Kai J. Weber

Kai J. Weber

PhD candidate / Remote Sensing in Geo- and Ecosystem Research

Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences

Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research

I’m a PhD candidate at the Leibniz ScienceCampus “Smoke and Bioaerosols in Climate Change” of Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research and the department of Remote Sensing in Geo- and Ecosystem Research at Leipzig University.

My aim is to further the understanding of dynamic emission of bioaerosols from vegetation in the context of wildfires.

I mainly work with remote sensing, drone and satellite based, for classification of vegetation coverage, biomass, species and traits. A focus here is to link LiDAR and hyperspectral data to key traits which influence fire behaviour and smoke emissions. I also use in-situ surveys and machine learning to validate and extrapolate these findings.

Interests
  • Drone based remote sensing
  • Hyperspectral and LiDAR remote sensing
  • Fire ecology
  • Machine learning
Education
  • BSc. Environmental Sciences and Technology, 2021

    Technical University Berlin, Germany

  • MSc. Urban Ecosystem Sciences, 2024

    Technical University Berlin, Germany