جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Michael Thomas Marshallمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Agriculture
• Food Security
• Remote Sensing
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Michael Thomas Marshall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and the Digital Society Institute. His research focuses on improving crop carbon and water use efficiency through integrated modeling combining GIS, remote sensing, and machine learning. He contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 6, 13, and 15, aiming to enhance agricultural resilience and reduce environmental impacts. His work includes crop yield estimation, food access modeling, and Earth observation data assimilation in smallholder systems. Education: Not explicitly stated in text Research interests span crop productivity under climate stress, remote sensing applications, and land-use dynamics. Key projects include MODIS-based heat stress analysis and high-resolution food access modeling. His awards include the ITC PhD Publication Award (2024) and recognition at IEEE ICGMRS 2025. Grants/Advising: Supervised 2 works (names not listed); datasets include remote sensing imagery and crop monitoring frameworks. Labs/Teams: Collaborations on crop modeling, food security, and environmental monitoring through multi-sensor data fusion.

Frank Badu Oseiمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Environmental Science
• Geostatistics
• Public Health
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Frank Badu Osei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Digital Society Institute. His research focuses on geostatistical models applied to environmental and public health challenges, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals. His work integrates spatial analysis, econometrics, and disease modeling to address issues like mosquito-borne diseases, flood vulnerability, and pandemic surveillance. Recent projects include optimizing disease surveillance systems and assessing socioeconomic impacts of natural disasters. He has published extensively on spatial epidemiology, with datasets archived in DANS (e.g., cholera in Ghana, typhoid morbidities). His 2022 presentation highlighted research software for spatial statistics in geo-health. Collaborations span institutions globally, including work in Colombia, Malawi, and China. With 2566 citations and an h-index of 21, his research emphasizes actionable insights for public health policy and disaster risk reduction.

• Urban Planning
• Land Surface Temperature
• Urban Morphology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Jiong Wang is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, University of Amsterdam. His research focuses on urban morphology, land surface temperature dynamics, and geospatial solutions for inclusive urban development. He contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through work on slum mapping, thermal inequality, and citizen science. Key research interests include urban form analysis using satellite imagery, machine learning applications in urban studies, and bridging geospatial data gaps in low-resource settings. His work integrates environmental science with urban planning to address climate resilience and social equity. Notable projects include the IDEAtlas User Portal for inclusive urban data solutions and low-cost sensor networks for thermal monitoring in African slums. He collaborates globally on initiatives like EO+ Morphometrics and deprivation perception modeling through CNNs. Publications span over 45 peer-reviewed articles with a focus on urban heat islands, spatial data privacy (e.g., obfuscation techniques), and large-scale urban morphology analysis. His datasets, such as 'Deprivation pockets through the lens of convolutional neural networks,' are publicly accessible via University of Amsterdam repositories. Current work emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining AI with geospatial tools to improve urban sustainability and equitable resource allocation in rapidly developing cities.

Margarita Huesca Martinezمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Ecosystem Dynamics
• Remote Sensing
• Climate Change
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Margarita Huesca Martinez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources . She holds a PhD in Forestry and Agriculture from the Technical University of Madrid and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis (CSTARS). Her research focuses on remote sensing applications for understanding ecosystem dynamics , climate change impacts , and forest disturbance modeling . Key research areas include: Remote sensing of biodiversity and vegetation traits using hyperspectral/LiDAR/UAV data Modeling forest responses to disturbances (e.g., fires, insect outbreaks, drought) Up-scaling/down-scaling ecological processes from local to global scales She has contributed to the SDGs through work on sustainable resource management and environmental monitoring. Notable achievements include the Inclusive Earth Observation (EO4all) Award 2022 and leadership in the OBSGESSION project (2024-2028). Her research outputs span over 60 publications, with recent work emphasizing: Integration of machine learning in ecological modeling Education for sustainable development in geoscience curricula Global ecosystem change monitoring systems Current initiatives include advancing hyperspectral satellite mission applications for biodiversity assessment and developing spatial-temporal models for forest resilience under climate change scenarios.

Panagiotis Nyktasمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Remote Sensing
• Environmental Science
• Climate Change
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Panagiotis Nyktas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and affiliated with the Digital Society Institute. His research focuses on environmental science, remote sensing, and geomatics, with a strong emphasis on UAV applications and climate change impacts. He investigates topics such as soil erosion, vegetation dynamics, and geohazard assessment in mountainous and coastal ecosystems. His work integrates advanced technologies like thermal infrared imagery and photogrammetric point clouds to address ecological and environmental challenges. Notable contributions include studies on alpine plant richness in Crete, UAV-based rockfall analysis, and sustainable land use planning in Thailand. Collaborations span Mediterranean and Southeast Asian regions, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to environmental sustainability. Recent publications highlight innovative methodologies in remote sensing for vegetation monitoring, biomass estimation, and watershed management. His research bridges ecological modeling, GIS, and field data to inform conservation and disaster risk reduction strategies.

Elinor S. Meredithمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Volcanology
• Hazard Assessment
• Risk Analysis
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Elinor S. Meredith is a Researcher and Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Applied Earth Sciences at Nanyang Technological University. Her work focuses on volcanic hazards, particularly lava flow dynamics, urban exposure to volcanic risks, and risk assessment methodologies. She has contributed to global datasets analyzing the impacts of lava flows on infrastructure and populations, emphasizing the integration of geospatial data and critical infrastructure resilience. Her research spans volcanology, hazard modeling, and risk mitigation strategies. Key projects include evaluating city exposure to volcanic hazards, refining population exposure estimation techniques, and analyzing lava flow behaviors through field investigations and remote sensing. Meredith collaborates internationally, contributing to both peer-reviewed articles and open-access datasets, such as the 'Lava flow impacts on the built environment' dataset published in 2024. Meredith's work addresses global trends in volcanic risk, with a focus on vulnerable regions like Southeast Asia and urban centers near volcanoes. Her research bridges empirical field studies with theoretical frameworks, aiming to enhance disaster preparedness and resilience planning. While not explicitly listed, her contributions suggest active participation in interdisciplinary teams focused on environmental hazards and civil infrastructure protection.

Anton Vrielingمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Earth Observation and Remote Sensing
• Vegetation Phenology
• Agricultural Drought Monitoring
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Anton Vrieling is an Associate Professor at the University of Twente, holding dual affiliations in the Department of Natural Resources and the Digital Society Institute within the Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation . His research focuses on applying satellite image time series to monitor dynamic natural resources, particularly agricultural and natural vegetation cover changes. He specializes in vegetation phenology, drought monitoring, and the use of advanced satellite sensors like Sentinel-2 for fine-scale environmental analysis. Before joining the University of Twente in 2009, he earned MSc degrees in Tropical Land Use and Geo-information Science (2001) and a PhD in soil erosion studies (2007) from Wageningen University, followed by postdoctoral work at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (2007–2009). Research interests include climate change impacts on ecosystems, livestock-environment interactions in rangelands, and the development of index-based insurance tools using satellite data. Notable projects include the NL-CGIAR Senior Expert Programme (2019–2029), addressing climate resilience in Kenyan pastoral systems through Earth observation technologies. His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to climate action (SDG 13) and responsible consumption (SDG 12). Key achievements include pioneering methods for vegetation seasonality analysis and drought risk assessment. Awards include the Remote Sensing Letters Award (2018) and a Research Award for Best Scientific Paper (2015). Current projects focus on integrating satellite-derived insights into financial risk assessment (ESG frameworks), improving rangeland monitoring through LoRaWAN sensors, and evaluating ecological restoration efforts using long-term satellite datasets. His research bridges academic innovation with practical applications in sustainable resource management.

• Spatial Statistics
• Point Process Modeling
• Mathematical Operations Research
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Marie-Colette van Lieshout is a Full Professor holding dual roles in the Digital Society Institute and the Department of Mathematics of Operations Research. Her research focuses on spatial statistics, point processes, and statistical modeling applied to earth sciences and computational methods. She contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through work on seismic hazard monitoring, stochastic processes, and risk management. Key activities include organizing conferences like Spatial Statistics 2022 and serving on editorial boards. She has published extensively, with datasets deposited in 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Education: Not explicitly detailed in text. Research Interests: Spatial and spatiotemporal statistical models Point process analysis and applications in environmental science Renewal processes and interval censoring methods Mathematical foundations of operations research Recent Article Trends: Focus on stochastic modeling for seismic hazards, Markov decision processes, and semi-Markov systems. Contributions bridge theoretical probability and applied geophysics. Awards: None explicitly mentioned. Advising & Grants: Supervised 3 works (names unspecified). Active in conference organization and editorial roles. Labs/Teams: Collaborates on fire risk management (via datasets) and participates in international statistics networks.

• Water Resources Management
• GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
• Educational Programmes Quality Control
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Arno van Lieshout holds dual academic appointments as a Lecturer in the Department of Water Resources and the Digital Society Institute. His work focuses on water resources management, GIS applications, and remote sensing education. He holds an MSc in Land and Water Management from Wageningen Agricultural University. His research emphasizes quality control in educational programs, remote sensing for salinity assessment in irrigated areas, and capacity building in emerging economies. Key areas of expertise include UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in water management and environmental sustainability. His publications span remote sensing education platforms, rainfall runoff modeling, and spatio-temporal analysis. He collaborates internationally on projects involving ILRI-Alterra and ITC-partners in Iran and Bolivia.

Louise Willemenمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Ecosystem Services
• Spatial Dynamics
• Land Degradation Neutrality
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Louise (Wieteke) Willemen is a Full Professor at the University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Natural Resources. Her research focuses on spatial dynamics of ecosystem services , integrating remote sensing , land degradation neutrality , and citizen science . Key Research Areas: Ecosystem services mapping and monitoring Ecological restoration in degraded landscapes Climate change mitigation through sustainable land use Urban green space modeling in Paramaribo, Suriname Notable Contributions: Coordinating Lead Author for IPBES Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Lead Author for IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessments Board member of Ecosystem Services Partnership Supervision of PhD research on Ethiopian highlands ecosystem services Collaborations: Anton de Kom University of Suriname Universidad Nacional de San Agustin, Peru European Space Agency International NGOs

• 3D Computer Vision
• Computer Graphics
• Machine Learning
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dimitris Tzionas is an Assistant Professor for 3D Computer Vision at the University of Amsterdam (UvA), leading research in the intersection of Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, and Machine Learning. His work focuses on modeling human-object interactions, 3D/4D perception, and synthesis for applications in Ambient Intelligence, Virtual Assistants, and the Metaverse. He holds an ERC Starting Grant (€1.5M) and ELLIS Amsterdam affiliations. Previously, he was a Research Scientist at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), contributing to projects like the GRAB dataset and MANO/SMPL body models. He earned his PhD from the University of Bonn on hand-object interaction, advised by Jürgen Gall, and completed his MSc at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research has produced impactful datasets (e.g., GRAB, InterCap, DAMON) and methods like InteractVLM and PICO, advancing human-centric AI. He actively serves on CVPR/ICCV/ECCV committees and teaches 'Introduction to Computer Vision' at UvA. Notable awards include NVIDIA grants, Google Research Gifts, and multiple Outstanding Reviewer recognitions. His lab collaborates widely, advising over 10 PhD/MSc students and postdocs, with projects funded by ERC, ELLIS, and industry partners like NVIDIA and Google. Key themes include 3D reconstruction, interaction modeling, and generative AI for realistic avatar creation.

Steffen Nijhuisمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Landscape-based Urbanism
• Sustainable Urbanization
• Climate Adaptation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Steffen Nijhuis is a Full Professor of Landscape-based Urbanism at Delft University of Technology's Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, leading the Section of Landscape Architecture. He specializes in integrating ecological, cultural, and social processes into urban design to address climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable development. His work emphasizes landscape logic as a foundation for planning across scales, from local to regional. Research Interests: Landscape-based solutions for urbanization challenges Climate adaptation through natural systems Heritage estate preservation Digital technologies in landscape design Publications and Projects: His recent work explores groundwater recharge in arid regions, resilient coastal landscapes, and adaptive urban strategies in deltas like the Pearl River Delta. He collaborates internationally with governments, NGOs, and institutions on projects in China, Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands. Awards: Recognized for contributions to urban studies, including the Springer Nature 2019 Research Highlights and the Reed & Mallik Medal 2018 for his book Teaching Urbanism: The Delft Approach . Advisory Roles: Member of the TU Delft Department of Urbanism Board and Chabot Museum Rotterdam’s Board of Directors. Editor-in-Chief of the Research in Urbanism Series and Springer Urban Studies Book Series . Labs/Teams: Active in TU Delft’s BK-Labs and leads the Landscape Architecture research group, emphasizing interdisciplinary design studios and global partnerships.

Julia Komjathyمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Random Graph Models
• Spatial Random Graphs
• Hyperbolic Random Graphs
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Julia Komjathy is an Associate Professor at Delft University of Technology's Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EWI), within the Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM). She leads the Applied Probability Group and focuses on probabilistic network models, including random graphs, spatial networks, and epidemic processes. Her research explores structural properties like 'explosion' in weighted graphs and phase transitions in contact processes. Education: Ph.D. in Mathematics from TU Budapest under Professors Márton Balázs and Károly Simon (2012). Thesis: Topics in Markov chains: Mixing and escape rate . Research Interests: Random graph models of complex networks Spatial random graphs and hyperbolic geometry Weighted random graphs and distance evolution Epidemic spread dynamics on networks Branching processes and percolation theory Phase transitions in scale-free systems Professional Activities: Organizer of TU Delft's Probability & Statistics Seminar Keynote speaker at WAW 2024 (Warsaw) and Discrete Probability Days 2023 (Barcelona) Supervised 4 PhD students, including Enrico Baroni (2017), Viktoria Vadon (2020), and Joost Jorritsma (2023) Awards: None explicitly listed, but her work has been published in top journals like PNAS, Annals of Applied Probability, and Random Structures & Algorithms. Current Projects: Investigating degree-dependent contact processes, first-passage percolation growth regimes, and cluster-size decay in spatial networks.

Mahshid Hasankhaniمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sustainability Engineering
• Decentralized Energy Systems
• Hydrogen Integration
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Mahshid Hasankhani is a researcher in the Design for Sustainability section at TU Delft's Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her work focuses on creating smart, integrated, and decentralized energy systems leveraging hydrogen and battery storage technologies. With a background in spatial planning and analysis, she explores innovative design approaches for sustainable energy networks. Her research emphasizes real-world experiments in urban environments to evaluate dynamic energy system improvements. She is involved in the RELEASE research project addressing fundamental scientific and technological challenges in energy transitions. Key areas of exploration include socio-technical coordination for hydrogen integration, regional energy network design dilemmas, and multi-faceted challenges in Dutch energy systems. Her recent publications analyze social dynamics, policy-practice gaps, and infrastructure complexities related to renewable energy transitions. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned, though her involvement in high-impact projects like RELEASE indicates significant academic contribution. She holds no ancillary activities since 2021 and maintains a dedicated focus on full-time academic research.

• Tourism
• Nature Conservation
• Africa
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Rene van der Duim is a Professor in Cultural Geography at Wageningen University's School of Social Sciences (WASS). His research focuses on tourism's socio-cultural and environmental dimensions, particularly in Africa and Southeast Asia. He has authored 194 publications, supervised 18 PhD candidates, and led 20 research projects addressing topics such as conservation tourism, policy networks, and sustainable development. Van der Duim serves as an editorial board member for ATLAS Tourism and Leisure Review and frequently engages in policy dialogues through media interviews and keynote addresses. His work bridges academic inquiry with practical applications in landscape governance, community partnerships, and tourism ethics. Research interests emphasize actor-network theory (ANT), policy arrangements, and institutional innovations within tourism systems. Key areas include Uganda's wildlife management conflicts, Zanzibar's climate adaptation, and Kenya's conservation partnerships. Van der Duim's projects often involve cross-sector collaboration, such as analyzing funding mechanisms for WWF's conservation efforts and evaluating post-pandemic tourism sustainability frameworks in Indonesia. 194+ peer-reviewed publications across journals like Journal of Sport and Tourism and Tourism Planning and Development Active supervision of 19 PhD projects (1 ongoing, 18 completed) Lead researcher in projects funded by SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and international NGOs Keynote speaker at events like 'Duurzaam Weekend Den Bosch' and academic conferences His work has been cited in 28 Mendeley reader groups and referenced in encyclopedic contributions such as the Encyclopedia of Tourism . Current research explores tensions between tourism development and ecological preservation, with special focus on marginalized communities in conservation zones.