Fernando S. Paolo, PhD
ML Engineer / Geospatial Scientist
I investigate how human use of the ocean is changing. Using petabytes of satellite data and artificial neural networks, I map activity at sea to reveal what is happening, where, and by whom.
My research has been published in leading journals including Science and Nature, cited in reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and featured by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, BBC, Reuters, and others.
I am a Machine Learning Engineer at Global Fishing Watch, developing AI systems that support fair and sustainable ocean governance. My background spans postdoctoral research at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech, and a PhD in Geophysics from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.
"Truth is not what you want it to be, it is what it is. And you must bend to its power or live a lie." /Musashi