Dr. Michael Thiel

Department of Remote Sensing
+49 (0)931 31-84690
+49 (0)931 31-846900
michael.thiel@uni-wuerzburg.de
Department for Geography and Geology
Oswald-Külpe-Weg 86
97074 Würzburg
Campus Hubland Nord
Building 86
Room 02.005
since 09/2012
Human-Land-Interactions in the context of climate change in West Africa
2016 – 2017
Production change on agricultural areas in Central Asia
2007 – 2013
PhD study in the context of the BMWi funded project “TerraSAR-X urban”.
2007 – 2013
Classification of single-polarized SAR-data by means of texture analysis
2006 -2011
Estimation of imperviousness in Germany from optical remote sensing data
Since 2012
Project leader at the Remote Sensing Unit, projects: "WASCAL", “TelePAtH”, “WASCAL-DE-Coop”
2016 – 2017
Coordination of the “LaVaCCA” project
03/2007 – 07/2011
Scientist at the Remote Sensing Unit, University of Würzburg, projects: “Versiegelung in Bayern”, "TerraSAR-X urban" and "Versiegelung2006"
11/2006 - 02/2007
Scientific staff member in the project "Satellitengestützte Erfassung der Bodenversiegelung in Bayern" funded by Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUGV) and Bayerisches Landesamtes für Umwelt
10/1998 - 08/2006
Studies of Applied Environmental Sciences at the University of Trier
Majors: Remote Sensing, Climatology
Minors: Hydrology, Soil Sciences
GGW
Geographische Gesellschaft Würzburg e.V.
VAD
VAfrican Studies Association Germany
Review-Tätigkeiten
Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing, Journal of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Science, Sensors, Ecological Indicators
AWARD - One Planet Fellowship
Member of the Scientific Advisory Panel “AWARD - One Planet Fellowship”