Sharad Kumar Gupta

Sharad Kumar Gupta is a Guest Scientist at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ in Leipzig, Germany, and a Scientist at the Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) in Görlitz. His research focuses on remote sensing, environmental informatics, and geospatial data analysis with applications in ecological modelling, UAV technology, and environmental risk assessment.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Remote Sensing (2015) - Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
  • M.Tech in Geoinformatics (2014) - NIT Bhopal
  • B.Tech in Computer Science (2011) - Uttar Pradesh Technical University
• Research Highlights
  • Developed Drone4Tree cloud platform for UAV-based tree canopy detection
  • Specialized in hyperspectral data scaling and agricultural stress monitoring
  • Published extensively on environmental data integration, geophysical inversion, and urban green infrastructure
• Affiliations
  • Dept. Monitoring and Exploration Technologies, UFZ
  • Dept. Earth Systems Research, CASUS (HZDR)

Key Publications address landslide susceptibility mapping, UAV-based environmental monitoring, machine learning applications in agriculture, and multi-method data integration for subsurface analysis. His work appears in journals like EGU General Assembly, Permafrost Periglacial Processes, and Environmental Earth Sciences.