Karin Mora

Karin Mora is a postdoctoral researcher at Leipzig University, affiliated with the Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences. She leads the DeepFeatures project funded by the European Space Agency and contributes to the proposed Breathing Nature excellence cluster, combining biology, economics, meteorology, and physics to study biodiversity-climate-human interactions.

Research Focus:

• Phenological Rhythms in Ecosystems
• AI & Mathematical Modeling of Climate Impacts
• Earth System Data from Satellites and Citizen Science

Scientific Contributions:

• DeepExtremeCubes methodology for climate extremes
• SpectralIndices.Jl software for remote sensing
• Plant Trait Coordination and Forest Monitoring Innovations

Awards:

• Forschungspreis (Paderborn University, 2015)
• Technion Postdoctoral Scholarship (2014-15)
• Funding for EWM Summer School Course (2013)

Education:

• PhD in Applied Mathematics (University of Bath, 2014)
• Master of Mathematics (University of Reading, 2008)

Outreach:

• MDR Wissen Radio Contributions
• Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
• Co-organizer of EuropaBON Stakeholder Dashboard