Scientist in the Landscape Ecology Working Group at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Research focus
- Trait ecology, spectral traits in biodiversity, geodiversity and social-ecological systems
- EcoSystem Integrity – RS/Modelling (ESIS)
- Quantification of Land Use Intensity (LUI) and Hemeroby using RS and Data Science Modelling
- Close range, air- and spaceborne RS, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang
- 2020
Rehabilitated from Humboldt-University Berlin to Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg/Fakt. III, PD at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg - ab 2020
Establishment and management of the working group: EcoSystem Integrity – RS/Modelling Service/Approach – ESIS - since 2015
PD, Lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin, Mat/Nat, Fac.II, Geography - 2015
Habilitationsschrift: “Landschaftsmuster in Raum, Zeit und Maßstab – Analysieren, Quantifizieren, Bewerten und Modellieren in Landschaften”, venia legendi: MatNat/Fak.II, Geographie, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin - 2015-2016
OECD Fellowship, Carleton University Ottawa (Prof. Dr. Lenore Fahrig, Dept. of Landscape Ecology, Prof. Dr. Douglas M. King, Dept. of Remote Sensing), Canada - 2010
Scientist at ARA -Airborne Research Australia, Australia, sensor operator, participation in aircraft campaigns, field work, data processing, modelling - 2000
Dissertation-Thesis: “Spatio-temporal monitoring of landscape structures in the open-cast mining region south of Leipzig with methods of remote sensing and geoinformation”, University of Bonn, Geography, Prof. Gunter Menz - since 1993
Research Assistant, UFZ - 1991-1993
Lecturer, state-certified environmental protection technician with IHK degree (subjects: Biology, landscape ecology, environmental toxicology, nature conservation, landscape planning, environmental law). - 1990-1991
Research assistant at the Institute of Toxicology, Graupa, Germany - 1989
Diplom-Biologist – Karl Marx University (KMU) Leipzig
Current projects
- GeoEssential – Essential Variables workflows for resource efficiency and environmental management (EU-Project)
- SIPATH – What is Sustainable Intensification? Operationalizing Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Pathways in Europe
- MOMENT – Towards improved understanding of the coupled water and carbon cycles of terrestrial ecosystems with special focus on extreme events
