Function and Responsibilities:

Researcher, Coordinator for projects AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0 & AgroHyd-X

Research Interests:

Remote Sensing, LiDAR, Forestry, Biodiversity, Global Change, Knowledge Transfer

GoogleScholar Profil: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=MdiRumYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
ResearchGate Profil: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matthias-Kunz

Career:

09/2023 - 09/2025   Researcher and Coordinator (AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0, AgroHyd-X), Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Germany

01/2023 - 08/2023   Researcher, Department of Information Technology, Bavarian State Institute of Forestry (LWF), Freising, Germany

08/2021 - 12/2022   Digital Mapping Consultant, Neotropical Ecology Laboratory, McGill University, Canada

01/2015 - 07/2021   Post-Doc (TLS in Forestry), Institute of General Ecology and Environmental Protection, Department of Forestry, TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany

07/2018 - 06/2019   Digital Mapping Consultant for TeamTao (Shell Ocean Discovery X-Prize)

 04/2014 - 04/2016   Visiting Researcher, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

10/2012 - 01/2015   Business Development Manager (3D Laserscanning Software), kubit GmbH (now FARO), Germany

10/2008 - 09/2012   PhD Student and Teaching Assistent, School of Engineering, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

03/2008 - 09/2008   Graduate Student in Geospatial Information and Modelling Group, Leibnitz-Institute for Ecological and Regional Development (IOER), Dresden, Germany

Education:

Dipl.-Geogr., Technische Universität Dresden, 2008
PhD Geomatic Engineering, Newcastle University, UK, 2013

Projects:

AgriSens DEMMIN 4.0 (2023-2025)

AgroHyd-X (2024-2028)

Awards:

2019   X-Prize “Moonshot Award” with Team Tao (Shell Ocean Discovery X-Prize)

2014   RSPSoc UK Student Award for Best Doctoral Thesis

2005   German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes)