Lab Alumni
left 2022
María Piquer-Rodríguez
Jun-Prof. on Human-Environment Geography at Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Geographical Sciences, since March. 2022
Maria has been a PostDoc from 2019-2021 at the Lab conducting research in a Geo.X joint project on Food for Justice focusing on territorial divergences of trans-national eco-regions in South America and the socio-economic factors that may explain differences in their human-natural systems.
published Mar. 2022
Franz Schug
PostDoc, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) SILVIS LAb since Jan. 2022
Franz has been a Doctoral researcher in the Earth Observation Lab and defenced his PhD in November 2021. His research focused in using remote sensing to map and quantify anthropogenic material stock patterns in the broad context of social sustainability and transformation research. He was involved in the MAT_STOCKS project.
published Jan. 2022
left 2021
Sam Cooper
Sam has been a Doctoral researcher in the Earth Observation Lab from 2016 till 2021. His research focused on quantitative land cover mapping and vegetation assessment using simulated hyperspectral EnMAP imagery and machine learning, while investigating potential synergies between data sources with varying spectral and temporal dimensionality. He was connected to the EnMap Core Science team Pahse III "Monitoring Vegetation under Global Change".
published Sept. 2021
Mariane Souza Reis
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divisão de Processamento de Imagens (DPI)(INPE), Brazil.
Mariane Souza Reis has been a visiting researcher in 2020/2021 with a focus on land use and land cover analysis methods.
published Feb. 2021
Dr. David Frantz
JProf., Universität Trier, Campus II/Geozentrum.
David has been a PostDoc researcher in the Earth Observation Lab from 2017 till 2021. He focused on quantifying anthropogenic material stocks from S1/S2 data for various countries in the world in the MAT_STOCKS project, data analysis workflows in the FONDA CRC and on programming his open source software FORCE.
published Sep. 2021
Mariane Souza Reis
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Divisão de Processamento de Imagens (DPI)(INPE), Brazil.
Mariane Souza Reis has been a visiting researcher in 2020/2021 with a focus on land use and land cover analysis methods.
published Feb. 2021
left 2020
Dr. Stefan Süß
Stefan joined the lab in 2010. was Doctoral researcher at the Earth Observation Lab. He finished his PhD in June 2020 on "Mapping spatial and temporal transitions in shrublands with cover fractions from space".
published Aug. 2020
Dr. Andrey Dara
Andrey was Doctoral researcher at the Earth Observation Lab from 2015 on. He finished his PhD in 2019 and continued to work on a project until February 2020.
He now works at the GAF AG Headquarters in Munich.
published Feb. 2020
left 2019
Dr. Hugo do Nascimento Bendini
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), Brazil.
Hugo do Nascimento Bendini has been a visiting researcher in 2017 and 2019 with a focus on mapping natural ecosystems and managed lands in the Brazilian Cerrado using dense image time series and phenological metrics.
published Okt. 2019
Dr. Cornelius Senf
Has studied his Bachelor and Master at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Was Doctoral researcher at the Geography Department and worked as Postdoctoral researcher at the IRI THESys from 2018 until 2019. Since 2020 he is PostDoc at the TUM School of Life Sciences, Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management at the Technical University of Munich. Contact cornelius.senf (at) tum.de
published Feb. 2020
Dr. Jan Knorn
Has started as student collaborator in 2004 and worked as PostDoc with a focus on teaching. Contact jan(add)knorn.org
published Sept. 2019
Prof. Dr. Sebastian van der Linden
University of Greifswald, Earth Observation and Geoinformation Science lab at the Institute of Geography and Geology.
Has been doctoral|postdoctoral researcher and senior scientist at the Geomatics Lab.
HU Berlin contact
published Oct. 2019
left 2018
Michelle Cristina Araujo Picoli
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE; Divisão de Procesamento de Imagens (DPI)
Has been guest scientist.
published Oct 2018
left 2017
Griffiths, Dr. Patrick
Joint Research Centre (Ispra), Directorate D, Food Security Unit. Project Officer, Remote sensing Expert.
Has been doctoral and postdoctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab; project "Island2VAP".
published Nov 2017
left 2016
Müller, Dr. Hannes
Landesamt für Umwelt Baden Württemberg
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab; project " CarBioCial: Carbon sequestration, biodiversity and social structures in Southern Amazonia"
published Aug 2016
left 2015
de Brito, Alan
National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil
Has been at the Geomatics Lab; project "Carbon Pathways from Deforestation in the Brazilian Cerrado
published Oct 2015
Smaliychuk, Anatoliy
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Has been guest scientist at the Geomatics Lab
published Oct 2015
left 2014
Yin, Dr. He
PhD from 2010-2014 ( Land Degradation Monitoring for Inner Mongolia)
since 2015: Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA.
published Oct 2015
left 2013
Margraf, Prof. Dr. Otti
Professor emeritus
Has been honorary professor from 2002 - 2013 at the Geomatics Lab; adjunct professorship, IfL, Leipzig
published Sep 2013
Main-Knorn, Dr. Magdalena
DLR Earth Observation Center
Remote Sensing Technology Institute (IMF)
Photogrammetry and Image Analysis
location Adlershof
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Jan 2013
left 2012
Grübner, Dr. Oliver
Robert Koch Institut, Berlin
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Aug 2016
Geilenkeuser, Dipl.-Geogr. Tim
published Jan 2013
left 2011
Kümmerle, Prof. Dr. Tobias
Professor for Conservation Biogeography, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Oct 2018
left 2009
Diermayer, Ellen
GIZ - Kambodscha,
Skype: ellen.diermayer
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Jan 2013
left 2008
Sonnenschein, Dr. Ruth
EURAC research, Institute for Applied Remote Sensing
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Jan 2013
Damm, Prof. Dr. Alexander
Professor of Remote Sensing of Water Systems
University of Zurich, Department of Geography
Has been doctoral researcher at the Geomatics Lab.
published Oct 2018