Dr. Nikolai Knapp
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Institute of Forest Ecosystems
Alfred-Möller-Straße 1, Haus 41/4216225 Eberswalde
- Telephone
- +49 3334 3820 387
- nikolai.knapp@thuenen.de
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Forest Monitoring
Crown condition survey
- Data analysis for the annual national forest condition report
- Interactive visualization of the crown condition survey results
- Federal-state working group for the crown condition survey
- Quality assurance
Remote sensing
- Linking of the crown condition survey with remote sensing
- Programming of R-packages for lidar data processing
- Individual tree delineation
Modeling
- Spatio-temporal modeling of tree vitality and mortality
- Integration of field data, geodata, remote sensing, machine learning and process-based models
- Development of a digital twin of the forest
Curriculum vitae
- since 2021:
Scientist at Thünen-Institute of Forest Ecosystems, Eberswalde
- 2019 – 2021:
Scientist at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, in the RedMod project
- 2019:
PhD in Environmental Systems Sciences at the University of Osnabrück
- since 2016:
Guest lecturer at HNE Eberswalde for lidar remote sensing
- 2015 - 2018:
Scientist at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, and University of Osnabrück working for the Biotrop-X project, the Helmholtz Allianz for Remote Sensing and Earth System Dynamics and as co-developer of the forest model FORMIND
- 2015:
Research assistant in the REDD+ monitoring group of the Peruvian ministery of environment in Lima
- 2012 - 2014:
Forest Information Technology studies (MSc.) at HNE Eberswalde and SGGW Warsaw
- 2006 - 2012:
Biology studies (Diploma) at University of Würzburg with research stays at University Via Domitia Perpignan (2010) and University of Brunei Darussalam (2011)
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