Curriculum Vitae
| 2021-present | PhD candidate, Biometry and Environmental System Analysis, University of Freiburg, Germany |
| 03/2020-06/2020 | Internship at Freies Institut für Datenanalyse, Freiburg, Germany. |
| 2016-2020 | M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, Profile: Environmental Modeling and GIS, University of Freiburg, Germany. Masterthesis: Predicting Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease using Spatially Interpolated Meteorological Data and Artificial Intelligence. |
| 11/2015-05/2016 | Research internship at the Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine (Leca), Grenoble, France. |
| 2012-2016 | B.Sc. Environmental Sciences, Minor: Meteorology, University of Freiburg, Germany. Bachelorthesis: Do different ecological processes lead to different patterns of residual spatial autocorrelation in |
Forschungsinteressen
- Räumlich-zeitliche Statistik
- Umwelt- und meteorologische Modellierung
- Machine learning
Publikationen
- Plein, M., Feigel, G., Zeeman, M., Dormann, C. F., & Christen, A. (2025). Using Gradient Boosting for gap-filling to analyze temperature and humidity patterns in an urban weather station network in Freiburg, Germany. Urban Climate, 62, 102496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2025.102496
- Ludwig, S., Plein, M., Barlow, J., Escobar-Ruiz, V., … & Christen, A. (2025). Street-level weather station network in Bristol, UK: Station documentation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15537606
- Feigel, G., Plein, M., Zeeman, M., Metzger, S., Matzarakis, A., Schindler, D., & Christen, A. (2025). High spatio-temporal and continuous monitoring of outdoor thermal comfort in urban areas: a generic and modular sensor network and outreach platform. Sustainable Cities and Society, 119, 105991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105991
- Winkler, L., Fleischmann, M., Grimmond, S., Plein, M., & Christen, A. (2025). Urban morphometric properties and their relationship to intra-urban air temperature across temporal and spatial scales (No. ICUC12-675). Copernicus Meetings. DOI: 10.5194/icuc12-675
- Plein, M. R., Kersten, F., Zeeman, M. J., & Christen, A. (2024). Street-level weather station network in Freiburg, Germany: Station documentation. Universität. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12732551
- Zeeman, M., Christen, A., Grimmond, S., Fenner, D., Morrison, W., Feigel, G., Plein, M., … & Chrysoulakis, N. (2024). Near-time atmospheric observations in urban areas: insights from concurrent operations in multiple cities (No. EMS2024-644). Copernicus Meetings. DOI: 10.5194/ems2024-644
- Feigel, G., Plein, M., Zeeman, M., Schindler, D., Matzarakis, A., Metzger, S., & Christen, A. (2024, April). High spatio-temporal monitoring of weather and outdoor thermal comfort in urban environments: A modular sensor network, first year data and outreach. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 19427). DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19427
- Feigel, G., Zeeman, M., Plein, M., Schindler, D., Matzarakis, A., Christen, A., & Metzger, S. (2024, April). uniWeather™: Advancing real-time outreach in urban environmental sciences through app and platform. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 19052). DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-19052
- Feigel, G., Plein, M., Zeeman, M., Briegel, F., & Christen, A. (2023, May). A compact and customisable street-level sensor system for real-time weather monitoring and outreach in Freiburg, Germany. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU-15609). DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-15609
- Plein, M., Feigel, G., Zeeman, M., Briegel, F., Dormann, C., & Christen, A. (2023, May). A sensor network for real-time monitoring and modelling of street-level heat exposure in Freiburg, Germany. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU-13816). DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-13816