Team

Team, 2022-03: (back) Eric Kosczor, Christopher Marrs, Xiao Liu, Christine Wessollek, Naixin Fan, (front) Lucas Kugler, Daniel Kinalczyk, Matthias Forkel, Luisa Schmidt, Konrad Bauer; Missing: Johanna Kranz, Sigrid Schulze
Employees
- Juniorprofessor for Environmental Remote Sensing
- Website at TU Dresden
- Personal website

Juniorprofessor
NameJProf. Dr. Matthias Forkel
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Office:
Hülssebau, Room 438 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Germany
Office Hours:
Please write an email to make an appointment. With respect to individual courses, talk to me before or after the lectures.
- Secretary of the Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Sigrid Schulze (ehem. Pönitz)
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Visitor Address:
Hülsse-Bau, W532 Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
Postal Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Institute of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing
01062 Dresden
Parcel Address:
Technische Universität Dresden Institute of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing Helmholtzstraße 10
01069 Dresden
- Website for further information
- Scientific employee, PhD student
- Study: BSc Geography (LMU Munich), MSc Forest sciences (TU Dresden)
- PhD Topic: Harvesting the joint information from optical and microwave satellite sensors to understand and model forest dynamics
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Research area: Land cover change analysis, forest mortality, phenology, ecophysiology
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Sensors: Sentinel-1 and -2

Employee
NameKonrad Bauer M. Sc.
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Visitor Address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 250 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
on request
- Scientific employee
- Study:
Ph.D candidate, Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
MSc in Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, USA
BSc Bachelor in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
- Projects: DFG RECOVERY, NFDI4Earth

Visitor Address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
nach Vereinbarung
Tutor
UW-B-GG-13 / UW-BGEO-10 - Fernerkundung
- Scientific student assistant
- Studying MSc Geodesy
- BSc topic: Potential of multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data to retrieve leaf live-fuel moisture content
- Research area: Biophysical parameter estimation, statistical modelling, multispectral data processing
- Sensors: Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1
- Scientific employee
- Study: MSc Geodesy (TU Dresden), BSc Geodesy and Geoinformation (TU Dresden)
- Research project: FirEUrisk H2020
- Research project: Detection of land cover changes in Saxony 1961-1984 (LfULG)

Eric Kosczor M.Sc.
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 443 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
- Scientific employee, PhD student
- Study: MSc Geoinformation technologies (TU Dresden), BSc Geodesy and Geoinformation (TU Dresden)
- Research project: PhenoFeedBacks

Ms Johanna Kranz M.Sc.
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
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- Scientific employee
- Study: MSc Geodesy (TU Dresden), BSc Geodesy (TU Dresden)
- Research project: Detection of land cover changes in Saxony 1961-1984 (LfULG)

Mr Lucas Kugler M.Sc.
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
by arrangement
- PhD student (Chinese Scholarship Council)
- Topics: Radar remote sensing, SAR Tomography, space-borne Lidar, biomass
- Study: BSc Surveying and Mapping Engineering (Northeastern University, China), M Surveying and Mapping Engineering (Wuhan University, China)
- PhD Topic: Combining LiDAR and Multi-Frequency SAR Data to Estimate the Global Vertical Distribution of Forest Biomass
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Sensors: DLR F-SAR, LVIS, BIOMASS, GEDI, Sentinel-1
- Project management, research, student support, proof-reading
- Research area: ecosystem services, green infrastructure, natural hazards, spatial analyses
- Experience: Habitat Management, GIS, Biodiversity Off-Setting, Landscape Ecology, Project Management, Green Infrastructure Strategy Development, Stakeholder Consultation
- Projects
- Project Manager MaGICLandscapes - Managing Green Infrastrcuture in Central European Landscapes 2017-2020
- FirEUrisk H2020 - Developing an Holistic, Risk-Wise Strategy for European Wildfire Managment 2021- 2025 FirEUrisk H2020
- Project Manager ESA Sense4Fire ESA Sense4Fire
Mr Christopher Marrs MPlan
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Bartlomiej Roskoschny
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Helmholtzstr. 10, Hülßebau (HÜL), 443
01069 Dresden
Tutor
MSc GIT 04 / UW-M-GEO-K5 / MSc Cart 6 - Remote Sensing of Global Environmental Cha
- Scientific employee, PhD student
- Study: BSc Geoecology (TU Freiberg), MSc Hydrology (TU Dresden)
- Topic: Global sensitivities to and retrieval of vegetation properties from passive microwave satellite observations
- Research area: biophysical parameter estimation, data-driven modelling, passive microwave remote sensing, environmental modelling
- Sensors: Derived products from passive microwave sensors (AMSR-E/2, SMAP, SMOS ...), MODIS
- Research project: FirEUrisk H2020
Luisa Schmidt M. Sc.
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office Hours:
nach Vereinbarung
- Scientific employee, Post-doctoral research associate
- Study: Dipl.-Ing. Geodesy (TU Dresden)
- Research area: biophysical parameter estimation, image analysis, time series analysis, machine learning, remote sensing of vegetation
- Sensors: Sentinel-3, Proba-V, MODIS, Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1
- Projects: Sense4Fire (ESA)
Ms Dr. Christine Wessollek
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 439b Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
External PhD students
- External PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena, co-supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Website at MPI-BGC
- Topic: Identifying hydro-meteorlogical controls on global photosynthesis and vegetation feedback on surface water deficit
- External PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena, co-supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Website at MPI-BGC
- Topic: Water-carbon-cycle interactions across scales
- External PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena, co-supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Website at MPI-BGC
- Topic: Changes in Global Vegetation
- External PhD student at the United Nations University, Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources, supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Website at UNU-FLORES
- Topic: Estimating carbon sequestration and GHG emissions from Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture under climate change and land-use change scenarios
- External PhD student at the CzechGlobe – Global Change Research Institute CAS, Brno, Czech Republic, supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Website at CzechGlobe
- Topic: Assessing the vitality of forest ecosystems based on satellite and in situ data: The nexus of climate change and forest landscapes in Eurasia
- External PhD student at the Forstamt Hannover, supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Topic: Evaluation klimabedingter Waldschäden auf Grundlage hochauflösender Luftbilder: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Anwendung für die Waldzustandserhebung
Guest lecturers and visiting scholars
- Guest lecturer for lectures and exercises during the summer semester 2020
- PhD student at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
- Website at PIK Potsdam
- ResearchGate
- GoogleScholar
- Visiting scientist
- PhD student at Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
- Visiting scientist
- PhD student at the University of Padua, Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry
- Guest lecturer for lectures and exercises during the winter semester 2022
- Group leader "Remote Sensing" at Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology (HIF)
- Website at HIF
- ResearchGate
- GoogleScholar
- Guest scientist during the summer semester 2022
- Lecturer at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- Website at CZU Prague
- Visiting PhD student from TU Wien during the summer semester 2022
- PhD student at the Department for Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Website at TU Wien
- Guest lecturer for lectures and exercises during the summer semester 2020
- former PostDoc at Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, now data scientist at stenon
- Website at GFZ
- ResearchGate

Team, June 2020

Team, October 2019: Konrad Bauer, Daniel Kinalczyk, Matthias Forkel, Luisa Schmidt; Missing: Sigrid Schulze