Greater Perth Area
Geochemist and Group Leader at CSIRO, working at the intersection of minerals exploration, data, and digital technology. Curious, cross‑disciplinary, and focused on practical impact. With more than two decades of experience at the intersection of geoscience and information technology, he is recognised as a leader in earth science informatics, bridging geology and computer science to translate emerging digital capabilities into practical solutions for geoscience research and exploration. Jens holds degrees in geology and oceanography from the University of Cape Town and a PhD in marine geology from the University of Bremen, where he applied geochemical exploration methods to palaeoceanography to reconstruct late–glacial oceanographic and climatic change along the Chilean margin.
Research in the past two decades has provided science with an unprecedented wealth of data. Earth and environmental sciences are particularly rich in data coming from heterogeneous sources. The availability of data together with powerful tools for data analysis and visualisation can provide new insights into complex systems that go beyond the traditional approaches of empirical science, theory, and simulation. As Science Leader Earth Science Informatics at CSIRO I develop methods and applications in data driven research in the geological sciences.
The IGSN e.V. is the Implementing Organization of the International Geo Sample Number IGSN, a unique identifier for samples and specimens collected from our natural environment. The objective of the IGSN e.V. is to implement and promote standard methods to locate, identify, and cite physical samples with confidence by operating an international IGSN registration service with a distributed infrastructure for use by and benefit to its members. http://www.igsn.org
Visiting Fellow at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science (IBI) at Humboldt University.
The IGSN e.V. is the Implementing Organization of the International Geo Sample Number IGSN, a unique identifier for samples and specimens collected from our natural environment. The objective of the IGSN e.V. is to implement and promote standard methods to locate, identify, and cite physical samples with confidence by operating an international IGSN registration service with a distributed infrastructure for use by and benefit to its members. http://www.igsn.org
Information technology for scientific research projects. Focus on numerical simulation of natural gas deposits, data publication, numerical simulation, visualisation, grid/cloud computing.