Deutsch Intern
Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dr. Florian Betz

Department of Remote Sensing

 +49 (0)931 31-82407

florian.betz@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute for Geography and Geology
Department for Remote Sensing
John Skilton Str. 4a
97074 Würzburg

Thursday, 10.00-12.00 and upon request

  • Biogeomorphology
  • Interdisciplinary River Science
  • GIS and Remote Sensing
  • (Satellite) Time Series Analysis
  • GIS-Based Modeling of Environmental Systems
  • Applied Machine Learning
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Social-Ecological Systems

Since 2024:       Principal Investigator at the Earth Observation Research Cluster at the University of Würzburg

2023:                 Visiting Scholar at the Natural Capital Project and Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University

2019-2023:       Coordinator of the “ÖkoFlussPlan” Project at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Applied Physical Geography

2018-2023:       Member of the core team of the Floodplain Institute Neuburg

2021:                 Dissertation on the topic “Biogeomorphology from Space: Assessing the Corridor of the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan Based on Remote Sensing” (Supervisors: Bernd Cyffka, Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Gregory Egger, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

2018:                 Research Associate at the Applied Physical Geography at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and Geobotany, Trier University

2014-2017:       Research Associate in the “EcoCAR” project at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

2011-2014:       M.Sc. at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (topic of the master thesis: Selected aeolian processes in the eastern Tarim Basin: biogeomorphic interactions and their role for ecosystem services of natural floodplain vegetation”)

2007-2011:       B.Sc. at the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (topic of the bachelor thesis: “Wind erosion and aeolian landforms in Iceland”)