Deutsch Intern
Physical Geography and Soil Science

Dr. Thomas KREUZER

Tel.: +49 931 31-80740
Fax: +49 931 31-807400
E-Mail: thomas.kreuzer@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute of Geography and Geology
Working group Physical Geography and Soil Science
Am Hubland
97074 Wuerzburg

Campus Hubland South
Geography Building
Room 224

  • Natural hazards
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Slope stability simulations
  • Landslide inventories
  • Spatial statistics

Project bundle: Inclusive and Integrated Multi-Hazard Risk Management and Engagement of Volunteers to INCREASE Societal Resilience in Times of Changing Climates

Project bundle: Climate change and extreme events

  • subproject
    Landslides under climate change conditions (LASLI)
  • funding
    Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
  • duration
    03/2020 - 02/2023
  • project leader
    Prof. Dr. Uwe Ulbrich, Freie Universität Berlin
    Prof. Dr. Bodo Damm, Universität Vechta
  • project staff
    Dr. Katrin Nissen, Freie Universität Berlin
    Dr. Thomas Kreuzer (assoziiert)
  • further information
    https://www.climxtreme.net
  • contact
    Dr. Martina Wilde

Landslide Database for the Federal Republic of Germany - a Tool for Process and Landslide Impact Research and Web-based Knowledge Transfer

funding
  • German Research Foundation (DA 452/5-1 and 5-2)
  • Ministry for Science of Lower Saxony (MWK 76ZN1504 2016-2020)
duration 2015 - 2020
project leader Prof. Dr. Bodo Damm, University of Vechta
contact Thomas Kreuzer, M.Sc.

since 2021
Research associate, Physical Geography, University of Würzburg

2018 – 2020
Research associate, Applied Physical Geography, University of Vechta

2017 – 2022
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Applied Physical Geography at University of  Vechta; dissertation: “Integrated landslide inventory systems: technical implementation and automation methods”

2015 – 2018
Technical employee, Applied Physical Geography, University of Vechta

2012 – 2015
Master program in Applied Physical Geography at University of Würzburg, master thesis: “Critical slip surface search with Bézier curves”

2008 – 2012
Bachelor’s degree in Geography at University of Würzburg; bachelor thesis: “Sedimentology of the «Dunes de Biville»

Peer-reviewed

Scientific papers

Nissen, K. M., Wilde, M.Kreuzer, T. M., Wohlers, A., Damm, B., Ulbrich, U. (2023): A decrease in rockfall probability under climate change conditions in Germany. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 23 (8), 2737-2748.

Kreuzer, T.M., Damm, B. & Terhorst, B., 2022. Quantitative assessment of information quality in textual sources for landslide inventories. Landslides. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10346-021-01806-2.

Nissen, K. M., Rupp, S., Kreuzer, T. M., Guse, B., Damm, B., Ulbrich, U., 2022. Quantification of meteorological conditions for rockfall triggers in Germany. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 22, 2117–2130

Kreuzer, T. M. & Damm, B., 2020. Automated Digital Data Acquisition for Landslide Inventories. Landslides, 17(9), 2205–2215.

Jäger, D., Kreuzer, T.Wilde, M., Bemm, S., Terhorst, B., 2018. A spatial database for landslides in Northern Bavaria: a methodological approach. Geomorphology 306, 283-291.

Kreuzer, T.Wilde, M.Terhorst, B., Damm, B. 2017. A landslide inventory system as a base for automated process and risk analyses. Earth Science Informatics, 10/4, 507-515.

Wohlers, A., Kreuzer, T., Damm, B., 2017. Case Histories for the Investigation of Landslide Repair and Mitigation Measures in NW Germany. In K. Sassa, M. Mikǒs & Y. Yin (Hrsg.), Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides (S. 519–525). Springer International Publishing.

Conference abstracts

Klose, M., Damm, B. & Kreuzer, T. (2016). Landslide Hazards and Systems Analysis: A Central European Perspective. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 18, EPSC2016–11344.