Dr. Mathias Bochow

Function and Responsibilities:
I am happy to annouce our >> special issue "Remote Sensing of Plastic Pollution" <<
Deadline for manuscript submissions is 30 June 2022.
More details to be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/rs_plastic
Research Interests:
Applied remote sensing, digital image processing and classificationImaging spectroscopy
Spectroscopy of synthetic polymers
Geomatics and GIS
Remote sensing of vegetation, water and urban areas
Microplastic pollution of the environment
Career:
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 - 02/2010
PhD position at the Remote Sensing Section of GFZ Potsdam.
Since 03/2010
Postdoc/Research associate at different institutes including GFZ Potsdam, AWI Bremerhaven, Univ. of Bayreuth
Education:
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.
Projects:
TRACE: Detection and tracking of large marine litter based on high-resolution remote sensing time series, machine learning, and ocean current modelling (ESA, Remote Sensing of Plastic Marine Litter Call) (08/2020-05/2022)
Ocean Scan: Linking marine litter ground truth and remote sensing data (ESA, Remote Sensing of Plastic Marine Litter Call) (06/2020-05/2022)
ENSURE - Development of New Plastic Materials for a Clean Environment and Detection of Entry Paths - ENSURE (04/2018-09/2021, completed)
PlaMoWa - ZIM network for plastic monitoring in surface waters (2016-2018, completed)
BASEMAN - Defining the baselines and standards for microplastics analyses in European waters (01/2016-12/2018, completed)
EnMAP – Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program
Sentinels4marine plastic waste - Contamination of aquatic ecosystems with plastic debris: global and local monitoring using remote sensing methods (completed)
FlexiHyp - Flexibilisierung hyperspektraler Fernerkundung durch Variation luftgebundener Plattformen: Funktionalität und Operation der AISA Unterflügelstation in verschiedenen Systemen (completed)
HGF-EOS – Helmholtz-PhD-program of the Helmholtz research network "Integrated Earth Observing System" (completed)
Awards:
Best Poster Award at the First Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Urban Remote Sensing, 2-3 March 2006, Berlin, GermanyTop 4 of the best talks at the 7th EARSeL SIG-IS Workshop, 11-13 April 2011, Edinburgh, UK