Directors and Coordination
Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein
ELLIS unit Jena, Director | ELLIS Fellow
Director ELLIS program „Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science“
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Professor for Global Geoecology at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Denzler
ELLIS unit Jena, Director | ELLIS Fellow
ELLIS program “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science”
Professor for Computer Vision in the Institute for Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dr. Conrad H. Philipp
ELLIS unit Jena, Senior Project Coordinator
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Marija Blagojević
ELLIS unit Jena, Social Media Manager
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Members
Dr. Nuno Carvalhais
ELLIS Scholar
ELLIS program “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science”
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57 6225
Mail: ncarvalhais@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Jakob Runge
ELLIS Scholar
ELLIS program “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science”
Group head at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Data Science (DLR) Jena
Guest Professor of Climate Informatics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Technische Universitaet Berlin
Phone: +49 3641 30960 100
Mail: jakob.runge@dlr.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Ana Bastos
ELLIS Member
Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8922
Mail: abastos@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Joachim Giesen
ELLIS Member
Professor for Theoretical Computer Science in the Department of Theoretical Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 9-46322
Mail: joachim.giesen@uni-jena.de
Prof. Dr. Alexander Brenning
ELLIS Member
Professor of Geographic Information Science, Department of Geography at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 9-48850
Mail: alexander.brenning@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Alexander Winkler
ELLIS Member
Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Group: Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate and Causality (ABC3)
Phone: +49 3641 57-8923
Mail: awinkler@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar / ORCID
Dr. Shijie Jiang
ELLIS Unit Jena Research Group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8901
Mail: sjiang@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Kai Lawonn
Professor for Visualization and Exploratory Data Analysis in the Institute for Computer Science at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Mail: kai.lawonn@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Michael Habeck
Professor for Microscopic Image Analysis in the Medical Faculty at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena’
Jena University Hospital
Mail: michael.habeck@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Sophie Biskop
Senior Project Coordinator and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Geographic Information Science group, Department of Geography at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-8852
Mail: sophie.biskop@uni-jena.de
Dr. Basil Kraft
Project group leader and Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-6233
Mail: bkraft@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Andreas Gerhardus
Postdoctoral Researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Data Science Jena
Phone: +49 3641 30-960144
Mail: andreas.gerhardus@dlr.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Paul Bodesheim
Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computer Vision Group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-6410
Mail: paul.bodesheim@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Lazaro Alonso
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-6228
Mail: lalonso@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Christian Reimers
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8923
Mail: creimers@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Guohua Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8903
Mail: gliu@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Jonas Wahl
Postdoctoral Researcher, Research Group Climate Informatics at TU Berlin and the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Data Science Jena
Mail: wahl@tu-berlin.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Thomas Suesse
Senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong
Mail: tsuesse@uow.edu.au
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Wenli Zhao
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8924
Mail: wzhao@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Ph.D. Candidates
Vitus Benson
ELLIS PhD candidate* at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena and ETH Zurich
Phone: +49 3641 57-6268
Mail: vbenson@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Claire Robin
ELLIS PhD candidate* at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Mail: crobin@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: MPG Publications
George Blougouras
ELLIS PhD candidate* at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8918
Mail: gblougouras@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Oana-Iuliana Popescu
PhD candidate at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Data Science Jena
Mail: oana-iulia.popescu@dlr.de
List of Publications: Digital Bibliography & Library Project (DBLP)
Zhihao Wang
PhD candidate at the Geographic Information Science group, Department of Geography at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-8864
Mail: zhihao.wang@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: ORCID
Franziska Müller
PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8956
Mail: fmueller@bgc-jena.mpg.de
Wasim Ahmad
PhD candidate in the Computer Vision Group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 163 73-08332
Mail: wasim.ahmad@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Christian Requena
PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-6242
Mail: crequ@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Gideon Stein
PhD candidate in the Computer Vision Group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 176-45651723
Mail: gideon.stein@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Wiebke Günther
PhD candidate at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Data Science Jena
Phone: +49 3641 30-960127
Mail: wiebke.guenther@dlr.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Matthias Körschens
PhD candidate at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-9263
Mail: matthias.koerschens@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Niklas Penzel
PhD candidate in the Computer Vision Group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-6335
Mail: niklas.penzel@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Reda ElGhawi
PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena
Phone: +49 3641 57-8906
Mail: relghawi@bgc-jena.mpg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Jakob Gawlikowski
PhD candidate Researcher at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Data Science Jena
Phone: +49 3641 30960 143
Mail: Jakob.Gawlikowski@dlr.de
Publications: Google Scholar
Jan Blunk
PhD candidate in the Computer Vision Group, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-6335
Mail: jan.blunk@uni-jena.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Florian Strohmaier
PhD candidate at the Geographic Information Science group, Department of Geography at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Phone: +49 3641 94-8884
Mail: florian.strohmaier@uni-jena.de
Visiting Ph.D. Candidate
Associated Members
Prof. Dr. Veronika Eyring
ELLIS Fellow
ELLIS program „Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science“
Head of the “Earth System Model Evaluation and Analysis” Department at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Institute of Atmospheric Physics and Professor of Climate Modelling at the University of Bremen
Phone: +49-421-218-62733
Mail: veronika.eyring@dlr.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Gustau Camps-Valls
ELLIS Fellow
Director of the ELLIS program “Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science”
Professor in Electrical Engineering at the Universitat de València
Group Leader of the Image and Signal Processing (ISP) group
Phone: +34 963 544 064
Mail: gustau.camps@uv.es
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Miguel Mahecha
ELLIS Fellow
ELLIS program „Machine Learning for Earth and Climate Science“
Professor for Modelling Approaches in Remote Sensing at the Leipzig University,
Leader of the “Earth System Data Science” group at the Remote Sensing Centre for Earth System Research
Phone: +49 341 97-32801
Mail: miguel.mahecha@uni-leipzig.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Pierre Gentine
Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering at the University of Coumbia
Director, Learning the Earth with AI and Physics (LEAP) NSF Science and Technology Center
Phone: +1 212 854-7287
Mail: pg2328@columbia.edu
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Marco Körner
Head of the Chair of Remote Sensing Technology and Adjunct Teaching Professor for Computer Vision and Machine Learning at Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Phone: +49 89 289-22674
Mail: marco.koerner@tum.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Prof. Dr. Sören Laue
Full Professor for Machine Learning at University of Hamburg
Mail: soeren.laue@uni-hamburg.de
List of Publications: Google Scholar
Dr. Mirco Migliavacca
Scientific Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in the Bioeconomy and Forest Unit
Mail: mirco.migliavacca@ec.europa.eu
List of Publications: Google Scholar
