About
Richard is a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Würzburg and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). His research is conducted on the basis of spatially explicit urban ecology and focuses on the spatiotemporal characterization of urban areas employing geoinformatics. His goal is to detect global regularities as well as fundamental differences between cities, aiming to find the underlying properties driving the evolution of urban systems. Richard has published diverse peer-reviewed scientific papers focused on urban spatial development, the urban heat island effect, urban green infrastructure and land cover change (e.g., deforestation). He has collaborated with research groups from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, India, Finland, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United States, in projects focused on land use change, climate change, vegetation monitoring, spatial patterns of urbanization, land planning, and evaluation of the provision of ecosystem services, among others.
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EAGLE MSc Defense: Active Learning and Parameter-Efficient Feature Adaptation for Cross-City Seismic Building Type Transfer Using DINOv2 and Street-Level Imagery
On November 12, 2026, Christina Krause will present her Master Thesis on " Active Learning and Parameter-Efficient Feature Adaptation for Cross-City Seismic Building Type Transfer Using DINOv2 and Street-Level Imagery" at 14:00 at the EORC Meeting Room (1st floor) in...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Robust and Uncertainty-Aware Informal Settlement Mapping — Cross-City Generalisation Across Diverse Urban Morphologies Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in the Global South
On November 12, 2026, Marlene Bauer will present her Master Thesis on " Robust and Uncertainty-Aware Informal Settlement Mapping — Cross-City Generalisation Across Diverse Urban Morphologies Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in the Global South " at 13:00 at the...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Internship with Blackfooted Cat Working Group
On November 17, 2026, Jolien Grafe will present her internship results on " Internship with Blackfooted Cat Working Group" at 12:30 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: The internship with the Cologne Zoo included a fieldwork period with...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Robust and Uncertainty-Aware Informal Settlement Mapping — Cross-City Generalisation Across Diverse Urban Morphologies Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in the Global South
On November 12, 2026, Marlene Bauer will present her Master Thesis on " Robust and Uncertainty-Aware Informal Settlement Mapping — Cross-City Generalisation Across Diverse Urban Morphologies Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in the Global...
EAGLE MSc Defense: New Housing Development Areas: Assessing Structural Types and Environmental Effect
On September 22, 2026, Agnes Zwick will present her Master Thesis on " New Housing Development Areas: Assessing Structural Types and Environmental Effect" at 10:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Germany faces a persistent tension...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Internship at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
On September 22, 2026, Henning Riecken will present his internship results on " Internship at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)" at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Through the...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Verifiable Nature Units
On August 25, 2026, Lutz Kleemann will present his internship results on " Verifiable Nature Units" at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Biodiversity credits and conservation work increasingly depend on measurable outcomes. During...
EAGLE Innolab Presentation: Post-processing and Quality Assessment of Mapathon-Derived Mining Data for Cobalt Belt Mapping
On August 11, 2026, Espérance Kandjale will present her Innolab results on " Post-processing and Quality Assessment of Mapathon-Derived Mining Data for Cobalt Belt Mapping " at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: During my internship, I...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Groundwater Level Trends in Germany: A National-Scale Assessment Using In-Situ Monitoring Data and GRACE Satellite Products
On August 04, 2026 Anugraha Das will present her internship results on " Groundwater Level Trends in Germany: A National-Scale Assessment Using In-Situ Monitoring Data and GRACE Satellite Products" at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the...
EAGLE Innolab Presentation: Comparing intra-urban thermal patterns using high-resolution HotSat-1 and Landsat 8 data from 14 U.S. cities
On July 24, 2026, Wajiha Yasmeen will present her inno lab results on " Comparing intra-urban thermal patterns using high-resolution HotSat-1 and Landsat 8 data from 14 U.S. cities " at 12:00 at the EORC meeting room/1st floor in John-Skilton-Str. 4a From the...
