I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics at Trier University, Germany. I received my Diploma in Applied Environmental Sciences in 2011, writing my diploma thesis about the evaluation of post-fire vegetation succession in eastern Spain and how spectral unmixing of Landsat data can contribute to this analysis. The thesis was written in the framework of the Postfire project in close collaboration with the University of Barcelona.

I am interested in the interdisciplinary research of land use change, land degradation and the evaluation of ecosystem goods and services. Currently I mainly focus on the analysis of medium resolution, multi temporal remote sensing data that enable a local and regional analysis of land change processes. My main study site is located in Angola and the key aspect of my research is strongly connected to social and socio-economic changes. Large population movements after the termination of the civil war lead to massive land change processes and changes in the provision of ecosystem goods and services. Using remote sensing data, we are able to provide a retrospective view of land use change dynamics as well as interdisciplinary trade-off analyses and the investigation of spatial interrelations. 

Until 2017 I was a Ph.D. student in the Department of Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics at Trier University, Germany. I received my Diploma in Applied Environmental Sciences in 2011, writing my diploma thesis about the evaluation of post-fire vegetation succession in eastern Spain and how spectral unmixing of Landsat data can contribute to this analysis. The thesis was written in the framework of the Postfire project in close collaboration with the University of Barcelona.

I am interested in the interdisciplinary research of land use change, land degradation and the evaluation of ecosystem goods and services. Currently I mainly focus on the analysis of medium resolution, multi temporal remote sensing data that enable a local and regional analysis of land change processes. My main study site is located in Angola and the key aspect of my research is strongly connected to social and socio-economic changes. Large population movements after the termination of the civil war lead to massive land change processes and changes in the provision of ecosystem goods and services. Using remote sensing data, we are able to provide a retrospective view of land use change dynamics as well as interdisciplinary trade-off analyses and the investigation of spatial interrelations. 

SASSCAL is a joint initiative of Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Germany, responding to the challenges of global change. The establishment of a Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management could create added value for the whole southern African region. It should be conceptualised and operationalised to complement the excellent existing research and capacity development infrastructures and research initiatives in the region. It should be embedded in the regional and national research. Its mission is to conduct problem-oriented research in the area of adaptation to climate and change and sustainable land management and provide evidence-based advice for all decision-makers and stakeholders to improve the livelihoods of people in the region and to contribute to the creation of an African knowledge-based society.