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Helga is a Geospatial Analyst at the Worldwide Fund for Natur (WWF). As a Geoecologist she is passionate about using data to create greater understanding and have a positive impact on our environment, nature conservation and wider society. She has experience in international consulting, scientific, public administration, and NGOs and has been involved in numerous geospatial and remote sensing, science communication and citizen science projects.
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MSc defense Camilo Zamora
On Friday 11th of February at 9am Camilo Zamora will present his M.Sc. thesis "Deforestation dynamics in the Dry Chaco ecoregion: a three decades of change detection and fragmentation study analysis". From the abtract: "Tropical forests represent 52% of global forests...
MSc idea and interesting presentations
on Friday 18th of February at 9am we will have the following presentations: Jakob Rieser - Thesis Idea: "A Synergistic Use of Optical and SAR Remote Sensing Data for the Long-term Evolution of Biocrusts and their Activity across diverse Dryland Ecosystems"....
Our EAGLEs featured on the University page
Our EAGLEs Sofia, Annika, Antonio, Andreas and Nils are featured on the University webpage with their UrbanSens idea of combining mobile IoT sensors and Earth Observation data for urban climate monitoring. Their success winning the DLR Copernicus challenge rewarded...
Great dashboard by our EAGLE students
our EAGLE students created various informative remote sensing and spatial environmental data dashboards and learned a lot how to communicate their Earth Observation research in an interactive online platform. One example by our student Ronald Okoth is shown below and...
MSc defense by Christabel Ansah
Christabel will present her M.Sc. thesis "ASSESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OIL SPILLS IN THE NIGER DELTA, NIGERIA" on Monday 20th of December at 10am. From the abstract: "The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been battling with an unprecedented number of oil...
MSc Defense by Sandro Groth
Sandro Groth will present his M.Sc. thesis "Using street-level imagery and multi-task deep learning for multi-hazard risk related building characterization" on June 28th at 9am. From his abstract: "Accurate building characterization is a key component of multi-hazard...
MSc defense by Magdalena Halbgewachs
Magdalena Halbgewachs will present her MSc thesis "A Spectral Mixture Analysis and Landscape Metrics based framework for monitoring spatio-temporal forest cover changes: A case study in Mato Grosso, Brazil" on Wednesday 16th of June at 9am. From the abstract: More and...
Review of applications
Dear all applicants in 2021, we are currently working through the first evaluation of all 230 applications and will send out invitations for interviews in the next days/weeks. Unfortunately we are a bit delayed due to the high number of applications and we want to...
high number of application submitted for 2021
The application deadline for the 2021 EAGLE generation passed yesterday and 230 application were submitted. That are 80 more than last year. Check out who started in the 2020 EAGLE generation here. We are now going through each single one and check for general...
EAGLE 2021 application deadline approaching
the application deadline for our international Earth Observation M.Sc. program EAGLE is slowly approaching. Apply before May 15th to be reviewed and potentially interviewed for a place in the 2021 EAGLE group. Check out our courses, our lecturer and most important...
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