Seal element of the university of freiburg in the shape of a clover

Prof. Dr. Teja Kattenborn

Function

  • Head of department

Contact

Main interests

  • Multi-sensor / multi-temporal remote sensing
  • Plant Functioning
  • Machine / Deep Learning
  • Radiative Transfer Modelling

Short CV

  • Researcher at the Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research (RSC4Earth), 2019-2023, Leipzig University.
  • PhD in Remote Sensing, 2018, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT)
  • MSc Environmental Sciences / GIS and Environmental Modelling, 2015, University of Freiburg / Stellenbosch University
  • BSc Environmental Sciences, 2012, University of Freiburg

Awards

  • Emmy Noether Fellowship

Associated research projects

  • BigPlantSens –  Assessing Synergies of Big Data and Deep Learning for Remote Sensing of Plant Species
  • deadtrees.earth – a dynamic database for analyzing, and visualizing remote sensing-based tree mortality
  • ECOSENSE – DFG Collaborative Research Centre
  • GeoLabel – a NFDI4Earth Pilot for efficient Labelling of Geospatial Data
  • LeafH2O – A UAV-mounted dual-wavelength LiDAR for leaf water content retrieval
  • PANOPS – Revealing Earth´s plant functional diversity with citizen science
  • sPectra
  • UAVforSAT – Operationalization of Vegetation Mapping through UAV-based Reference Data Acquisitions and Cloudbased Analysis of Earth Observation Data
  • XR Future Forest Lab – virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality applications for forest and environmental sciences