Biography/
Curriculum Vitae

Professional Experience

2023

University of Salzburg - Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS)

EO Analytics

(September - now)

Validation of superresolution algorithms based on spectral analyses and agricultural downstream tasks, development of a fitness-for-use framework for EO data search

— to be added —

2022

French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)

LETG Joint Research Centre

(July - August)

UAV-based regression of biomass variables (fractional vegetation coverage, vegetation height, vegetation volume), development & comparison of three different machine/deep learning models, tackling the issue of sparse training data vs. model complexity

— to be added —

2021

mundialis GmbH & Co KG

(June - August)

enhancement of python-based Grass GIS addons, implementation of the cloud mask supplied by ESA for Level 2 products in GRASS GIS functions, compilation & evaluation of national weather data to investigate correlations with radio link transmission quality

— to be added —

2020

German Research Centre for Geosciences

Section 4.6 Geomorphology

(May - July)

environmental seismology for analysing geomorphologic processes, evaluation of a data set recording uniform turbulent flow of water, application of a physical model to reconstruct the empirical observations, inversion of the model with optimisation of the input parameters for the measurement setup with several spatially distributed seismometers

— to be added —

German Centre for Rail Traffic Research

Environment & Safety Department

(February - April)

GIS-based analyses of mass movement caused infrastructure risks, optimisation of existing models for risk prediction using focal analyses, development of an automated workflow for georeferencing of slope stabilisation systems

— to be added —

Other activities (continuations from previous years)

Institute of Geography, Tutor for the course „Introduction to Statistics“ (winter term)

Institute of Geography, Working Group for Coastal Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Geochronology (January – March)

2019

University of Cologne - Institute of Geography

Working Group for Coastal Geomorphology, Geoarchaeology, Geochronology (Prof. Dr. H. Brückner)

(April - December)

Paleogeographical analyses on the development of the sea level in the Black Sea area, sediment analyses in the laboratory (sample preparation, grain size determination, determination of the lime and carbon content), application of multivariate statistical evaluation methods for facies determination, reflection of the results against the existing state of research

Other activities (continuations from previous years)

Institute of Geography, Tutor for the course „Introduction to Statistics“ (winter term)

2018

University of Cologne - Institute of Geography

Tutor for the course "Introduction to Statistics"

(winter term)

Follow-up to the lecture,
teaching of basic methods of descriptive and inferential statistics

Educational Background

2022 - 2023

Southern Brittany University - Research Institute of Computer Science and Random Systems

M.Sc. Computer Science & GeoData Science

methodological foci: image analysis & processing, machine & deep learning, data mining

2021 - 2022

University of Salzburg - Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS)

M.Sc. Geoinformatics & Remote Sensing

methodological focus: remote sensing image processing (incl. object-based image analysis) 
thematic focus: agricultural analyses

2017 - 2021

University of Cologne - Institute of Geography

B.Sc. Geography

emphasis on physical geography,
methodological foci: laboratory work, remote sensing, GIS
thematic foci: geomorphology, agricultural sciences
2008 - 2017

High school

Focus courses: Mathematics, Physics, Geography

Skills

Scripting/Programming Languages
Python (numpy, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn, pytorch, ...) 80%
R (tidyverse, ...) 40%
Java 10%
GIS Software
ArcGIS 85%
eCognition 60%
GrassGIS 50%
QGIS 40%
SNAP (Sentinel Application Platform) 30%
Languages
German (native) 100%
English (advanced) 90%
French (beginner) 15%