M.Sc. Dorothea Heim
- Research, Teaching, Administration
- Group: Rivers
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Geographie und Geoökologie
Bereich WWF-Auen-Institut
Josefstr.1
D-76437 Rastatt
Dorothea Heim
Geographic Information Systems (GIS), cartography, digital image processing, remote sensing
Topics
- Geodata analysis und visualization
- WebGIS
Curriculum vitae
| 2013 - Current | Research Assistant at KIT, Institute for Geography und Geoecology, Institute for Floodplains Ecology |
| 2012–2013 | Research Assistant in working group G(V)ISЯ, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Applied Research |
| 2012 | M.Sc. Geomatics, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences University of Aberdeen, Department Geography and Environment; Master thesis "Challenges of detecting land cover changes in South Sudan by means of Landsat satellite imagery" |
| 2010 | B.Sc. Geography, minor subject Nature Conservation and Landscape Management, University of Freiburg; Bachelor thesis "GIS-based analysis of historical grassland drainage" |
Projects
- Development potentials of floodplains and river landscapes
- Ecological and silvicultural strategies for adapting to climate changes for long-term protection of ecosystems in alluvial forests within the Rastatt’s NSG Rhine Floodplain
Teaching
Practical course in Geoecology
Theses supervised
- Animated Visualization of flooded areas for certain water levels within the active floodplain at the Rhine and Elbe (B.Sc.)
- General Map ‘Floodplains in Germany’ of the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation – Integration of the Kilometer-Segmentation in the Morphological Floodplain along 10.000 River Kilometers (B.Sc.)