Senior Scientific and Technical Officer at Group on Earth Observations Secretariat
Geneva Area, Switzerland
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- Seconded expert at European Space Agency
- Senior Scientific and Technical Officer at Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
- Past
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- Earth Observation Applications Engineer at European Space Agency
- Validation Engineer at ESA/ESTEC at Rhea
- Postgraduate Research Fellow at European Space Agency
- Postgraduate Research Fellow for SRON at RIVM
- Owner at KSD (Sole Proprietorship)
- Education
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- Universiteit Utrecht
- Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Willem de Zwijger College
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Rob Koopman’s Summary
Coordination of scientific and industrial development teams
Rob Koopman’s Specialties:
management of complex projects, coordination of scientific teams, procurement of industrial support and development, and management of such multi-interface projects within budget and schedule, programme management, optimisation of complex end-to-end processes and systems. Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
Rob Koopman’s Experience
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Seconded expert
European Space Agency
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
ESA secondment to GEO for two years
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Senior Scientific and Technical Officer
Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO)
(International Affairs industry)
April 2009 — Present (4 months)
The Group on Earth Observations is coordinating efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems, or GEOSS.
GEO was launched in response to calls for action by the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and by the G8 (Group of Eight) leading industrialized countries. These high-level meetings recognized that international collaboration is essential for exploiting the growing potential of Earth observations to support decision making in an increasingly complex and environmentally stressed world.
GEO is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations. It provides a framework within which these partners can develop new projects and coordinate their strategies and investments. As of June 2009, GEO’s Members include 80 Governments and the European Commission. In addition, 56 intergovernmental, international, and regional organizations with a mandate in Earth observation or related issues have been recognized as Participating Organizations. -
Earth Observation Applications Engineer
European Space Agency
(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)
June 2000 — March 2009 (8 years 10 months)
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Validation Engineer at ESA/ESTEC
Rhea
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
September 1997 — June 2000 (2 years 10 months)
Validation Engineer supporting ESA with the coordination of the validation programme for the GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY, AASTR and MERIS Sensors on the Envisat Earth-Observation satellite
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Postgraduate Research Fellow
European Space Agency
(Defense & Space industry)
May 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 5 months)
Validation and In-Flight performance assessment of the GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) sensor.
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Postgraduate Research Fellow for SRON
RIVM
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Environmental Services industry)
August 1993 — May 1996 (2 years 10 months)
Validation research for the GOME (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment) sensor.
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Owner
KSD (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 1993 — August 1993 (8 months)
Rob Koopman’s Education
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Universiteit Utrecht
OIO , Astrophysics , 1991 — 1992
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Universiteit van Amsterdam
MSc , Astrophysics , 1983 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- Dutch Astronomers Association (NAC)
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Willem de Zwijger College
secondary school , 1977 — 1983
Additional Information
Rob Koopman’s Websites:
Rob Koopman’s Interests:
Machu Picchu, Peru, (Mar 2001)
Rob Koopman’s Groups:
Steering Committee Member of the Network for Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC)
Member of the Atmospheric Composition Subgroup (ACSG) of the Working Group on Calibration and Validation (WGCV) of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS)
Member of the Nederlandse Astronomen Club
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Universiteit van Amsterdam -
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Porsche owner -
European Space Agency - Friends -
Climate Change - I care! -
Alumni of Utrecht University -
Climate Policy Group -
Innovatie 2.0 -
Anton Pannekoek Alumni -
Air Quality Professionals -
Earth Snapshot
Rob Koopman’s Honors:
Member of the GOME-1 tiger team
Certified internal ISO9001 auditor
2x ESA team award winner (ERS Zero-Gyro Mode Team, and Envisat Ground Segment Team)
Rob Koopman’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
