2011 | Announced as University Professor and Head of the Department of Geoinformation in Environmental Planning at the Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning of the Berlin University of Technology |
2003 - 2011 | Assistant Professor (“Juniorprofessorin”) at the Department of Geoinformation Processing for Landscape and Environmental Planning of the Berlin University of Technology |
2001 - 2003 | Consultant and software developer, INTEND Geoinformatik GmbH, Kassel, Germany |
2001 | Doctorate (doctor forest), Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Grade: magna cum laude |
1998 - 2001 | Scientific staff member ("Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin"), Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Department of Forest Assessment & Remote Sensing, Forest Growth, Forest Planning |
1993 - 1998 | Diploma study of forest science at the University of Göttingen |
1973 | born in in Münster, Westphalia, Germany |
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Modeling and mapping spatio-temporal changes of landscape patterns and biophysical fluxes with remote sensing methods. |
Analyzing drivers, pressures, state, impact, and response of Human-Environment Systems caused by climate and land use change. |
Gaining regional process understanding of natural and semi-natural environments with forests, grasslands, and urban green areas around the globe with time series analysis from different sensors, AI applications and physically-based modeling. |
Gaining together with researches from other disciplines and local stakeholders a better understanding of the Human-Environment Systems to identify future pathways to stay within the planetary boundaries. |
Since 2019 | Member of Scientific Advisory Board on Forest Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
Since 2019 | Research Transfer advisory board Member, TU Berlin |
Since 2018 | Deputy Director, Institute of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, TU Berlin |
2016 - 2020 | Member of the Commission for the Allocation of Doctoral Grants of Elsa Neumann Scholarships |
Since 2016 | Admissions and Steering Committee member of the Berlin International Graduate School in Model and Simulation based Research (BIMoS), TU Berlin |
Since 2015 | Co-speaker of the DFG research training group Urban water interfaces |
2012 - 2018 | Leader of the Special Interest Group „Analysis of remote sensing data” of the German Association for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation |
Since 2010 | Steering Committee member of Geo.X – Research Network for Geosciences in Berlin and Potsdam |
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