Evelyn is a geospatial scientist specialising in big geospatial data management, data quality, and environmental modelling. Over the last five years, her research has focused on machine learning-driven predictive spatial modelling.

She is passionate about open-source tools and open data, and an avid participant in the 30DayMapChallenge. She serves as a Professor in Geoinformatics and leads the Landscape Geoinformatics Lab at the University of Tartu.