Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Mathias Zöllner
Building
A 70,
Room
302 (Büro)
Telegrafenberg
14473
Potsdam
Function and Responsibilities:
- Engineer for the GFZ Section 1.4 Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics
- Development and operation of UAV applications for agricultural purposes
- Development and operation of an UAV borne sensor system for
greenhouse gas flux measurements - Technical responsibility for the UAV Pool of Section 1.4
Research Interests:
- Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, drones) in geoscience
- Airborne sensors and remote sensing
- UAV image data processing
- Greenhouse gas dynamics in Arctic permafrost and shelf areas
as well as in rewetted peatlands - Trace gas and turbulence measurements
- Geosphere-atmosphere interactions (heat, water, carbon)
Career:
- 2017-pres: Engineer (UAV borne sensor systems)
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geoscience, Germany - 2012-2017: Staff member and field geophysicist for an exploration company
Polarcus, Dubai, U.A.E. - 2007-2010: Research scientist and overwintering staff member at Neumayer III station
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany and Antarctica - 2004-2006: Research scientist and overwintering staff member at Neumayer (II) station
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany and Antarctica - 2001-2004: Research scientist
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
Education:
- 2010-2011: Helicopter flight training (FAA Private Pilot Rotorcraft - Helicopter)
Bristow Academy, Titusville, Florida - 2008: PhD Atmospheric Chemistry
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany - 2001: Dipl.-Ing. Applied Physics (Engineer)
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany - 1999: Exchange student
National University of Singapore - 1998: Dipl.-Met. (M. Sc. Meteorology)
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Projects:
- AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0
- MOSES: Modular Observation Solutions for Earth Systems
- TEAM: Trace gas exchange in the Earth-Atmosphere system on Multiple scales
- AIRMETH: Airborne Measurements of Methane Flux
Research Boards and Committees:
- GFZ representative at the UAV DACH e.V. - Unmanned Aviation Association