Listed below you can find a summary of my activities including event management, journal reviewing, consultancy and international expertise as well as public outreach.
Event management
• Digital Geoarchaeology 2013 (conference organizer at Heidelberg Academy of Sciences)
• Geoinformatik 2013 (session chair and co-organizer)
• Fachaustausch Geoinformation 2012 (conference organizer)
• EGU 2011 conference Vienna (session convener and organizer)
• Annual conference of the german working group on Geoarchaeology 2011 (conference organizer)
• SCCH 2011 – scientific computing and cultural heritage (member of scientific committee)
Journal reviewing
peer-reviewer for scientific journals, books and proceedings, such as:
• International Journal of Digital Earth
• Remote Sensing of Environment
• Geomorphology
• Géomorphologie: relief, processus, environnement
• Journal of Cultural Heritage
• Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie
• Journal of Archaeological Science
• Karst Management (ed. by Ph.v.Beynen)
• Scientific computing and cultural heritage (ed. by M.Winckler, W.Bock)
Consultancy and international expertise
• High Commission for the Development of Ar-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (remote sensing and GIS consulting for sustainable development; 2007)
• UEPG Paraná, Brazil (environmental consulting; 2006)
• Institue of Archaeology Tel Aviv, Israel (geophysical prospecting, GIS consulting; 2009)
• German Archaeological Institute, Vráble, Slovakia (geophysical prospecting, GIS consulting; 2007)
• Institut français d`archéologie orientale, Cairo, Egypt (geoarchaeological and geoinformatic field surveying; 2010)
• Sino-German summerschool, Turfan-Xinjiang, China (geoarchaeological and geoinformatic field surveying; 2009)
Talks
• “Fusing surface and subsurface geodata: a case study on Cretan karst landforms; (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2011)
• “The spatial shift of the Cretan ecumene during the 2nd millennium BC: climate, social upheaval or both?“; (Les Journées des Jeunes Géomorphologues, Avignon, February 2011)
• “The mountainous karst landscapes of Crete: Ancient settlement regions of high geoarchaeological interest”;(Landscape Archaeology. Egypt and the Mediterranean World, Cairo, September 2010)
• “Terrestrisches Laserscanning und dessen Potentiale für angewandte Forschung im Bereich von Geomorphologie, Archäologie und Architektur“; (Vortragsreihe Transcultural studies, MathComp Heidelberg, Mai 2010)
• “Digital geoarchaeology – an approach to reconstructing ancient landscapes at the human-environmental interface”; (SCCH 09 conference, Heidelberg, November 2009)
• “Mediterranean karst depressions as geoarchaeological archives: Reconstructing the palaeoenvironmental history of Mount Ida (Crete) by geophysical prospection, geomorphologic investigations and mineralogical analysis“; (Int. Meeting on Geoarchaeology in Central Europe, Dresden, Mai 2009)
• “Karst depressions as geoarchaeological archives: revealing the past human-environmental interactions of Zominthos (Crete) through geophysical prospection, geomorphologic studies and mineralogical investigations”; (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2009)
• “Digital Geoarchaeology and Holocene palaeoenvironments: reconstructing the hidden landscape of Mount Ida, Crete”; (World Archaeological Congress WAC-6 Dublin, Juli 2008)
• “Digitale Geoarchäologie mit Methoden der Fernerkundung und GIS: Anwendungsmöglichkeiten, Grenzen und Potentiale für Landschaftsrekonstruktionen“; (6. Deutscher Archäologenkongress Mannheim, Mai 2008)
• “Reconstruction of the geoarchaeological landscape of Zominthos (central Crete) using geophysical prospection, geomorphological investigations and GIS”; (CAA 2008 Conference Budapest, April 2008)
• “Neue Methoden zur Rekonstruktion einer geoarchäologischen Landschaft“; (Nacht der Wissenschaft- Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, November 2007)
• “Geoarchaeological studies in Central Crete based on Remote Sensing and GIS”; (CAA 2007 Conference Berlin, April 2007)
• “Ile de la Réunion: ein Stück Europa im Indischen Ozean“; (Lange Nacht der Museen Heidelberg, April 2007)
• “Geoarchäologische Untersuchungen auf Kreta – an der Nahtstelle von Geographie und Archäologie im östlichen Mediterranraum“; (Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft, Oktober 2006)
• “Das minoische Kreta: digitale geoarchäologische Studien zur Paläoumweltgeschichte“; (Lange Nacht der Museen Heidelberg, April 2006)
Poster presentations
• “Santorini tephra on Crete: a mineralogical signal for Bronze Age environmental change (4th Archaeological Conference of Central Germany, Halle a.d. Saale, Oktober 2011)
• “Ancient water harvesting systems in East Crete as identifi ed by geophysics and laser scanning (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2011)
• “Applying data fusion methods to landform mapping: a case study on Cretan karst systems”; (Jahrestagung Arbeitskreis Fernerkundung Heidelberg, Oktober 2010)
• “Use of terrestrial laserscanning in karst geomorphology: applications and potentials”; (with M. Forbriger, Jahrestagung Arbeitskreis Fernerkundung Heidelberg, Oktober 2010)
• “Terrestrial Laserscanning in Geoarchaeology: a case study on Bronze-Age findings from East and Central Crete”; (with M. Forbriger, International Colloquium on Geoarchaeology, Cairo, September 2010)
• “Geophysikalische on-site Prospektion der minoischen Villa von Zominthos, Kreta”; (Jahrestreffen AK Geoarchäologie Frankfurt, Mai 2010)
• “Digital Geoarchaeology and the spatial analysis of Mediterranean palaeoenvironments: Unravelling the Minoan landscape of Central Crete by remote sensing and GIS”; (Int. Meeting on Geoarchaeology in Central Europe, Dresden, Mai 2009)
• “Geoarchaeological conclusions through investigating sediments, soils and minerals in karst depressions in Mount Ida, Central Crete”; (with I. Holzhauer, European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2009)
• “Multi-component mapping of karst features with remote sensing, digital elevation data and GIS: a case study from Central Crete.”; (EGU General Meeting, Vienna, April 2009)
• “Digital archaeometry and the spatial analysis of Mediterranean palaeoenvironments: unravelling the Minoan landscape of Central Crete by remote sensing and GIS”; (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2009)
• “Karstmorphological mapping of Mount Ida (Central Crete) with remote sensing, digital elevation data and GIS”; (3.Mitteleuropäische Gemorphologietagung, Salzburg, September 2008)
• “Reconstruction of quaternary landscape evolution of Mount Ida (Central Crete) based on sedimentological, pedological and heavy mineral investigations in karst depressions”; (with I. Holzhauer; 3.Mitteleuropäische Gemorphologietagung, Salzburg, September 2008)
• “Reconstructing the geoarchaeological landscape of Zominthos (central Crete) by geophysical prospection and geomorphological investigations”; (World Archaeological Congress WAC-6, Dublin, Juli 2008)
• “Geomorphologisch- geoarchäologische Untersuchungen zur Rekonstruktion des holozänen Klima- und Landschaftswandels im Ida-Gebirge, Zentralkreta“, (Jahrestreffen AK Geoarchäologie Trier, Mai 2008)
• “Reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental changes and their impact on Bronze-Age cultures: results from a geoarchaeological research project in the Ida-Mountains, Central Crete”; (European Geosciences Union General Meeting, Vienna, April 2008)
• “Digitale Geoarchäologie mit Methoden der Fernerkundung und GIS: Eine Landschaftsrekonstruktion im Ida-Gebirge (Zentralkreta)“; (Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Nacht der Wissenschaft- Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, November 2007)
• “Geomorphologisch- geoarchäologische Untersuchungen zur Rekonstruktion der Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen im Umfeld der minoischen Siedlung Zominthos (Ida-Gebirge, Zentralkreta); (Nacht der Wissenschaft- Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, November 2007)
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