Rocco Panciera
Geospatial Health Lead @ UNICEF | Geospatial Technologies & Remote Sensing for International Development and Environment
- Role
- Global Geospatial Health Lead at UNICEF
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rocco Panciera
I am a Geospatial Technologies and Remote Sensing Specialist with 15 years of professional experience leading geospatial research, implementation, training, and project management for public health and environmental monitoring. My experience spans academia, international development, and the private sector.Since 2016, I have coordinated UNICEF’s global portfolio on geospatial applications for population health monitoring, health service delivery planning, and health system strengthening through digital transformation, delivering technical assistance to more than 30 countries globally.I have contributed to over 30 peer-reviewed publications on cutting-edge environmental and health systems analysis and have led geospatial projects and capacity-building activities in more than 20 low- and middle-income countries.
Experience
Global Geospatial Health Lead
Jan 2026 — Present
Education
The University of Trento, Italy
Master of Engineering, Surface Hydrology
The University of Melbourne
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Engineeering
2004 — 2009
Skills
- Workshop Facilitation
- Data Analysis
- Gis Systems
- Gis
- Quantum Gis
- Remote Sensing Applications
- Spatial Databases
- Arcgis
- Hydrology
- Database Administration
- Gis Modeling
- Environmental Engineering
- Water Resources
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Satellite Imagery
- Matlab
- International Development
- Modeling
- Capacity Building
- Public Health
- Geospatial Modeling
- Web Mapping
- Mysql
- Surface Water Hydrology
- Remote Sensing
- Programming
- Land Use
- Python
- Microwave
- Geospatial Data
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