MSc thesis topics by Supervisor

Harm Bartholomeus

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  dr. HM (Harm) Bartholomeus

  Universitair docent

• MSc thesis topic: Can we detect small temporal differences in spring/fall phenology using high spatial and temporal resolution remote sensing data?

  As a consequence of climate change, trees have to adapt to new conditions. To study which beech tree from which location will be best adapted to...

• MSc thesis topic: Forest Growth quantified with micrometeorological and remote sensing methods

  Loobos is an experimental forest site in the Netherlands where both GRS and MAQ quantify forest growth with their own methods. GRS uses Lidar...

• MSc thesis topic: Use of Terrestrial Laser Scanning to analyse variation in tree architecture

  As a consequence of climate change, trees have to adapt to new conditions. To study which beech tree from which location will be best adapted to...

Johannes Balling

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  dr. J (Johannes) Balling MSc

  Onderzoeker

• MSc thesis topic: How Does Density Matter? The Impact of Sentinel-1 Time Series Density on Detecting Various Types of Tropical Forest Disturbances.

  Radar-based tropical forest monitoring provides crucial year-round information, as radar can penetrate cloud cover. The Sentinel-1 constellation has...

Aldo Bergsma

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  ir. AR (Aldo) Bergsma

  Lecturer

• MSc thesis topic: Modelling environmental DNA transport in North Sea using Lagrangian particle tracking

  The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) in monitoring marine life is rapidly expanding. This molecular method promises advantages over traditional...

• MSc thesis topic: Trend analysis explaining healthy green cities

  Currently 55% of the world population lives in cities. UN projections estimate this will grow to 68% in 2050. With a total of 9.6 billion, cities need...

Kirsten de Beurs

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  prof.dr. KM (Kirsten) de Beurs

  Professor/Chair

• MSc thesis topic: Climate, Land-Use Change, and Biodiversity: The paleoenvironmental history of the Atlas Mountains

  This MSc topic focuses on how human-driven land-use change and harvesting of megafauna like elephants interacted with environmental variability to...

• MSc thesis topic: Comparing spaceborne LiDAR data with Holdrige’s forest plots

  This MSc topic will inventory available LiDAR data over Costa Rica to identify if there are LiDAR footprints overlapping the 48 sample plots from the...

• MSc thesis topic: From croplands to urban: land cover change in the Netherlands

  This MSc topic will use the Land Use Database of the Netherlands to investigate land use changes in the Netherlands.

• MSc thesis topic: Urban growth in Central Asia: Impact of metal roofs on temperature changes

  This MSc topic focuses on the impact of metal roofs on land surface temperatures (LST) in urban areas.

• MSc thesis topic: Urban growth in Central Asia: Nighttime lights

  This MSc topic focuses on the changes in nighttime lights in four urban areas in Uzbekistan

Arnold Bregt

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  prof.dr.ir. AK (Arnold) Bregt

  Dean of Education , Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Ethics in GIS

  If you graduate from Wageningen University you declare by signing the diploma: “By signing the degree, you accept your duty as an academic...

Sytze de Bruin

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  prof.dr.ir. S (Sytze) de Bruin

  associate professor

• MSc thesis topic: Coverage path planning for autonomous field operations

  Labour scarcity and soil compaction are important problems in modern agriculture. Agricultural machines tend to become larger and heavier which may...

• MSc thesis topic: Data Driven Utility Route Planner: Maps4Cables

  Alliander is a Distribution System Operator (DSO), responsible for a reliable, sustainable and affordable energy network for roughly one third of the...

• MSc thesis topic: Feature Space Coverage and Uncertainty in Spatial Biomass Prediction

  Accurate estimates of environmental properties at subnational to global scale are essential for realizing climate goals, for example by monitoring the...

• MSc thesis topic: Tangible Landscape 2.0 development

  Tangible Landscape (TL) is a tool that combines an ‘old-fashioned’ kinetic sand maquette with modern geographic calculation models through...

Carlos Camino

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  dr. CL (Carlos) Camino Gonzalez

  Universitair docent

• MSc thesis topic: Biochemical and biophysical crop trait estimation through Functional-Structural Plant and Radiative Transfer Modelling

  Remote sensing techniques have shown great potential in improving cropping systems by providing insights into plant health, development, and...

• MSc thesis topic: Biochemical trait retrieval and photosynthesis dynamics: Impacts on Sun-induced Fluorescence (SIF) from ground to airborne and satellite platforms.

  Radiative Transfer Models (RTMs) are crucial tools for simulating the interaction of light with plant canopies. By integrating RTMs with Sun-induced...

• MSc thesis topic: Early Detection of Bark Beetle Infestation Using Sentinel-2, Thermal Sensors, and Biophysical Models

  Bark beetles threaten European forests, especially under drought and extreme weather. Early detection is key but challenging with traditional methods....

• MSc thsis topic: Forest ecosystem monitoring: Integrating biophysical approaches, high-resolution hyperspectral imaging, and eddy covariance flux towers.

  The Loobos site (ICOS code NL-Loo) in the Veluwe region is a needleleaf forest with minimal management, originally established in 1911 to mitigate...

• MSc thesis topic: Integrating Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data for Tree Species Mapping and Canopy Trait Validation in Forest Ecosystems

  Forest ecosystems are critical for biodiversity and carbon storage, and understanding the structural and functional characteristics of trees is...

• MSc thesis topic: Integrating PRISMA hyperspectral imagery with Sentinel-2 time series for estimating GPP using Biophysical models  and eddy covariance flux tower in European forest ecosystems.

  Forest ecosystems are critical for climate regulation and biodiversity conservation, making their monitoring essential for addressing global...

• MSc thesis topic: Remote Sensing for Assessing Nitrogen Stress in Potato Crops: Integrating Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning, and Radiative Transfer Modelling

  Potato production faces significant challenges under nitrogen (N) stress, impacting yield and sustainability. Understanding crop physiological...

• MSc thesis topic: Remote Sensing for Maize Phenotyping: Integrating Hyperspectral Imaging, Machine Learning, and Radiative Transfer Modelling

  Accurate phenotyping of maize (Zea mays L.) is essential for advancing agricultural research, optimizing nitrogen (N) management, and improving crop...

Lixia Chu

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  dr. L (Lixia) Chu

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Data Fusion of Satellite and Weather Station Datafor Modelling Urban Heat Stress Mitigation by Green Infrastructure

  Heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense across Europe, including the Netherlands, due to climate change. Urban Green Infrastructure (UGI),...

Laura Elena Cue La Rosa

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  LE (Laura) Cué la Rosa

  Onderzoeker

• MSc thesis topic: Classifying deforestation drivers in Europe using Sentinel satellites and AI

  Recent findings reveal a shift in carbon sink capacity, with boreal and temperate forests as the main contributors to global carbon uptake (Figure 1),...

• MSc thesis topic: Deforestation Prediction with Spatio-Temporal Deep Learning Models

  Tropical deforestation remains a major global challenge, threatening biodiversity, carbon storage, and the livelihoods of local communities. Accurate...

Alemu Debay

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  AB (Alemu) Debay

  Promovendus , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring the impact of land-use dynamics and eutrophication on aquatic vegetation in Lake Tana and Abaya-Chamo lake basins: a three-decade study.

  One of the consequences of unsustainable land-use practices and transitions is disturbance of water bodies. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is...

• MSc thesis topic: The evolution of land-use in lake basins: insights from satellite imagery and deep learning in Lake Tana and Abaya-Chamo lake basins.

  Socioeconomic factors increase the complexity of land-use transitions in the tropics. Assessing long-term land-use dynamics is important for...

Jasper Eikelboom

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  dr. JAJ (Jasper) Eikelboom

  Docent , Externe medewerker

• MSc thesis topic: Incorporating viewsheds in distance samplingtechniques to estimate wildlife populations in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

  Estimating population sizes of wild animals is crucial for nature conservation (Davis & Winstead, 1980; Norton‐Griffiths, 1978; Van...

• MSc thesis topic: Movement decision making and habitat selection of eland antelopes

  Animal movement is one of the most fascinating topics within ecology, as it provides rare, detailed and measurable insight into animal-environment...

• MSc thesis topic: Thermoregulatory movement behaviour of African savanna grazers and mixed-feeders

  Animal movement provides key insights into how species interact with their environment. Large African savanna herbivores must balance thermoregulation...

Tim van Emmerick

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  dr.ir. THM (Tim) van Emmerik

  Universitair hoofddocent

• MSs thesis topic: Plastic Plants: Using water hyacinths as a proxy todetect plastic pollution from space

  Tropical rivers are both home to the invasive water hyacinths (WHs), and the majority of the world’s freshwater plastic pollution. Recent...

• MSc thesis topic: Spotting Plastic Hotspots in Rivers from Space

  Plastic pollution is an emerging contaminant threatening terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Most land-based plastic waste never reaches the ocean,...

Bibby Ganbold

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  B (Bibby) Ganbold

  PhD Student , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Spatiotemporal changes in Mongolian snow cover characteristics

  A vast expanse of grasslands in middle and high latitudes are influenced by snow cover during the cold (winter) season. It plays a crucial role in the...

Maryam Ghodsvali

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  dr. M (Maryam) Ghodsvali

  Universitair docent

• MSc thesis topic: Optimizing sustainability in urban natural resource flows

  Urbanization has led to increased demands for energy, water, minerals, and other natural resources. Cities rely heavily on resource imports to meet...

• MSc thesis topic: Quantifying urban spatial resilience

  Cities are composed of interconnected social, economic, and ecological networks. These networks face increasing challenges from changing weather...

• MSc thesis topic: Spatial characterisation of synergies in Socio-Ecological Systems for resilience

  Cities are complex and dynamic, shaped by the intricate interactions between human and nature. These interactions form what we refer to as...

• MSc thesis topic: The space dilemma: can cities realistically implement the 3-30-300 greening rule without sacrificing urban functions?

  Urban greening is no longer a luxury—it is a necessity. The 3-30-300 rule proposes that every person should be able to see three trees from...

• MSc thesis topic: Urban green inequality and its mismatches with socio-environmental demand across cities in the Netherlands

  Urban green spaces (UGS) play a critical role in enhancing the quality of life in cities by providing environmental, social, and health benefits....

Jascha Grübel

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  dr. JU (Jascha) Grübel

  Assistant Professor for Data Science Systems

• MSc thesis topic: Embed ODTP digital twins anywhere on Earth with AnywhereXR

  Complex simulations and machine-learning models increase in application in research, industry, and governance. However, applying these systems with...

• MSc thesis topic: Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Mobility Prediction

  Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing many applications in Geo-Information Science. The transportation sector offers many opportunities to...

• MSc thesis topic: Nowcasting the Dutch weather in ODTP

  In a changing climate, rapid access to precise short-term weather forecasts is vital for proactive actions against sudden threats such as hail storms,...

• MSc thesis topic: Open Digital Twin Platform: Developing a Netherlands scenario for mobility

  Building digital twins is still a difficult task that requires bringing together a complex stack of technologies. The Open Digital Twin Platform...

• MSc thesis topic: Visualizing crop growth in a Digital Twin: combining UAV data and a crop growth models

  Understanding crop growth in the field is an important condition to improve food production. Large amounts of data are being acquired from in situ...

Lukasz Grus

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  dr.ir. L (Lukasz) Grus

  Medewerker onderwijsontwikkeling , Opleidingsmanager , Assistant Professor Geo-information Science; Education Coordinator Data Science

• MSc thesis topic: Ethics in Geo-infromation Science. Building a framework for considering the issues of ethical and moral aspects of using location data

  Ethical aspects of information use becomes an increasingly relevant topic in many data-reach fields of science. As a digital society we create...

• MSc Thesis topic: Evaluate AgroDataCube usability for Agro/Food application use cases

  (Open) big data offer research and business community opportunities to explore and create new insights in environmental domains by using data science...

• MSc thesis topic: Impact of open geodata

  The last decade and increasing number of data has been made available as open data. The majority of this data are geospatial. Governmental...

• MSc thesis topic: Serious Gaming for Scientific Integrity in the GIS domain

  Scientific integrity is fundamental to responsible research and ethical decision-making, particularly in the geospatial domain. Geo-spatial analyses...

Gerard Hazeu

• 

  drs. GW (Gerard) Hazeu

  researcher Remote Sensing & GIS

• MSc thesis topic: Alternative method to derive CLC2024

  The upcoming year the European Environmental Agency (EEA) is requesting WENR to update the CLC2018 dataset for the Netherlands. The update with...

Mirjam van Hemmen

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  drs. M (Mirjam) van Hemmen

  Promovendus , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Urban scaling of well-being

  With most of the world’s population already urbanized, and the urbanization trend continuing, cities have become humanity’s main habitat....

Gerard Heuvelink

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  prof.dr.ir. GBM (Gerard) Heuvelink

  Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Incorporating uncertainty in spatial decision making

  Spatial data play a key role in various decision-making contexts, including spatial planning, ecosystem management, and land degradation mitigation....

• MSc thesis topic: Interpreting training data weights in random forest predictions

  Today, machine learning is frequently utilized to tackle regression and classification issues. This study specifically delves into one machine...

Tianyi Jia

• 

  T (Tianyi) Jia

  Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Identifying potato disease in UAV imagery with deep learning

  Potato is an attractive crop due to its high yield potential and nutritional benefits. However, it is estimated that approximately 32 percent of...

Yi-Hsuan (Hannah) Kan

• 

  YH (Hannah) Kan

  Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Reinforcement Learning-Based Obstacle Avoidance and Imaging Optimization for UAV Tunnel Inspection in Simulated Environments

  Autonomous UAVs offer great potential for enhancing tunnel inspection by reducing manual labour and improving safety. However, tunnel environments...

Jennifer Koch

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  dr. JAM (Jennifer) Koch

  Universitair hoofddocent

• MSc thesis topic: Identification of Candidate Locations for Industrial Areas in Oklahoma City

  The John F. Kennedy (JFK) neighborhood in the City of Oklahoma City (OKC) is a historically Black neighborhood. Located in a formerly red-lined area,...

• MSc thesis topic: Rethinking borders in pre-colonial Africa: A critical evaluation of the Murdock Ethnographic Atlas

  Most borders in Africa today were drawn up in the colonial period and do not correspond with Indigenous political communities as they existed in...

• MSc thesis topic: Topic Modeling of MGI MSc Research on the Dutch Landscape

  Wageningen University’s (WU) Master’s in Geo-information (MGI) Program has, over the past 25 years, produced a large amount of research...

• MSc thesis topic: Urban Green Space and Infrastructure: Dynamics Across Dutch Municipalities

  More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and this number is projected to increase up to 68% by 2050 (UN 2018). This...

Lammert Kooistra

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  prof.dr.ir. L (Lammert) Kooistra

  Personal Professor Remote Sensing

• MSc thesis topic: Detecting reindeer carrion in the Arctic tundra of Svalbard

  Dead organic matter comprises the basal trophic level of many food webs globally and promotes biodiversity and ecosystem stability. Dead organic...

• MSc thesis topic: Irrigation detection from space

  Crop growth models combined with weather forecasting are used by farmers to plan their irrigation activities. Models predict when and in which fields...

• MSc thesis topic: Scaling Sun induced Fluorescence (SIF) over agricultural fields from ground to airborne and satellite

  Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is a promising proxy of the dynamic photosynthetic process in natural vegetation and agricultural crops....

Jose Lastra Munoz

• 

  J (José) Lastra Muñoz

  Externe medewerker , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Drought-induced structural changes in Chilean mediterranean evergreen forest

  Mediterranean-type ecosystems of the world (MTE’s) represent approximately 20% of global plant diversity and are the most endangered ecosystems...

• MSc thesis topic: Land surface phenology dynamics in Chile Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot.

  Land Surface Phenology (LSP) has been defined as the study of the spatiotemporal patterns in the vegetated land surface as observed by synoptic...

Alvaro Lau Sarmiento

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  dr.ir. AI (Alvaro) Lau Sarmiento MSc

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Accuracy of forest regrowth dynamics in the Peruvian Amazon using the AVOCADO algorithm

  Conserving primary forests has to be combined with forest recovery efforts by the people who live in forest landscapes. Amazonian forest landscapes...

• MSc thesis topic: Individual tree detection and segmentation with Terrestrial Lidar point clouds of tropical forests

  Point clouds of forests acquired with Terrestrial Laser Scanning (TLS) contain a wealth of information on tree structural properties. However,...

• MSc thesis topic: Inventory stem map alignment based on T-LiDAR based map

  Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been proposed as a suitable technique for mapping forest. A number of parameters can be derived from these 3D...

Yang Li

• 

  Y (Yang) Li

  PhD candidate

• MSc thesis topic: Analysis of the drivers behind three-decade wetland dynamics in the Netherlands

  Wetland ecosystems are among the most valuable and productive environments on Earth. They support rich biodiversity and deliver essential ecosystem...

• MSc thesis topic: Few-shot learning for fine wetland classification: a meta-learning approach

  Few-shot learning (FSL) is an emerging machine learning paradigm that enables models to generalize from only a few labeled examples. This is...

Arend Ligtenberg

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  dr.ir. A (Arend) Ligtenberg

  Assistant Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring resilience in Socio Ecological Systems

  This thesis topic combines Agent Based Modelling with methods that can be used to quantify the resilience of a Social-Ecological Systems.

• Msc thesis topic: Perception of Places in an Urban context

  The goal is to get insight in de development and dynamics of places amongst different groups of people as well as the effects of (mass) tourism and/or...

• MSc thesis topic: Simulating Attention Restoration Potential of Urban Green Areas

  Today many people feel stressed by being confronted with pressure at work or personal life. Especially living in an urban environment depletes the...

Dainius Masiliūnas

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  dr. D (Dainius) Masiliunas

  Docent

• MSc thsis topic: AI for land cover change monitoring

  Monitoring land cover change is essential for understanding and adapting to many challenges we are facing today from climate change to sustainable...

• MSc thesis topic: Automated change detection and classification at a large scale in BFAST Lite

  BFAST Lite is a newly developed change detection algorithm based on the established foundation of BFAST (Breaks For Additive Season and Trend) family...

• MSc thesis topic: Comparison of land cover change detection methods at a global scale

  Land cover change monitoring is essential for sound policymaking and keeping track of what effects policies have over time. Automatic land cover...

• MSc thesis topic: Explainable land cover maps: deriving classes fromland surface traits

  Traditionally, land cover maps are created using machine learning or deep learning techniques, which are largely black-box algorithms. Recent...

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring land cover degradation and recovery using fractions

  Time series of Earth Observation data allows monitoring changes in land cover over time, however, detecting gradual changes in land cover has so far...

• MSc thesis topic: How well can we update land cover fraction maps?

  Land cover fractions are a new way to represent land cover. Each fraction is an indication of how much area of the pixel is occupied by that land...

• MSc thesis topic: Scaling SIF: from point observations to the entire field using UAV-based SIF and multispectral data

  Sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) is an important measure of plant stress that can be obtained using remote sensing. However, it requires...

• MSc thesis topic: Unmixing of satellite-based sun-induced fluorescence at scale

  Sun-Induced chlorophyll Fluorescence (SIF) is an important indicator of vegetation health and photosynthesis in plants, as it can be used as an early...

• MSc thesis topic: Unmixing the SIF signal across land cover and spatial scales

  Sun-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence is an important measure of vegetation status, but it is difficult to quantify as it is a weak signal compared to...

Robert Masolele

• 

  RN (Robert) Masolele MSc

  Onderzoeker

• MSc thesis topic: Cashew Mapping across Continents with Location Information

  Cashew mapping emerges as a critical endeavor, particularly in regions like Africa and Southeast Asia, where it stands as a vital cash crop cultivated...

• MSc thesis topic: Commodity crops recognition in satellite images using Fourier transform: A new look at signal to frequency domain for detecting commodity crops.

  Commodity crops play a significant role in global agricultural production and economic development. Accurate detection and monitoring of commodity...

• MSc thesis topic: Domain adaptation for mapping commodity crops in Africa

  Earth observation data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence offer an automated way to monitor climate change challenges [1]. However, there...

Titia Mulder

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  dr.ir. VL (Titia) Mulder

  Associate Professor (SGL)

Johannes Reiche

• 

  dr. J (Johannes) Reiche

  Associate Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Assessing savannah vegetation structure and biomass with Sentinel-1 radar and spaceborne GEDI lidar data in Kruger National Park

  Savannah vegetation in Kruger National Park (South Africa) varies from dense woodlands to open grasslands, driven by fire, rainfall, and herbivore...

• MGI thesis topic: The extend and dynamics of meandering rivers in the Amazon Basin

  Meandering rivers, characterized by their winding curves and bends, play a pivotal role in shaping diverse riparian ecosystems. These sinuous rivers,...

Gerbert Roerink

• 

  ir. GJ (Gerbert) Roerink

  WR Onderzoeker

• MSc thesis topic: Potential of remote sensing techniques for carbon farming

  Atmospheric carbon is a well-understood cause of climate change. Soils can store much more carbon than the atmosphere and increasing soil organic...

• Msc thesis topic: Using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for mapping crop emergence

  This topic deals with the mapping of the moment of emergence of various agricultural crops (in the Netherlands). This information is crucial for crop...

• Msc thesis topic: Using Sentinel-2 for monitoring grazing activities in the Netherlands

  This topic deals with the mapping and monitoring of grasslands in the Netherlands, particularly the difference between using it for grazing by cattle...

Frida Ruiz Mendoza

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  FA (Frida) Ruiz Mendoza MSc

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Megaprojects vs nature: landscape connectivity in the Yucatan peninsula.

  In 2018, one of the biggest, most ambitious and most controversial infrastructure projects in Mexico began. The launch of “El Tren Maya”...

• MSc thesis topic: Teporingo (Romerolagus  diazi) habitat connectivity at landscape level

  Mexico is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, hosting circa 12% of the current known species in it. Several of them are native to its...

Marc Rußwurm

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  dr. MC (Marc) Russwurm

  Assistant Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Few-Shot Learning across Remote Sensing Problems

  Learning from few training samples is highly useful as annotating images is costly and time intensive. This Thesis will explore different few-shot...

• MSc thesis topic: Implicit Neural Representation of the Earth Gravity Field

  The Earth is a potatoe: The Earth’s gravity field is not homogeneous and varies by about 80 meters compared to the WGS80 reference ellipsoid....

• MSc thesis topic: Object Detection Hycaniths as Proxy for Plastics

  Water hyacinths are floating plants that accumulate plastics in rivers, as shown in the attached images. Last year, a GRS Master Students travelled to...

• MSc thesis topic: Temporal Vegetation Modelling with Masked Auto Encoding

  Filling masked gaps in images or time series is a common technique in natural language processing or computer vision to pre-train a deep learning...

Erika Speelman

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  dr.ir. EN (Erika) Speelman

  Universitair hoofddocent

• Msc thesis topic: Agent-based simulation of the forest-water-people nexus

  Approximately half of the human population needs to cope with too much, too little and/or low quality water. The complex relationships between...

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring agro-ecological intensification in topical agricultural landscapes through agent-based modelling: the case of semi-arid Burkina Faso

  Agro-ecological intensification as a strategy towards increased sustainability and resilience has become increasingly popular. Efficient use of...

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring system dynamics as a result of human decision-making; the case of the Agrodiversity v.2 agent-based model

  Biodiversity loss associated to agricultural intensification is one of the most important issues on the global change agenda. Till recently,...

• MSc thesis topic: Gaming for active participation in (local) landscape planning

  Participatory gaming is an upcoming method increasingly being used for supporting and exploring (collective) decision-making processes in complex...

Arno Timmer

• 

  AJ (Arno) Timmer MSc

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Studying space use of Humpback Mahseer in theCauvery river basin in Karnataka India

  The Humpback Mahseer (Tor reamdevii) is a type of fish that is endemic to the Cauvery River basin in South India. It was once found abundantly across...

• MSc thesis topic: Understanding the Dutch urban landscape

  How a city has been built has great influence on the inhabitants and visitors of that city (Venerandi et al., 2017). Additionally, there are...

Nandika Tsendbazar

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  dr. NE (Nandika) Tsendbazar

  Assistant professor

• MSc thesis topic: Assessing correlation between land use change and cash transfer interventions

  The aim of this project is to assess whether there is any detectable correlation between land use change and a development intervention involving cash...

• MSc Thesis topic: Garbage in garbage out? understanding the impact of training datasets on remote sensing based monitoring

  Remote sensing based land monitoring frequently uses training and calibration datasets to predict different aspects of the earth's cover, e.g.,...

• Msc thesis topic: Global earth observation products: are they useful for countries?

  Accurate monitoring of forest, land use and land cover at the national level has become essential for the successful implementation and evaluation of...

• MSc thesis topic: Monitoring land cover changes and seasonal variations in the wetlands ecosystem Noorderpark, the Netherlands

  Wetlands provide valuable ecosystem services such as freshwater supply, flood control, groundwater recharge and climate change mitigation. They are...

• MSc thesis topic: Precision in Protection: Enhancing Regional Validation of Forest Change Maps using spatial modelling and machine learning

  In an effort to combat deforestation-driven CO2 emissions, the European Union introduced the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). This regulation...

• MSc thesis topic: Toward Efficient Forest Monitoring: Optimizing Sample-Based Approaches for repeated REDD+ Reporting

  Forests play a vital role in climate change mitigation by storing carbon. When forests degrade or are cleared, the carbon they store is released into...

• MSc thesis topic: Understanding Land Changes: Uncovering the Drivers of Landscape Transformation

  With climate change becoming an urgent global challenge, tracking changes on Earth's surface is more important than ever. Understanding how land is...

• MSc thesis topic: Unlocking the Value of Existing Reference Datasets: A Remote Sensing Approach

  Remote sensing based land monitoring is an important part of implementing and assessing various policies targeting climate change mitigation and...

Mudassar Umar

• 

  M (Mudassar) Umar MSc

  Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Tree species identification in complex tropical rainforest using UAV based multisensor approach

  Tropical rainforest are highly complex ecosystem, characterize by biodiversity of flora and fauna. They also play a vital role in climate regulation...

Mieke van Vlaardingen

• 

  M (Mieke) van Vlaardingen MSc

  Promovendus , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Exploring novel quinoa variants: High-throughput phenotyping data analysis under drought stress

  Image-based phenotyping platforms enable precise monitoring of plant behavior, providing insights into plant traits that enhance resilience to abiotic...

• MSc thesis topic: From pot-to-plot: Correlating high-throughput phenotyping data from a greenhouse experiment to field performance

  Image-based phenotyping platforms allow us to monitor plants behavior in a very detailed manner. These details are very useful, especially if we could...

Maarten Voors

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  dr.ir. MJ (Maarten) Voors

  Associate Professor

• MSc thesis topic: Estimating Foregone Forest Loss around a REDD project

  Carbon financing through REDD projects have become a core tool to help fight climate change. Many projects have been implemented over the past decades...

Corné Vreugdenhil

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  LC (Corné) Vreugdenhil MSc

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Dutch Forest Monitor - AHN based forest change detection in the Netherlands

  ALS | Airborne Lidar Scanning data (ALS) provides height information in XYZ points. ALS is commonly used to derive digital elevation models for larger...

• MSc thesis topic: Improving Bird Species Distribution (and Abundance) Models By Integrating Uncertainty

  Species distribution models (SDMs) are commonly used to describe and predict the spatial distribution and abundance of species. Observational data,...

Wies Vullings

• 

  dr.ir. LAE (Wies) Vullings

  Teamleader Applied Spatial Research

Manuel Weber

• 

  M (Manuel) Weber

  Externe medewerker , Promovendus

• MSc thesis topic: Grassland Bird Fire Regime Associations on the Kibara Plateau, DR Congo

  This project investigates avian diversity and distribution patterns on the Kibara Plateau in Upemba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo. The...

Sietse van der Woude

• 

  SP (Sietse) van der Woude MSc

  Promovendus ,

Jess Wreyford

• 

  dr. JM (Jess) Wreyford

  Docent

• MSc thesis topic: Complete Communities

  Complete communities are important because they provide essential services, promote sustainability, and reduce the need for long commutes. They...

Chenglong Zhang

• 

  C (Chenglong) Zhang

  Onderzoeker

• MSc thesis topic: High-resolution UAV imagery for fruit counting in orchards utilizing deep learning

  Advances in sensor miniaturization are increasing the global popularity of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in agriculture. In the context of smart...

Jiayan Zhao

• 

  J (Jiayan) Zhao PhD

  Universitair docent

• MSc thesis topic: Agent-based modeling and simulation of shared space in virtual reality

  Agent-based modeling (ABM) is an advanced computational approach used to represent dynamic interactions between humans (aka “agents”) and...

• MSc thesis topic: Augmented reality display on windshields: Improving the spatial awareness of autonomous car drivers

  The craving for self-driving vehicles keeps growing in society. Along with major technical breakthroughs, researchers have raised concerns about the...

• MSc thesis topic: Eye-tracking in immersive virtual environments: Collection, validation, and analysis

  Spatial data and its analysis can take many forms. Virtual environments, for example, are inherently spatial and allow for collecting an abundance of...

• MSc thesis topic: Immersive virtual environments based on open geospatial data: Generation, improvement, evaluation, and application

  The proliferation of remote sensing and GIS technologies has tremendously increased the volume and variety of geospatial data available on the...

• MSc thesis topic: Understanding citizens’ perception of urban densification through virtual reality

  Spatial planning is about shaping the built and natural environment to meet the needs of people and communities. It is key in promoting sustainable...