About

I am an ecologist working at the interface of remote sensing and biodiversity science. I am broadly interested in how remote sensing and other spatial predictors can help to monitor species composition and diversity across taxonomic groups, as well as ecosystem function and ecosystem services. My work spans across natural, semi-natural, and urban environments, allowing me to apply these approaches in a variety of ecological contexts.

I am currently working on the SensGrün project, which aims to evaluate hyperspectral sensors for modelling grassland composition and diversity across a gradient of grassland types and land use intensities. Working in the German Biodiversity Exploratories, we have had two successful field campaigns this year and are currently analyzing our data.

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Interests
  • Remote sensing from air and space
  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functions
  • Spectral and structural variation
  • Biogeography
  • Environmental justice
  • R programming
Education
  • PhD in Geography, 2018

    University of Marburg, Germany

  • Master in Geography, 2014

    University of Berlin, Germany

  • BSc in Geography, 2011

    University of Marburg, Germany

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral fellow
September 2023 – Present Germany, Berlin

Project:

  • Evaluation of recent remote sensing-based sensors and methods for the quality analysis of NATURA 2000 grassland habitat types (SensGrün)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral fellow
August 2020 – August 2023 Canada, Sherbrooke

Project:

  • Canadian Airborne Biodiversity Observatory (CABO)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral fellow
April 2020 – May 2020 Germany

Project:

  • Environmental changes in biodiversity hotspot ecosystems of South Ecuador: RESPonse and feedback effECTs (RESPECT, Ecuador 2.0)
 
 
 
 
 
Postdoctoral fellow
November 2018 – November 2019 Germany

Project:

  • Bridging postdoc scholarship
 
 
 
 
 
PhD student
January 2014 – August 2018 Germany

Project:

  • Remote sensing as surrogate for phylodiversity and functional processes along land use and elevation gradients (Ecuador 1.0)

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