Staff

Function and Responsibilities:

Research Scientist in Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics, focusing on integrating optical remote sensing, radiative transfer models, and advanced machine learning to assess soil and vegetation properties for monitoring ecosystem health and agricultural productivity.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Developing radiative transfer models to predict soil and vegetation properties from EO data.

2. Validating soil and vegetation parameters using high-resolution hyperspectral remote sensing data.

3. Mapping biogeophysical vegetation parameters in croplands using drone and satellite-based multi- and hyperspectral imagery.

Research Interests:

Mapping bare soil, crop residues, and mixed scenarios using UAV-based hyperspectral data for validating model simulations.

Deep learning-based data fusion of Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 for predicting soil moisture linked to radiative transfer models.

Optical reflectance across spatial scales—an inter-comparison of ground-based hyperspectral, drone, and satellite reflectance data for assessing soil properties.

Career:

2006-2009: Teaching assistant in soil chemistry, Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Fayoum, Egypt. 

2013-present: Research and Teaching assistance, Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Fayoum, Egypt. 

2019-2020: Research and Teaching assistance in fundamental remote sensing, Department of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics,  Universität Trier, Trier, Germany.

2020-2021: Research and Teaching assistance in Advanced remote sensing, Department of Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics,  Universität Trier, Trier, Germany.

2022- present: Postdoc in Remote sensing and Geoinformatics

Education:

2002-2006: Bachelor's degree in Soil and Water Science, University of Fayoum, Egypt. 

2009-2010: Diploma in Geo-information in Environmental Management, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Chaniá, Greece.

2011-2013: M.Sc. in Water Resources and Environmental Management, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.

2016-2022: PhD in Environmental Remote Sensing and Geo-information, Universität Trier, Trier, Germany.

Projects:

• "Multi-model grassland biomass for agriculture", funded by Helmholtz imaging in 2025.
• " MRV4SOC- Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification of Soil Organic Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Balance ", funded EU project, June 2023-2026.
• "WORLDSOILS - World Soils Monitoring System", ESA ITT Worldsoils, 2022-2026.
• "„BIOSCOPE- A vegetation monitoring system based on the integrated use of satellites and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), 2016-2021.
• "REFLEX" - EUFAR(EC FP7) 2011-2014.

Awards:

2009-2010: Scholarship from Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Chaniá, Greece, Diploma.

2011-2013: Flow By Flow EU-Egypt Bridge Building (FFEEBB), Erasmus Mundus, M.Sc. research scholarship.

2016-2019: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), PhD. Research Scholarship.

2019: Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM), Department of Laboratorio de Procesado de Imagenes (LPL) (Valencia), Spain.

2019: Teaching assistance, The International Office and Graduate Centre of Trier University, Trier.

2020-2021: Final stage and the advanced stage of the doctoral degree, The International Office and Graduate Centre of Trier University, Trier.