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Yann Henri Chemin (born 18 March 1974 in Auray, Brittany) is a French scientist and writer.

His publications span Earth, space and planetary sciences (mostly articles and books   ), he also wrote some philosophy (in self-published books).

He graduated from several Institutes and universities: ISTOM (1995, FR), Cranfield (1996, UK), AIT (2006, TH), Birkbeck (2016, UK), IAE Nice (2022, FR). As a scientist, he lived and worked in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Thailand, Australia, The Philippines, Italy. In 1999, he rode from Lahore in Pakistan to his birthplace in Sainte-Anne d'Auray, Brittany, France on a motorbike, crossing Balochistan, Iran, Kurdistan, Turkey, Greece, Italy. 21 days and 8,500 Kms meeting more motorbike riders on this Southasian to Europe cultural road connection. From 2003 to 2017, he was actively involved in the development of GRASS GIS, both as a developer and a maintainer.

In 2015-17, he was briefly featured in international news       upon the bringing to market of a disruptive innovation in Sri Lanka, an open source weather station made with locally available parts. This resulted in the disruption of the local market by reducing the access cost to customizable weather station from 200k LKR to 70k LKR. Video information of the main project and an NGO uptake. A follow-up project made with the SNSF.

Buddhist philosophy impressed upon his life strongly, through the practice of Vipassana. He met several persons influencing him including Dr. Habib (sufism), Vishwas Sakrikar (hinduism), Aloma Amerasekara (Nee Dender; yogism), Dr Nalin Perera(naturopathy), and specific buddhist monks both in Thailand and Sri Lanka (meditation). Several books were made resulting from the total sum of their influences.

As of 2019, he is contracted by the European Commission in Ispra until May 2025.

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