Nicolae develops physically based rendering software for Rayference since early 2024. He holds a B.Sc in Electronics with Music from the University of Glasgow and a M.Sc in computer graphics, vision, and imaging from UCL. Following his studies, he worked 3 years as a software engineer in the video game industry building many user facing tools and was exposed to highly optimised computer graphics software. His past experience and studies allow him to bring a fresh perspective form the world of computer graphics to the one of remote sensing. Within DTE-S2GOS he is the WP leader on the Design and Technical Specification.