Dr. Katja Berger
Building
401,
Room
1.01 (Bueroraeume)
Claude-Dornier-Str. 1
82234
Weßling
Function and Responsibilities:
▪Stakeholder analysis / management / user interaction;
▪Development of geospatial surveys, including FAIR data principles;
▪Early Adopters Collaboration in form of Living Labs;
▪Support of EO product development in co-design with users;
▪Comprehensive review and analysis of underlying policy frameworks (EU and global).
Research Interests:
Google ScholarCareer:
2024 - present: Researcher in the Global Monitoring Group, GFZ Potsdam
2022-2024: Researcher at Imaging Processing Laboratory, University of Valencia, Spain
2010-2013 and 2016-2022: Post Doc at the Department of Geography, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
2012-2017 Post Doc in the group of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich
2007 - 2010 PhD Facoltà Agraria, University of Naples, Italy
2005 - 2007 PhD studies at University of Applied Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria
Education:
2009: PhD in Vegetation Remote Sensing (Agriculture and Forestry), BOKU Vienna, Austria
2003: MSc in Geography, University of Vienna, Austria
Projects:
- 2023-2027: Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (OEMC): https://earthmonitor.org/ (Role: WP Co-lead)
- 2024-2026: Copernicus Global Land Cover and Tropical Forest and Mapping and Monitoring (LCFM): https://land.copernicus.eu/en/news/copernicus-global-land-cover-and-tropical-forest-mapping-and-monitoring-service-awarded (Role: WP Lead)
- 2023-2024: ESA High resolution Land Degradation Neutrality Monitoring (Sen4LDN): https://esa-sen4ldn.org/en (Role: WP Lead)
- 2024-2026: ESA World AgroCommodities (website in progress) (Role: WP Lead)