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Bas Altena

Can we go from satellite snapshots towards services about snow and ice movements?

“The Fellowship was my first independent project, which I perceived it as an encouragement to innovate and explore new avenues”

 

After the end of the Living Planet Fellowship, Bas got another research grant and continued working on optical remote sensing of glacier change, though along the way he discovered more opportunities exist, and has now taken the entrepreneurial route. The experiences he got during the fellowship have been an ideal steppingstone for his start-up.

 

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