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Geology [Sedimentology, Tectonics]
Hydrology [Limnology, Surface Water Quality, Climate]
Remote Sensing [Ocean Colour, Land Use]
Techniques [hyperspectral airborne/satellite image analyses, on-lineGIS, field/laboratory analyses]

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Curriculum Vitae of Birgit Heim

 

Education

2001 to 2006          P.h.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), magna cum laude, University of Potsdam, Department of Geosciences, Germany
Thesis: 'Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses of Lake Baikal’s Surface-waters Using Ocean Colour Satellite Data' (submitted & accepted for defence, 06/2005; defended, 05/2006)
1990 to 2001         Diplom Geologie/Palaeontologie (equivalent to a Masters degree), Grade A
                              Free University of Berlin, Department of Geosciences, Germany
                              Hydrogeology, remote sensing & GIS, tectonics
                             Thesis: ‘Water Quality of Lake Tegel (Berlin, Germany) Using In-situ and Airborne Scanner Data (CASI)’
1985 to 1988         Diplom Mode-Directrice (equivalent to a Bachelors degree)
                              Technical Fashion School, Sigmaringen, Germany

Employments

2008 to 2010 Post-Doc DFG at Alfred-Wegener Institute, Research Unit Potsdam (Permafrost Group), Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany high-latitudinal optical remote sensing

2007 to 2008  Lectureship in Remote Sensing and GIS at the Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.
2006 to 2007      Post-Doc in Berlin Program for Equal Opportunities for Woman in Research,  Visiting Scientist at GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam GFZ, Dept.3, Geodynamics, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Water remote sensing analyses (SeaWiFS, Chris-PROBA), spectral laboratory analyses (LAMBDA)
2006-7/2006-8      Post-Doc at Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan GPS-measurement campaigns in Central Kyrgyztan 
2004 to 2005          Berlin Centre of Competence for Water KWB gGmbH, Berlin, Germany
GIS implementation for the Gagas Watershed, Indian Himalayas.              
Catchment analyses, water availability, digital elevation models from stereo-satellite data (ASTER)
2001 to 2004          GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam GFZ, Dept.1 Geodesy and Remote Sensing,
Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
Remote sensing & GIS task within the international paleoclimate project CONTINENT
at Lake Baikal, Siberia
[http://continent.gfz-potsdam.de/].
Spectral water remote sensing analyses (SeaWiFS) at Lake Baikal, Baikal OnlineGIS, spectral field (GER, ASD, fluoroprobe) and laboratory measurements (LAMBDA)
2000 to 2001          German Research Centre for Aerospace DLR, Berlin, Germany
Hyperspectral remote sensing analyses (HYMAP) and simulation, digital elevation models (HRSC) 2000              Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries IGB, Berlin, Germany Environmental changes in the River Spree, Germany; hydrological field work, laboratory analyses
1998 to 2000     Deutsche Montan Union DMT GmbH, Berlin, Germany Groundwater and surface waters survey, data management

1997 to 1998          Free University of Berlin, Section Tectonics, Berlin, Germany,Geological mapping and structural analyses using satellite data, sedimentological analyses
1996 to 1997   FUGRO GmbH, Berlin, Germany
                        Hydrogeology of the Elbe watershed, Germany; assembling of hydrological data and data handling

1994 to 1996          Free University of Berlin, Section Tectonics, Berlin, Germany Structural satellite data analyses, GPS and geological mapping (6 months) in Argentina
1989 to 1990          Schuhtick GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Assistant in sale and despatch of Italian shoes
1988 to 1989          Cossa and Wille GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Assistant in the production and design of oversized and pregnancy fashion

 

Professional Affiliations

European Geosciences Union (EGU), American Geophysical Union (AGU), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung (DGPF)

Additional Training

03/2006, 09/2005, 03/2005    Lomonossov University, Moscow, Russia; Minsk University, Belarus; Pushkin Institute, Moscow, Russia; Russian Language Courses.
1992 to 1993          ERASMUS stipend holder
Dundee University, Civil Engineering, Scotland, UK NERC-Project ‘An Airborne Remote Sensing Study of Estuarine Circulation’

 

Languages

German: native speaker; English: working level; French & Russian: conversational