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Biography

10/01/2010 - present	Chair of the Department of Geoinformatics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
2005 - 09/2010	Professor for Geoinformatics at University of Osnabrück
2000 - 2004	Professor for Environmental Science focusing on Computer Science at the University of Vechta
2000	Postdoctoral lecture qualification at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Bonn (with Dr. Armin B. Cremers)
1995	Ph.D. at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn (with Dr. Armin B. Cremers)
1995 - 2000	Board member for the Collaborative Reseach Centre 350 and head of AG Geoinformation Systems at Department of Computer Science III, University of Bonn
1989 - 1995	Researcher at the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Working Group Hans Jörg Schek), Freie Universität Berlin and the Collaborative Research Centre 350, University of Bonn
1989	Graduated with a Diploma in Informatics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt
1982 - 1989	Student in Informatics at the Technische Universität Darmstadt

Guest Professorships and Research Visits

Ecole Nationale Supériore de Géologie, Nancy (GOCAD research group)

Staffordshire University (U.K.)

ETH Zürich

Universität Wien

American University in Dubai (AUD)

Research and Projects

Current Research Projects at the Department of Geoinformatics:

3D/4D Geoinformation Systems

Geographical and Environmental Databases

Building topology in any dimensional spaces for applications of Construction and Geoinformatics

Database support for cooperative route planning in 3D City Models

Mobile Information Systems

Vertical movements of the Earth's crust

Optimisation, adjustment and analysis of Geodetic Networks

The newly established Geoinformatics Research Network at KIT, in close collaboration with the Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF) as well as international partners, acts as an interdisciplinary “hub” linking together the fields of Geodesy, Earth Sciences, and Geoinformatics. Through the combination of Geoinformatics and Geodesy, new fields of research are to be developed.

In the AUD-KIT Geoinformatics Group joint research and teaching activities are carried out in collaboration with the School of Engineering, American University in Dubai (AUD) (see also 9th International Conference 3D GeoInfo).

The research focuses of 3D/4D Geographical Information Systems and spatial databases are part of a long tradition at the University (see also SFB 350).

Teaching Responsibilities

Courses at the Department of Geoinformatics include:

Semester Project in Geoinformatics
Introductory courses in Geoinformatics
Geographical and Spatial Databases
GIS for Geoscientists
3D/4D GIS
Geo-sensor Networks and Databases
Mobile GIS
Object-oriented Data Modelling
Industry Model Development
Geographical Data Infrastructures
Courses in Geodesy

External Teaching Interests:

2001 - 2002
2009 - present

ETH Zürich ( Certificate of Advanced Studies ETH)

TU München (Course in Geodatabases)

Publications

List of publications

Functions and Affiliations

since 10/2018	Vice Dean of research and development for the disciplines at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences
2016 - 2020	Chair of ISPRS Working Group IV/7 "Geo-data management"
10/2012 - 10/2018	Dean of Students “Geodesy and Geoinformatics” at the KIT-Department of Civil Engineering, Geographical and Environmental Sciences
10/2011 - 09/2013	Speaker for the Collegiate Administrative Committee, Geodetic Institute, KIT
since 04/2011	Program Director at KIT for the double-degree program “Geodesy and Geoinformatics/Topography”, German-French University DFH
since 03/2011	Speaker for the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) Computational cooperative route planning in multi-scale 3D city and building models
since 2010	Mitglied der Institutsleitung des Geodätischen Instituts
since 2009	Reviewer for funding agencies such as the FWF (Austrian Science Fund), NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) and The Academy of Finland
since 2007	Senior Member of the GI Professional Group "Mobility and Mobile Information Systems"
2002-2009	Coordinator of the joint research project, Special Geotechnologies Program (2002-2009), founded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
1995 - 2000	Board member for the Collaborative Research Centre 350, University of Bonn