Team
Team, 2023-06: (back) Christopher Marrs, Xiao Liu, Lucas Kugler, Eric Kosczor, (front) Kristina Beetz, Luisa Schmidt, Matthias Forkel, Daniel Kinalczyk, Christine Wessollek, Naixin Fan, Johanna Kranz, Konrad Bauer; Missing: Sigrid Schulze
Employees
- Professor for Environmental Remote Sensing
- Website at TU Dresden
- Personal website
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Professor
NameProf. Dr. Matthias Forkel
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Office:
Hülssebau, Room 438 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Deutschland
18.11. bis 06.12. Büro im NÜR 305: http://navigator.tu-dresden.de/etplan/nür/03/raum/036103.0100
Office hours:
- Wednesday:
- 08:15 - 09:00
- Allgemeine Sprechstunde für Studierende (am 4.12. in NÜR 305)
- Thursday:
- 08:15 - 09:00
- ERASMUS-Sprechstunde (am 21.11. und 5.12. in NÜR 305)
Die Sprechstunden am 27.11., 28.11. und 19.12. fallen aus! Alternativ sprechen Sie mich vor oder nach den Vorlesungen an.
Tutor
UW-B-GG-13 / UW-BGEO-10 - Fernerkundung
- Research associate
- MSc in Cartography, TU Munich, TU Vienna, TU Dresden, University of Twente (Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters)
BSc in Geography, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK - Project: FirEUrisk
© Evripidis Avouris
Evripidis Avouris M.Sc.
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Visiting address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 436 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
- 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
© Naixin Fan
Naixin Fan M. Sc.
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Visiting address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
nach Vereinbarung
Tutor
UW-B-GG-13 / UW-BGEO-10 - Fernerkundung
- Scientific student assistant
- Studied MSc Geodesy
- BSc topic: Potential of multi-temporal Sentinel-2 data to retrieve leaf live-fuel moisture content
- MSc topic: Wildfire plume detection and investigation with Sentinel-5p
- Research area: Biophysical parameter estimation, statistical modelling, multispectral data processing
- Sensors: Sentinel-2, Sentinel-1
Mr Daniel Kinalczyk M.Sc.
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Visiting address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 440 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Office hours:
by arrangement
- Scientific employee, PhD student
- Study: MSc Geodesy (TU Dresden), BSc Geodesy and Geoinformation (TU Dresden)
- Research project: 3C - Copernicus Cross Compliance
- Previous research projects: FirEUrisk H2020, Corona
© Eric Kosczor
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
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Ms Johanna Kranz 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
© Xiao Liu
Visiting address:
Hülßebau (HÜL), 443 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
- 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
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Mr Christopher Marrs MPlan
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Hülßebau (HÜL), 436 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
- Post-doctoral researcher
- Study: PhD (Doctoral) degree (Czech University of Life Sciences Prague)
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Dissertation topic: Remote sensing and ground survey as tools for assessment of local changes in the environment
- Research area: Satellite remote sensing (optical, thermal and RADAR) with focus on environmental applications
- Project: WaCoRe-EU “Woody Plant Water Content Assessment via Microwave Corner Reflection” (MSCA COFUND)
© David Moravec
Ph.D. David Moravec
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Visiting address:
Hülßebau (HUL), 432 Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
- 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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Visiting address:
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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Visiting address:
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: 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 Forstamt Hannover, supervised by Matthias Forkel
- Topic: Evaluation klimabedingter Waldschäden auf Grundlage hochauflösender Luftbilder: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Anwendung für die Waldzustandserhebung
Former employees
- Scientific employee
- Study: MSc Geodesy (TU Dresden), BSc Geodesy (TU Dresden)
- Research project: Detection of land cover changes in Saxony 1961-1984 (LfULG)
- Research area: Deep Learning, analysis of historical aerial photographs, analysis of landscape changes
- Research assistant
- Study: BEng Geoinformation (BHT Berlin), MSc Geoinformation technologies (TU Dresden)
- Research area: Fuel type mapping, burn severity measurements
Now at: ICEYE (Helsinki)
- Study: BSc Geography (LMU Munich), MSc Forest sciences (TU Dresden)
- Research area: forest mortality, phenology, ecophysiology, Sentinel-1, field measurements, fuel moisture
Guest lecturers and visiting scholars
- Visiting PhD from UNIPD from April 2022 until June 2022
- PhD student at the University of Padova - Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture and Forestry (TESAF), Padova, Italy
- Guest scientist from Hebrew U Jerusalem from June 2022 until August 2022
- Scientist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Institute of Earth Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
- 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 PhD from KSU from April to July 2024
- PhD student at the Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
- Visiting scientist
- PhD student at Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute
- Visiting scientist
- PostDoc 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
- Visiting PostDoc from MPI-BGC from December 2023 until March 2024
- Post-doctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
- Website at MPI-BGC
- Visiting PostDoc from CzechGlobe in August 2024
- Post-doctoral researcher at CzechGlobe, Brno, Czech Republic
- Website at CzechGlobe
- Visiting PhD from CZU from April to May 2024
- PhD student at the Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Visiting guest scientist from SPARRSO from December 2023 until January 2024
- Chief Scientific Officer at the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (SPARRSO), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Google Scholar page
- Website at the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- 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
- Visiting PostDoc from Beijing Normal University from March 2024 to August 2024
- Post-doctoral researcher from the Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
- Guest scientist from ANU in June 2024
- Professor in Environmental Engineering at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Website at ANU and at ANU School of Engineering
- Guest scientist from ANU from April to May 2024
- Post-doctoral fellow at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
- Website at ANU
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
Team, June 2020
Team, October 2019: Konrad Bauer, Daniel Kinalczyk, Matthias Forkel, Luisa Schmidt; Missing: Sigrid Schulze