Advising of BSc and MSc theses
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Past theses advising
There have been several MSc and BSc theses advised in the past years. These were at the University of California, Santa Barbara in the Deparments of Geography and Earth Sciences, at the University of Potsdam in the Institute of Geosciences, Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, and at the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Technical University of Berlin. Below is an incomplete list of MSc and BSc theses.
List of advised MSc thesis in reversed chronological order
| Nr. | Year | Author | Title | Department and Degree | Additional information and PDF link (if available) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 2021 | David Eichhorn | Tree detection and tree species identification from dense LiDAR point cloud for Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, MSc Geoecology | |
| 36 | 2021 | Anna Rosner | Dating glacial moraines on the volcanic Complex Quevar in NW Argentina using the cosmogenic nuclides 26Al, 10Be, and 21Ne | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoscience | |
| 35 | 2020 | Ifeyani Okaro | The Sixth Sense of White Storks - Towards an E2E Service for Locust Threat Alarms | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Remote Sensing, geoInformation, and Visualization | |
| 34 | 2020 | Philipp Jordan | Applications of pointcloud and full-waveform Lidar data for object detection | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Remote Sensing, geoInformation, and Visualization | |
| 33 | 2020 | Franziska Mouliji | Eine Zeitreihenanalyse der Vegetationsänderung in den Anden von 1998 bis 2014 | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 32 | 2020 | Ariane Müting | Generating high-resolution DEMs from tri-stereo satellite imagery: A geomorphologic case study in the Quebrada del Toro, NW Argentina | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | PDF of MSc thesis |
| 31 | 2020 | Felix Keßler | Near-real time detection of lake ice using Sentinel-1 data | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Remote Sensing, geoInformation, and Visualization | PDF of MSc thesis |
| 30 | 2020 | Sascha Rabinowitsch | Die Ermittlung von Genauigkeiten und Anwendungsszenarios für fernerkundlich erhobene Punktwolken am Beispiel des Campus Golm | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 29 | 2020 | Kristian Kragiel | Terrestrial lidar scanning and point cloud classification of the „Neues Palais“, University of Potsdam | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 28 | 2019 | Elena Lefler | Klassifikation der Seen auf dem Hochland von Tibet mittels Google Earth Engine | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 27 | 2019 | Mohammad Zarch | Ground Deformation Monitoring in Mining Areas on the Central Andean Plateau (Puna, Argentina) Using Sentinel-1 Data | Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, TU Berlin | |
| 26 | 2019 | Richard Mommertz | Mapping bedfast and floating thermokarst lake ice and determining lake depth using Sentinel 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Remote Sensing on the west shore of Hudson Bay, Canada and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, MSc Geoökologie | |
| 25 | 2019 | Frederic Brieger | Derivation of Biophysical Metrics for NE-Siberian Biomes using UAV-Based Photogrammetric Point Clouds | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | MSc thesis published in remote sensing |
| 24 | 2019 | Nicole Mätzing | Untersuchungen der organischen Kohlenstoffspezies im Grundwasser des Wasserwerks Potsdam-Rehbrücke in Bezug zu den geologischen, technischen und klimatischen Rahmenbedingungen | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 23 | 2019 | Steffen Wellegehausen | Quality assessment of structure from motion point clouds from river pebbles | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, MSc Geoökologie | |
| 22 | 2019 | Maximilian Semler | Kartierung von Bergstürzen und Massenbewegungen in den Nordwestargentinischen Anden mit SAR Kohärenzmessungen | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 21 | 2018 | Bastian Thumm | Die Verknüpfung von Fußgängerdistanzen und Distanzen des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs als Optimierung von lagebezogenen Immobilienbewertungen | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 20 | 2018 | Lisa Dieck | Evaluating groundwater sustainability of mining activities in the Niger basin | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 19 | 2018 | René Mania | Dome growth during the 2016-2017 eruption sequence at Bezymianny volcano, Kamchatka, measured by high-resolution TerraSAR-X and photogrammetric data | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 18 | 2017 | Nicolas Werner | Spatiotemporal patterns and driving factors of lake size variability since 1985, Central Andean Plateau, South America | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | PDF of MSc thesis |
| 17 | 2017 | Björn Tobias Broschag | Precision and Accuracy Assessment of glacier elevation changes from TanDEM-X data for the Batura glacier, Karakoram Himalaya | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 16 | 2017 | Bartosz Mazurkiewicz | OpenStreetMap als Grundlage für eine (semi-) automatisierte Generierung von Trainingsgebieten bei der Klassifizierung von Fernerkundungsdaten | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 15 | 2017 | Konstantin Etling | From weather to climate: constraints for ecological models in Southern Africa | Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, MSc Biology | |
| 14 | 2017 | Felix Hemsing | Teilautomatisierte urbane Gebäudeinventur mittels Fernerkundungsmethoden | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 13 | 2017 | Eike Julius | Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der objektbasierten Bildanalyse historischer panchromatischer Luftbilder am Beispiel der Abgrenzung urbaner Flächen in Potsdam | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geoinformation und Visualisierung | |
| 12 | 2017 | Fabian Maschler | Locality-based Clustering of Large Complex Networks for Climate Studies | Hasso Plattner Institut, University of Potsdam | |
| 11 | 2017 | Erik Hoffmann | Migrationsanalyse des Untergrundes mittels zweidimensionaler Kreuzkorrelation der Catamarca-Provinz in NW Argentinien, basierend auf zeitlich varianten Daten differenter Fernerkundungssysteme | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 10 | 2016 | Markus Nennewitz | Along strike variation of active fault arrays and their effect on landscape morphology in the northwestern Himalaya | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | MSc thesis published in Lithosphere |
| 9 | 2016 | Belinda Seig | Landscape response to alternating wet and dry seasons observed by remotely sensed data in the Chew Bahir basin, Ethiopia | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 8 | 2016 | Lisa Victoria Luna | A glacial chronology and cosmogenic nuclide cross-calibration from the central southern Andean Plateau (Puna, 24S) | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | MSc thesis published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| 7 | 2016 | Benjamin Purinton | Validation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) & Derived Geomorphic Metrics on the Southern Central Andean Plateau* | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | PDF of MSc thesis MSc thesis published in Earth Surface Dynamics |
| 6 | 2016 | René Böhm | Untersuchungen der Flussbreite mittels hochauflösender Satelliten- und Luftbilder und Implikationen für die Geologie und Tektonik der NW Argentinischen Anden (Salta Provinz) | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 5 | 2016 | Heidi Stage | Kartierung der Gletscherflächen, Schneelinien und Permafrostgebiete in den Zentralanden über die letzten 30 Jahre mittels fernerkundlicher Methoden | Institute of Geosciences, MSc Geowissenschaften | |
| 4 | 2015 | Alexander Neely | The Hillslope Signature of Knickpoints Resulting from Stream Capture, Coastal Processes, and Resistant Bedrock on Santa Cruz Island, CA: Insights from and Automated Knickpoint-Selection Algorithm | Earth Science Department, UC Santa Barbara | MSc thesis published in JGR-Earth Surface |
| 3 | 2015 | John Potapenko | *High-Resolution LiDAR Pointcloud Data Processing, Computation, and Visualization with Application to Erosion Analysis of the California Channel Islands | Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara | |
| 2 | 2014 | Taylor Smith | Glacial Response to Climate Change in the Tien Shan Mountain Range of Central Asia | Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara | PDF of MSc thesis MSc thesis published in The Cryosphere |
| 1 | 2013 | Maiana Hanshaw | Glacial Areas, Lakes Areas, and Snowlines from 1975-2012: Status of the Cordillera Vilcanota, Including the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Northern Central Andes, Peru | Geography Department, UC Santa Barbara | MSc thesis published in The Cryosphere |
List of advised BSc thesis in reversed chronological order
| Nr. | Year | Author | Title | Department and Degree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2020 | Benjamin Huxol | Topography of the Jasmund Cliff coast (Ruegen) - a quantitative analysis | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 9 | 2019 | Pia Petzold | Sediment-grain size changes along the Quebrada del Toro River in NW Argentina | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 8 | 2019 | Nadja Siebzehnrübl | Veränderungen in der Landbedeckung der Mu Us Wüste | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, BSc Geoökologie |
| 7 | 2019 | Felix Tischer | Fernerkundliche Erfassung von Gewässerqualität in Brandenburg mit Landsat 8 OLI/TIRS und Sentinel-2 MSI Sensoren | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, BSc Geoökologie |
| 6 | 2018 | Hoang Anh Vu Tuyen | Detektierung und Kartierung von Methanquellen in eisbedeckten Seen mittels hochauflösender Fernerkundung | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 5 | 2018 | Ariane Müting | Classification and spectral unmixing of remote sensing data for the Batura Glacier, Karakoram | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 4 | 2016 | Sascha Rabinowitsch | Bestimmung der Flussaufschotterung in Nord/West-Argentinien mittels digitaler Geländemodelle | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 3 | 2016 | Alicja Balfanz | Deciphering seasonal vegetation gradients along a topographic transect in NW Argentina | Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, BSc Geoökologie |
| 2 | 2016 | Anne Klopprogge | Remote Sensing Based Classification of Geologic Units oft he Puna Plateau in NW Argentina | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |
| 1 | 2015 | Anna Rosner | Analyzing Cosmogenic Nuclides for Surface Dating and Determination of Geomorphological Process Rates | Institute of Geosciences, BSc Geowissenschaften |