Lars Bernard

Lars Bernard is Full Professor for Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Technische Universität Dresden since 2015. He also holds the position of Chief Digitalization and Information Management Officer (CDIO) at TU Dresden since 2020 and serves as member of the TUD Rectorate.

• PhD in Geoinformatics (University of Münster, 2001)
• Diploma in Physical Geography (University of Münster, 1995)

His research focuses on (Geo-)Information Infrastructures, Distributed Geoprocessing, and Smart Environmental Monitoring. He has extensive experience in developing geospatial standards through roles in AGILE, EuroSDR, and INSPIRE initiatives. His publications demonstrate a consistent emphasis on:

• Metadata provision and data quality frameworks
• Interoperability solutions for geospatial systems
• Climate information service architectures
• User-driven provenance mechanisms

As co-chair of RFII (2020-) and spokesperson for NFDI4Earth (2019-), he leads major German research data initiatives. He has advised numerous students and coordinated TU Dresden's Master Geoinformation Technologies program until 2018. Current leadership roles include serving on scientific editorial boards for Environmental Modelling & Software and International Journal of Spatial Data Infrastructures Research.