Christoph Krüger - Agro-Economic Land Use Modeller

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Experience

Aug 2024 - Mar 2025

8 months

Technical Volunteer

Open Paws

Sustainability and land use
Automatization
Computational modelling and fine-tuning (accessible on HuggingFace)
Python
Spatial data analysis
Designed and integrated data pipelines on GCP
Generated synthetic dialogue and agentic instructions for LLM continued pre-training
Collected and cleaned data for further processing

May 2023 - Present

3 years 4 months

Netherlands

PhD Candidate Agro-Economic Land Use Modeller

Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency

Integrated pesticides, animal welfare, organic farming into the IMAGE integrated assessment model, which feed into the assessment of safe and just operating spaces for agriculture
Implemented CI/CD RAG software for the institute to aid researchers in analysis of scientific literature
Automated the analysis of global treaties and commitments and subsequent scenario creation to assess the impacts of country commitments to the Convention of Biological Diversity
Downscaled IMAGE-land to European resolution from 27 to 52 regions
Utilized Azure VMs, Multi-Core Nodes and Remote Desktops

Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

5 months

Germany

Supporting Intern Machine Learning Application

German Parliament, Green Party

Large language model fine tuning and sustainable development
Assisted MP Gerhard Zickenheiner in his duties in the committee for European Affairs and Sustainable Development

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Agriculture, Government and Administration, and Information Technology.

Agriculture

Government and Administration

Information Technology

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Research and Development, and Sustainability Management.

Information Technology

Research and Development

Sustainability Management

Skills

Sustainability And Land Use
Automatization
Computational Modelling
Python
Spatial Data Analysis
Machine Learning Application
Large Language Model Fine Tuning

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

Sep 2020 - Jan 2023

University of Amsterdam

Computational Sciences MSc · Computational Sciences · Amsterdam, Netherlands · GPA: 4.0

Sep 2016 - Jul 2019

Utrecht University

Global Sustainability Science BSc · Global Sustainability Science · Utrecht, Netherlands · Cum Laude & Honours

Certifications & licenses

German Hunting License

PADI Scuba Diving License

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Experience

Total positions 3

Experience in Agriculture 3.5 y

Avg length 1 y 5 m

Longest experience 3 y 3 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Netherlands, Germany)

Primary country Netherlands

Expertise

Recent roles Technical Volunteer, PhD Candidate Agro-Economic Land Use Modeller, Supporting Intern Machine Learning Application

Main industries Agriculture, Government and Administration, Information Technology

Main business areas Information Technology, Research and Development, Sustainability Management

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Certifications earned 2

Profile

Created

November 2025

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Christoph is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Christoph speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

Christoph has at least 4 years of experience. During this time, Christoph has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 3 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Christoph may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Christoph would be well-suited for roles such as: Technical Volunteer, PhD Candidate Agro-Economic Land Use Modeller, Supporting Intern Machine Learning Application.

Christoph's most recent position is Technical Volunteer at Open Paws.

In recent years, Christoph has worked for Open Paws and Dutch Environmental Assessment Agency.

Christoph is most experienced in industries like Government and Administration, Agriculture, and Information Technology.

Christoph is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Research and Development, and Sustainability Management.

Christoph holds a Master in Computational Sciences from University of Amsterdam and a Bachelor in Global Sustainability Science from Utrecht University.

Christoph has 2 certificates. These include: German Hunting License and PADI Scuba Diving License.

Christoph is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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