Prof. Dr. Martin Kappas

Research Focus:

• Remote Sensing / GIS in Climatology and Ecology
• Field- and Laboratory-Spectrometry (ASD FieldSpec)
• Assessment of natural landscape potenzial with IT-Methods and Ground-Truth-Data (Land Cover / Land Change)
• Land Cover / Land Use Change
• Landscape degradation esp. in Dry Lands
• Health Geography: Geographical Determinants of Healthand Food Secruity
  Member of the Göttingen International Health Network


• Member of DesertNet International [http://www.desertnet-international.org/]


• Member of Editorial Board SpringerOpen https://ecologicalprocesses.springeropen.com/about/editorial-board/martin-kappas
  
  Curriculum vitae:
  
  
  • Geophysics studies (University of Cologne), Geology and Geography studies (University of Bonn).
  • After studies employed at the Geological State Office of
    North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).
  • Since 1990 scientific assistant at the chair in Physical Geography at the University of Mannheim with areas of responsibility in teaching and research.
  • Dissertation (1993) and Habilitation (1998) in Mannheim.
  • From October 1998 to November 1999 private lecturer at the University of Mannheim.
  • Since 1st of Otober 2000 Professor at the University of Göttingen and Head of the Cartography, GIS and Remote Sensing Departement.