Our long-standing collaboration with Dr. Corli Coetsee and Dr. Ben Wigley from SANParks is moving forward with promising new research activities. The joint work is focusing on mapping savanna features more accurately such as trees, paths, or animals through innovative combinations of earth observation data and informatics approaches. In todays discussions, Prof. Katharina Breininger and […]

During recent discussions, new opportunities for collaboration emerged between Navashni Govender, Senior Conservation Manager at SANParks in Kruger National Park, Prof. Katharina Breininger, head of the Pattern Recognition Lab in Informatics, and Dr. Mirjana Bevanda from our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC). The exchange centered on fire-related applications of informatics and earth observation and how […]

Wildfires are an essential ecological process in African savannas, shaping landscapes, influencing biodiversity, and playing a key role in nutrient cycling. Understanding their dynamics is crucial for both science and management – and this is where EAGLE MSc student Anna Bischof steps in. As part of her master’s thesis, Anna is analysing spatio-temporal fire patterns […]

In the past weeks, our research team has been preparing for a unique field experiment investigating how drought and fire influence African savanna vegetation. The work is part of the PhD by Luisa Pflumm, she is supported by our PhD student Antonio Castaneda and his MSc student Anna Bischof. The research is under the supervision […]

Our UAS research group is currently out in the field collecting a wide range of environmental data. Fieldwork isn’t only about flying drones – it also involves hands-on problem-solving from coding to practical implications, from soldering and repairing to inventing new circuits for measurements. After a long day outside, PhD candidate Antonio Castañeda continues work […]

This week, our EORC team and EAGLE MSc students are joining the global Earth observation community at the ESA Living Planet Symposium (LPS) 2025 — one of the most important...

This week, the global Earth observation community gathered in Vienna for the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025 — one of the most anticipated events for anyone passionate about understanding our...

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS), we celebrate progress, recognize ongoing challenges, and commit to shaping

The Last Ice Area could disappear just over a decade after the central Arctic Ocean becomes seasonally ice-free, with significant impacts on ice-dependent species, according to high-resolution simulat...

The Arctic region, with its unique ecosystems and rapidly changing climate, presents a wealth of opportunities for interdisciplinary research.  Our colleagues