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MSc. Léonard El-Hokayem

Research focus
  • Geobotany
  • Remote sensing
  • Modelling
  • Geodata integration
Scientific career
  • since 01/2022
    PhD student at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in cooperation with iDiV in the project „Identifying threatened groundwater dependent ecosystems as local biodiversity hotspots in Saxony-Anhalt and globally via remote sensing”
  • 10/2018-12/2021
    Master of Science: Geography, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 08-12/2019
    Erasmus: From Mountain to Fjord, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal (Norway)
  • 10/2015-09/2018
    Bachelor of Science: Geography, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Current project

Publications

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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P., Lindau, A.-K. and Conrad, C. (2024) How Can Satellites Help Us Find Plants That Use Groundwater? Frontiers for Young Minds, 12, 1394341. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2024.1394341.
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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P., Usman, M., Link, A. and Conrad, C. (2023, August 30) Potential Groundwater Dependent Vegetation in the Mediterranean [Dataset]. PANGAEA. https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.961765.
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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P., Usman, M., Link, A. and Conrad, C. (2023) Mapping Potentially Groundwater-Dependent Vegetation in the Mediterranean Biome Using Global Geodata Targeting Site Conditions and Vegetation Characteristics. Science of The Total Environment, 898, 166397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166397.
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Link, Andreas, El-Hokayem, L., Usman, M., Conrad, C., Reinecke, R., Berger, M., Wada, Y., Coroama, V. and Finkbeiner, M. (2023, August 3) Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems at Risk [Dataset]. Mendeley. https://doi.org/10.17632/P39Y3MDH6N.3.
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Link, A., El-Hokayem, L., Usman, M., Conrad, C., Reinecke, R., Berger, M., Wada, Y., Coroama, V. and Finkbeiner, M. (2023) Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems at Risk – Global Hotspot Analysis and Implications. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acea97.
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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P. and Conrad, C. (2023) Local Identification of Groundwater Dependent Vegetation Using High-Resolution Sentinel-2 Data – A Mediterranean Case Study. Ecological Indicators, 146, 109784. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109784.
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Lepore, D., Conrad, C., Allocca, V., Cusano, D., Loew, J., El-Hokayem, L. and De Vita, P. (2023) Integration of Remotely Sensed and Field Monitoring Data for Characterizing the Hydrological Regime of Soils Covering Karst Aquifers and Assessing Groundwater Recharge. EGU, Naples. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-65, 2023.
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El-Hokayem, L., De Vita, P. and Conrad, C. (2023) Mapping of Potential Groundwater Dependent Vegetation Zones in the Mediterranean Using a Simple Index Based on Global-Available Geodata and High-Resolution Remote Sensing. EGU, Naples. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-gc8-hydro-61.
MSc. Léonard El-Hokayem