I’m a full professor of geographic information science in the Department of Geography of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany. My research interests include geospatial modeling of Earth surface processes, machine learning, natural hazards, and remote-sensing data analysis. I enjoy contributing to the open-source data analysis ecosystem of with my geocomputing-related packages.
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Interests
- Geospatial modeling
- Geospatial machine learning
- Geostatistics
- Earth surface processes
- Natural hazards
Education
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Associate Professor of Geomatics, until 2014/15
University of Waterloo, Canada
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PhD in Physical Geography, 2005
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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Diplom (M.Sc. equivalent) in Mathematics (minor in Geography), 2001
TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany