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.
Recent News
High alpine and snow training
In collaboration with the German Alpine Club (DAV), Laura, one of our EAGLE students and Clara, a student assistant at our institute, recently participated in avalanche rescue training aimed at equipping individuals with essential skills and knowledge to respond...
Internship Report by Sharmin Shara Mim on February 27 at 12:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 27 at 12:30 Sharmin Shara Mim will present her internship report on global aquaculture production (seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a). From the abstract: Global aquaculture production has been increasing recently. Asia has a positive...
Internship Presentation on February 27 at 12:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, February 27 at 12:00 Luisa Pflumm will present her innolab report on developing a processing pipeline to produce photogrammetry products in UAS acquired imagery using Agisoft Metashape software (seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a). The work of the...
Inno Lab Report by Helena Wehner on January 23rd at 12:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, January 23rd at 12:30 Helena Wehner will present her inno lab report "Low-Cost UAV for Conservation in the Conservation area „Biosphärenreservat Rhön"" (seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a). Hosting Institution: Biosphärenreservat Rhön Supervisors: Jonas...
Internship Report by Luis David Almeida Famada
On Tuesday, January 23rd at 12:00 a.m. Luis David Almeida Famada will present his internship report at DLR " "Land Use and Resource Management" Hosting Institution: DLR – Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Supervisors: Dr. Soner Üreyen, Deutsches Luft- und...
Deep Neural Network Regression for Normalized Digital Surface Model Generation with Sentinel-2 Imagery
Our EAGLE student Konstantin Müller published together with our chairholder of the Deparment of Global Urbanization and Remote Sensing, Hannes Taubenboeck an article about DL for surface model generation. The article explores methods to extract high-resolution...
MSc defense by Joy Giovanni Matabishi
On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 12 a.m Joy-Giovanni Matabishi will present his Msc Thesis “Modelling Bat Distribution and Diversity with Artificial light as a Focal Predictor in South Tyrol” in the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a/ground floor. Modelling Bat...
MSc defense by Vanessa Rittlinger
On Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. Vanessa Rittllinger will present her master thesis on “Detection of landslides in space and time using optical remote sensing data – A case study in South Tyrol” in seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a/ground floor From the...
MSc defense by Moritz Rösch
On Tuesday, November 27 at 12:00 a.m., 2023 Moritz Rösch will present his MSc defense “Daily spread prediction of European wildfires based on historical burned area time series from Earth observation data using spatio-temporal graph neural networks” in the seminar...
Internship Report
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. Sunniva McKeever, Maximilian Merzdorf, and Isabella Metz will present their internship report on their internship at the Kruger National Park, South Africa in seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a/ground floor Subject: "Our...
