Debayan Chatterjee

Debayan Chatterjee is a doctoral researcher (WiMi) at the Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin, specializing in sedimentary systems. His research focuses on understanding long-term river lateral migration dynamics, floodplain evolution, and valley widening processes through interdisciplinary approaches combining remote sensing, analog modeling, and geospatial data analysis.

• Education: M.Sc. in Remote Sensing, GeoInformation, and Visualization (Universität Potsdam, 2020–2025); M.Sc. in Geophysics (IIT Kharagpur, 2017–2019); B.Sc. in Physics (St. Xavier’s College Ranchi, 2013–2016)
• Current Work: Investigates river bank erosion controls using global erosion rate datasets, remote sensing techniques, and landscape evolution experiments
• Methods: Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry, digital topography analysis, analog modeling

He is affiliated with the Tectonics and Sedimentary Systems group at Freie Universität Berlin and contributed to the newly funded TIPSY project in 2025. His technical expertise spans research and teaching assistantships at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and Universität Potsdam, as well as prior project work at India’s National Geophysical Research Institute.

Key facilities he engages with include the Biomarker Lab, mineral separation labs, and geospatial software workshops. His research intersects sedimentary geology, geomorphology, and geoinformatics to address fundamental questions about landscape evolution.