Plastic Landmine Detection Research
Cofounder and Chief Scientist of Safe Pro AI
Cofounder and President of the Demining Research Community
ABOUT
Dr. Jasper Baur is the Cofounder and Chief Scientist at Safe Pro AI and President of the nonprofit Demining Research Community. At Safe Pro AI, he leads development of SpotlightAI, a drone-based imagery analysis and mapping platform that has detected over 43,000 landmines and UXO as of January 2026. Through the Demining Research Community, he directs the seeded field project and benchmarks emerging remote sensing technologies for humanitarian mine action. Baur earned his PhD from Columbia University in 2025, specializing in UAV-based remote sensing and computer vision for landmine detection. His mission is to innovate technology in humanitarian mine action to safelty return land to affected communities..
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EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Remote Sensing & Computer Vision
UAV based remote sensing and computer vision for earth and humanitarian geophysical applications
Specialization in small object detection
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2020 - 2024
Columbia University
MPhil
Master of Arts
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Landmine Detection
Using drone based photogrammetry, thermal infrared, and multispectral sensing with machine learning to detect landmines.
Detecting buried UXO and landmines using airborne geophysical surveys.
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Scientific Illustration, UX and UI
Graphic design for user interfaces
Designing intuitive UX for geospatial analysis
Exploring unique ways to couple art and science
Physical Volcanology
UAV based remote sensing for analyzing lava flows and generating 3D models from structure-from-motion
2016 - 2020
Binghamton University
Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences
Minor in Graphic Design / Painting
Minor in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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2022 - 2025
Columbia University
PhD
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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