Meri Koskelainen

Meri Koskelainen is a skilled Geospatial Technician at Woolpert, with prior experience as a Data Analyst at Hydromax USA and a Research Assistant at Eastern Kentucky University. At Eastern Kentucky University, Meri completed supervised image classification of wetlands, contributing to a research project that achieved third place at the KAS conference in 2018. Additionally, Meri worked as a Researcher at the Finnish Environment Institute, specializing in data management, remote sensing, and GIS, and enhanced biodiversity data visualization during a research role at HELCOM. Early career experience includes a GIS Operator Trainee position at Affecto. Meri holds a BSc in GIS from Eastern Kentucky University and both MSc and BSc degrees in Physical Geography from the University of Helsinki, complemented by an exchange year at the University of Kentucky.