JProf. Dr. David Frantz

David Frantz has been Head of Geoinformatics - Spatial Data Science since September 2021. His research focuses on the processing and analysis of large satellite image data and time series (big data) in topics such as land cover mapping, analysis of the distribution of building materials and forest remote sensing.

Mail: david.frantz@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 1848  |  Room: F11

Hanna Parkhomchuk, M.A.

Hanna heads the secretariat and is the central point of contact for organizational and administrative matters. She is responsible for communication with students, staff and external partners as well as the administration of teaching and research documents. She supports the department in planning events, processing applications and maintaining documentation.

E-Mail: parkhomchuk@uni-trier.de  |  +49 (0) 651 201 4591  |  Room: F10

Melanie Brauchler, M.Sc.

Mel is a PhD student with a focus on remote sensing and deep learning. Her research deals with Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) and the segmentation of remote sensing data. She is also interested in the use of OpenStreetMap (OSM) as a source of training data and its application in humanitarian projects to promote equal rights and aid for regions in need.

Mail: brauchler@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 2887   |  Room: F34

Jaqueline Hoffmann, M.Sc.

Jaqueline Hoffmann has been working as a research assistant in environmental remote sensing and geoinformatics since April 2022. Since then, she has been teaching bachelor's and master's degree students in geography how to use geoinformation systems. As part of her dissertation, she is researching object recognition of plants in arable farming. To this end, she carries out UAV flights on agricultural land in the greater Trier area.

Mail: hoffmannja@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 4014   |  Room: F33

Jari Mahler, M.Sc.

Jari is a researcher in the research project ELNAC (Enhanced Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management under Accelerated Climate Change: a large landscape social-ecological systems approach) and is doing his PhD on satellite-based characterization of land systems in Southern Africa. Special research interests are land surface phenology and machine learning.
 

E-Mail: mahlerj@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 4595   |  Raum: F13

Sascha Nink, Dipl.-Geogr.

Sascha is a PhD student with a focus on remote sensing and the application of satellite data for environmental and forest sciences. In his research, he investigates the use of Landsat and Sentinel-2 data to continuously update forest type information in transboundary regions. His work contributes to the improvement of forest resource mapping and the use of remote sensing data for forest management and environmental monitoring.
 

Mail: ninks@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 4620   |  Room: F33

Dr. Achim Röder

Achim is Academic Director in the Department of Environmental Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics. His research focuses on the mapping of environmental processes using remote sensing, with a regional focus on the Mediterranean region and Southwest Africa. He coordinates projects such as ‘The Future Okavango’ and ‘SASSCAL’, which are located at the interface of human-environment research.
 

Mail: roeder@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 4606 |  Room: F32

Dr. Sascha Willmes

Sascha researches the climate and meteorology of the polar regions with a particular focus on the role of sea ice in the climate system. His expertise includes remote sensing, satellite meteorology and digital image processing, complemented by scientific programming and geoinformatics. By linking innovative geodata technologies with climatological issues, he contributes to the investigation of processes and changes in polar regions that are of crucial importance for the global climate.
 

Mail: willmes@uni-trier.de |  +49 (0) 651 201 4630  |  Room: F7