
  email: hbbaba@tudelft.nl
  description: "I am a PhD candidate working on 3D city model reconstruction using heterogeneous datasets and developing environments that facilitate the integration and use of reconstructed models in real-world applications."
  projects:
    - name: multiroofs
      role: PhD 

- surname: Qiu
  name: Yanning
  title: Postdoctoral Researcher
  photo: yanning.jpg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/yanningqiu
  email: Yanning.Qiu@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanning-qiu-607585b1/
  description: "I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the 3D Geoinformation group at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. My current research focuses on developing an AI-powered smart sensing and monitoring system to better understand the dynamics of urban waste in Amsterdam.

                My academic background spans multiple disciplines across environmental science. Prior to joining TU Delft, I completed both my PhD and a postdoctoral position at Wageningen University. My PhD research investigated dryland restoration from a resilience perspective, using a combination of field monitoring, remote sensing, and mathematical modeling to evaluate long-term ecological outcomes.

                In my postdoctoral research at Wageningen, I focused on quantifying and characterizing micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) in the environment and the human body through AI-assisted literature analysis and statistical modeling, to better inform the risk assessment of microplastic exposure on human health."

- surname: Doi
  name: Hiba
  title: PhD candidate
  photo: hiba.jpeg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/hiba
  email: h.d.doi@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hiba-doi-1b4bb21b3/
  description:  "I come from Morocco, where I completed my studies in Geomatics Science and Surveying Engineering at
the Agronomic and Veterinary Institute Hassan II in Rabat. I have also gained research experience through an
internship at the Geoscity Lab at the University of Liège, Belgium, where I worked on automatic detection and 3D modeling of urban furniture using LiDAR and mobile mapping data.
At TU Delft, my PhD research work will be part of the recently awarded RenoDAT project and will focus on 3D geoinformation for building renovation passports and energy transition."


- surname: Zaid
  name: Inès
  title: PhD Researcher & Junior Lecturer
  photo: ines.jpeg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/izaid
  email: izaid@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ineszaid/
  description: "I am a PhD researcher and Junior Lecturer in the Department of Urbanism in the Urban Data Science section, studying the long-term transformation of train station areas and the role of pedestrian movement patterns in shaping these transformations, working at the intersection of time and space."

- surname: Vargiemezis
  name: Themistoklis (Themis)
  title: Postdoc
  photo: themis.jpeg
  homepage: 3d.bk.tudelft.nl/tvargiemezis
  email: t.vargiemezis@tudelft.nl
  linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themistoklis-vargiemezis-0ab680168
  description: "My research focuses on advancing the understanding and predictive modeling of wind flow in urban areas through an interdisciplinary approach that combines Computational Wind Engineering and Deep Learning.
  I aim to establish simulation and data-driven frameworks to improve how we design, construct and operate buildings and urban spaces, supporting the development of more sustainable and resilient cities."