• Applied remote sensing, digital image processing and classification
• Imaging spectroscopy
• Geomatics and GIS
• Applications in: urban planning, urban ecology, vegetation mapping

• EnMAP – Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program

1997 - 2002
Study of environmental sciences at the University of Vechta. Diploma thesis: “Entwicklung und Vergleich verschiedener Algorithmen zur Klassifikation ausgewählter Versiegelungsarten in urbanen Gebieten aus hyperspektralen Scannerdaten”.

1999 - 2000
Study at the University of Vienna and the Technical University of Vienna in the context of the European exchange program SOKRATES / ERASMUS.

02/2010
PhD thesis „Automatisierungspotenzial von Stadtbiotopkartierungen durch Methoden der Fernerkundung“. https://repositorium.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201006096323 Degree of „Dr. rer. nat.“ received from University of Osnabrück.

10/2002 - 12/2004
Research assistant for geoinformatics and remote sensing at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (IUW) and the Research Centre for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (FZG) - University of Vechta

01/2005 - 06/2009
PhD research position at the Remote Sensing Section of GFZ Potsdam.

Since 07/2009
Research assistant/PostDoc at the Remote Sensing Section of GFZ Potsdam.

• Best Poster Award at the First Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Urban Remote Sensing, 2-3 March 2006, Berlin, Germany
• Top 4 of the best talks at the 7th EARSeL SIG-IS Workshop, 11-13 April 2011, Edinburgh, UK

• Bochow M., B. Heim, T. Küster, C. Rogaß, I. Bartsch, K. Segl, S. Reigber & H. Kaufmann (2012): On the Use of Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy Data for the Automatic Detection and Delineation of Surface Water Bodies. In: Chemin Y. (ed.): Remote Sensing of Planet Earth, InTech, pp. 3-22, available from: http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/on-the-use-of-airborne-imaging-spectroscopy-data-for-the-automatic-detection-and-delineation-of-surf
• Rogaß C., D. Spengler, M. Bochow, K. Segl, A. Lausch, D. Doktor, S. Roessner, R. Behling, H.-U. Wetzel & H. Kaufmann (2011): Reduction of Radiometric Miscalibration—Applications to Pushbroom Sensors. Sensors, 11(6): 6370-6395.
• Roessner S., K. Segl, M. Bochow, U. Heiden, W. Heldens & H. Kaufmann (2011): Potential of hyperspectral remote sensing for analyzing the urban environment. In: Yang X. (ed.): Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment, Wiley, Oxford, pp. 49-62.
• Eisenhardt I., N. Oppelt, I. Bartsch, F. Nehring & M. Bochow (2011): Algae species identification in the coastal intertidal zone of Helgoland. In: 1st Symposium on the Future of Operational Oceanography, Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency of Germany, Hamburg, Germany.
• Bochow M., C. Rogaß, T. Peisker, B. Heim, I. Bartsch, K. Segl & H. Kaufmann (2011): Automatic shadow detection in hyperspectral VIS-NIR images. In: Proc. of the 7th EARSeL Workshop of the Special Interest Group in Imaging Spectroscopy, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
• Bochow M., S. Roessner, K. Segl, R. Behling, S. Förster & H. Kaufmann (2011): Automated remote sensing based processing system for spatial baseline data generation in urban areas. In: 11th EMS Annual Meeting / 10th ECAM, Vol. EMS Annual Meeting Abstracts, Vol. 8, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, EMS2011-2878
• Bochow M., T. Peisker, S. Roessner, K. Segl & H. Kaufmann (2010): Towards an automated update of urban biotope maps using remote sensing data: What is possible? In: Müller N., P. Werner & J.G. Kelcey (eds.): Urban biodiversity and design, Conservation science and practice series, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 255-272.
• Bochow M., H. Taubenböck, K. Segl & H. Kaufmann (2010): An automated and adaptable approach for characterizing and partitioning cities into urban structure types. In: 2010 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, IEEE, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 1796-1799
• Bochow M. (2010): Automatisierungspotenzial von Stadtbiotopkartierungen durch Methoden der Fernerkundung. Dissertation, Fachbereich Mathematik/Informatik, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, 189 p., https://repositorium.uni-osnabrueck.de/handle/urn:nbn:de:gbv:700-201006096323
• Bochow M., K. Segl & H. Kaufmann (2008): Comparison of multi- and hyperspectral remote sensing data for use in comprehensive urban biotope mapping. In: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2008, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, pp. V 5-8
• Lakes T., H.-O. Kim, M. Bochow & B. Kleinschmit (2007): Comparison of different high resolution remote-sensing data and approaches for mapping the urban environment. In: Kenneweg H. & U. Tröger (eds.): 2nd International Congress on Environmental Planning and Management, Landschaftsentwicklung und Umweltforschung, Schriftenreihe der Fakultät Planen Bauen Umwelt, Berlin, Germany, pp. 111-115.
• Bochow M., K. Segl & H. Kaufmann (2007): Automating the build-up process of feature-based fuzzy logic models for the identification of urban biotopes from hyperspectral remote sensing data. In: Proc. of the URBAN / URS 2007 Joint Conference, 11.-13.04.2007, Paris, France.
• Bochow M. (2005): Improving class separability - a comparative study of transformation methods for the hyperspectral feature space. In: Zagajewski B. & M. Sobczak (eds.): Proc. of the 4th Workshop on Imaging Spectroscopy "Imaging Spectroscopy – New Quality in Environmental Studies", Warsaw, Poland, pp. 497-507.
• Bochow M., A. Greiwe & M. Ehlers (2003): Ein Prozessmodell zur Analyse von Hyperspektraldaten in urbanen Gebieten. In: Proc. of the Tagungsband der 23. wissenschaftlich-technischen Jahrestagung der DGPF, Bochum, pp. 255-264.