About
Christopher is geographer, holds a junior professorship in Geographical Remote Sensing. He is deputy head of the Chair of Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geography and Geology of the University of Würzburg. Christopher is coordinator of the EAGLE MSc program.
His research focus on the development of smart solutions that combine remote sensing, GIS, indicators, and modeling for analysing and solving geographical problems in human-environment interactions with a focus on land and water resource management in agricultural landscapes.
Courses
- Land and Water Management
- Applications of Earth Observation
- From Field Methods to Geoinformation
- Digital Image Analysis and GIS
He leads the AgriSens.org network and training activity.
University of Wuerzburg
Dept. of Remote Sensing
study program coordinator
email: christopher.conrad@uni-wuerzburg.de
phone: +49 (0)931 31 84960
Current projects
- CaWA (http://www.cawa-project.net)
- Lavacca
- Tech4Times
- Phenos
Recent News
final course presentations
Our EAGLE students had to present their work as posters, reports or oral presentations at the end of the summer term and could show impressive achievements and results of small research projects.Some impressions of their oral and poster presentations can...
First EAGLE Midsummer Dialogue
Beside participants from the University of Wuerzburg and the DLR, also many colleagues from companies and a variety of national and international research institutions joined this event. The midsummer dialogue was organized by the EAGLE students. The students were...
First EAGLE field methods course successfully accomplished
The first field methods course in our EAGLE MSc programme took place in the JECAM test site of DEMMIN-Germany (close to the city of Demmin in Mecklenburg-Vorpommerania) from 12.- 17.6.2017. Six EAGLE students, one colleagues of DLR, Dr. Erik Borg, and two lecturers,...
UAV application for remote sensing course started
The course on UAV application for Remote Sensing started successfully. The weather was good enough to do some first flights. In the next weeks and months more flights will be undertaken and data collected for different fields sites in order to gain more information...
application deadline in 7 days
The application deadline for the upcoming winter term is approaching. Apply within the next 7 days here: http://eagle-science.org/apply - application deadline is May 15th, further details about needed documents are listed on the application page. Learn within EAGLE...
course on object oriented remote sensing analysis
The new term started with the course “Object-oriented image analysis”. It is a hands-on seminar covering eCognition by Dr. Michael Thiel and Dr. Christian Geiss. Christian is an invited guest lecturer from DLR’s Remote Sensing Data Center (Department: Geo-Risks and...
application deadline for winter term 2017 is approaching
Applications for the EAGLE M.Sc. program are accepted until May 15th 2017 for the next winter term. The next application deadline will be only next year, again on May 15th 2018. You need the following documents for your application: a cover letter stating your...
testing UAV and D-GPS application in the Steigerwald
one of our field sites in the Steigerwald For several upcoming EAGLE courses we visited potential field sites and tested our equipment. During this first field work of the year our UAV and D-GPS data collection were tested in the Steigerwald at the research station of...
EAGLE students webpage is now online
Our EAGLE students setup their own webpage at http://students.eagle-science.org! Read about their background, motivation and expectations concerning the EAGLE M.Sc. study program. Moreover, the EAGLE students will post news about ongoing social as well as scientific...
EAGLE is part of the Copernicus Academy Network
We are happy to receive the notification that the EAGLE training program is endorsed by the Copernicus Academy Network. This network aims to foster the use and benefits of Copernicus. The EAGLE program applied within the DLR and University Wuerzburg network to be part...