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Professor Dr. Edzer Pebesma

Current affiliations

  • Professur für Geoinformatik (Prof. Pebesma)

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Geoinformatik
  • Geostatistik
  • Raumzeitlicher Modellierung

Academic Education

02/1991 - 03/1996Promotion an der Universtaet Utrecht
09/1985 - 02/1991Studium der Fysische Geografie, Universitaet Utrecht

Work Experience

1998 - 2007Assistent Professor, Utrecht University
03/1996 - 02/1998Postdoctoral research assistant at the University of Amsterdam

Appointments

09/2007Offer to a Professorship for Geoinformatik (W3) , University of Münster (accepted)

Publications

A synthesis of Sphagnum litterbag experiments: initial leaching losses bias decomposition rate estimates
Teickner, Henning; Pebesma, Edzer; Knorr, Klaus-Holger (2025)
In: Biogeosciences, 22(2).
Research article (journal)
Analysing a Multi-Criteria Analysis to Prioritise Munition Piles in the German Baltic Sea for Remediation
Pilz, Alexander; Frey, Torsten; Pebesma, Edzer (2025)
In: Degbelo, Auriol; Coetzee, Serena; Keßler, Carsten; Sester, Monika; Timpf, Sabine; Bernard, Lars (eds.), 28th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science “Geographic Information Science responding to Global Challenges”. AGILE GIScience Series:(6)43.
Research article in digital collection (conference)
Peat oxic and anoxic controls of Sphagnum decomposition rates in the Holocene Peatland Model decomposition module estimated from litterbag data
Teickner, Henning; Pebesma, Edzer; Knorr, Klaus-Holger (2025)
In: Earth System Dynamics, 16(3).
Research article (journal)
High-resolution canopy fuel maps based on GEDI: a foundation for wildfire modeling in Germany
Heisig Johannes , Milenković Milutin , Pebesma Edzer (2025)
In: Environmental Research: Ecology, 4(1).
Research article (journal)
GEO-OPEN-HACK: An Initiative on Big Geospatial Data Processing with Open Computing Infrastructure and Open Tools
Milenković M; Amatulli G; Sethi T; Oonk R; Fouilloux A; Odaka T; Claus M; Premier V; Fonseca A; Kempeneers P; Lovergine FP; Parente L; Ho Y; Heisig J; Masiliunas D; Wagner W; Pebesma E; Griffiths P; Verbesselt J; Hengl T; McCallum I; Fritz S (2025)
In: P. Kempeneers, S. Lumnitz, S. Albani (eds.), Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on Big Data from Space (BiDS'25). Riga, Latvia: Publications Office of the European Union.
Research article in edited proceedings (conference)
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Projects

An interdisciplinary Digital Twin Engine for science (interTwin)
Duration: 01/09/2022 - 31/08/2025
Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Research and innovation action
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
Open-Earth-Monitor Cyberinfrastructure (OEMC)
Duration: 01/06/2022 - 31/05/2026
Funded by: EC Horizon Europe - Innovation action
Type of project: EU-project hosted outside University of Münster
NFDI Consortium Earth System Sciences - Participation of University of Münster (NFDI4Earth)
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 30/09/2026 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - National Research Data Infrastructure
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted outside University of Münster
Probabilistic Modeling of Long-term Peatland Carbon Dynamics (eb1023)
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
R4openEO – Integration von R Analytics mit openEO Platformen
Duration: 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2022
Funded by: EURAC Research
Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
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Talks

Opening the Publication Process with Executable Research Compendia
Markus Konkol (09/09/2016)
First International Workshop on Reproducible Open Science, Hannover
Type of talk: scientific talk

Prizes

Winner of the Earth and Planetary Innovation Challenge
Awarded by: Elsevier B.V.
Award given to: Pebesma, Edzer
Date of awarding: 15/01/2014
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction

Doctorates

Infrastructures and Practices for Reproducible Research in Geography, Geosciences, and GIScience
Candidate: Nüst, Daniel | Supervisors: Pebesma, Edzer
Period of time: 04/01/2016 - 14/02/2022
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Supporting Conflict Damage Assessment with Object-Based Image Change Analysis
Candidate: Knoth, Christian | Supervisors: Pebesma, Edzer; Tiede, Dirk
Period of time: 01/10/2012 - 29/11/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Fitness for use of global land cover products to detect land change
Candidate: Sidhu, Nanki | Supervisors: Pebesma, Edzer; Câmara, Gilberto
Period of time: until 24/11/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Spatiotemporal Change Modelling from Multidimensional Arrays
Candidate: Lu, Meng | Supervisors: Pebesma, Edzer
Period of time: until 14/07/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Optimise Spatial Sampling Designs for Plume Monitoring Based on Simulations
Candidate: Helle, Kristina Barbara | Supervisors: Pebesma, Edzer; Heuvelink, Gerard B.M.
Period of time: until 14/07/2017
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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