Dr. Birgitta Putzenlechner

Leader of the Junior Research Group on Landscape Resilience

Research foci
Land Use, Land Cover and Landscape Resilience
Disturbances in Forest Ecosystems
Optical and thermal remote sensing with Satellites and UAV
Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)

Memberships
EARSeL Co-Chair Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover http://lulc.earsel.org/
DGPF - German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation
GfÖ - Ecological Society
VGDH - Verband für Geographie an deutschsprachigen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen
DHV - German Association of University Professors and Lecturers

Miscellaneous
> NDR report in “hallo niedersachsen” on forest fire research in the Harz: “What consequences do wildfires have for the Harz?” (in German only)
> Featuring the exhibition Digital Forest. A Virtual Journey into Climate Research. in the Exhibition Center of Hainich National Park 01 Mar 2024 - 30 Jun 2024.
> Organizing the Workshop on Land Use & Land Cover at the 43rd EARSeL Symposium, 17 - 20 June 2024 in Manchester

Previous Teaching
- Lecture on "Introduction to Cartography" (B.Geg.03)
- Lecture on "Environmental Monitoring" (M.Geg.05)
- Project seminar on "Advanced GIS and Remote Sensing with R" (M.Geg.12)
- Project seminar "Research and Applications" (B.Geg.11.1)
- Practical course "Environmental Monitoring" (M.Geg.05)
- Practical course "Data analysis and uncertainties in R" for master students (LMU Munich)
- Practical course "Hydrological modelling with the SVAT-Model" for bachelor students (LMU Munich)
- One-day excusions on hydrological and vegetation-ecological topics (LMU Munich)
- Accompanying the "Two-week excursion Northern Germany" (LMU Munich)