Vita

1983 Diploma on Geodesy at Geodetic Institute, University of Karlsruhe 

1983 – 1995 
University of Karlsruhe, now Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). 1988 PhD  Analyse und Optimierung geodätischer Netze nach spektralen Kriterien und mechanische Analogien. DFG-project, GPS-Alpstraverse project, International RaD cooperations with Romania, Italy and France. Different professional work and projects outside KIT (Software Developments, Engineering Geodesy (railway networks adjustment, bridges networks, tunneling networks, tunnel breakthrough prognosis, Fundamental Geodetic Networks, e.g. along the seam East-West Berlin after German reunion 1991)).

1995 – 2022 Professor. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HKA). Disciplines Satellite Geodesy, Mathematical Geodesy, Parameter Estimation, Software Development and Surveying 

• Lecturer in the Study Programs
  o Geodesy and Navigation (Bachelor of Science Program)
  o Geomatics (International Master of Science Program)
• Research Projects Leader at IAF/CAR
• Head of the Laboratory on GNSS & Navigation at HKA 
  http://goca.info/Labor.GNSS.und.Navigation/index.php

International professional activities on research and education.  Different International Working Groups of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and International Federation of Surveyors (FIG). European Tempus projects in Baltic States on Geodetic Education in 1998 - 2002. International Project Height Determination of Kilimanjaro 1999. Development of Geodetic Infrastructures for GNSS Services for Namibia, Tanzania, Troja, Brasil, Spain, Hungary, Baltic States, Albania, Moldova (www.moldpos.eu), Russia in 1998-2012.  International Geomonitoring projects e.g. in Mali, South Africa, Namibia, Austria, Bosnia, France, Germany in 1999 - 2022 (www.monika.ag, www.goca.info). Member of ASIIN study programs accrediation commission. Scientific head of the interational RTCM WG on the development of the World standard RTCM Transformation Messages 3.x for realtime internet messages based GNSS positioning and navigation in 2004-2007. Member pf PhD school of the University of West Hungary, Faculty of Geoinformatics,  Szekesfehervar 2006 - 2008. Continuous cooperation with UPV Valencia the International Master Program Geomatics 2012 - 2022. Continuous cooperation with the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics, University of Latvia, and Riga Technical University (RTU) in 1998 - 2022 (https://www.lu.lv/en/institute-of-geodesy-and-geoinformatics/, https://www.rtu.lv/en ). Since 2008 Honorary Professor at the Siberian State University on Geosystems and Technologies (SSUGT), Novosibirsk, sgugit.ru/en/.

2020 Regional Coordinator ISPRS Commission 5 WG 7 https://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm5/wg7/
2020 European Space Agency (ESA) - EUSPA Tasks Force GNSS Raw Data on Smartphones https://www.euspa.europa.eu/euspace-applications/gnss-raw-measurements

2022 Member of the Center of Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC), Lithuania, https://www.skvc.lt/default/en/ 

PhD supervising  (6 PhD completed)

2022 Founding member Promotionsverband (PhD Association) of the Universities of Applied Sciences (HAW) Baden Württemberg. Active member of the Faculty Informatics, Electrotechnics - Engineering Sciences 2, https://hochschulen-bw.de/promotionsverband-bw/.  

Teaching

Teaching areas Bachelor Geodesy & Navigation and International Master's Degree in Geomatics
- Satellite Geodesy
- Mathematical Geodesy
- Parameter Estimation
- Software Development and Surveying

Thesis and Excercises in Laboratory on GNSS & Navigation at HKA: http://goca.info/Labor.GNSS.und.Navigation/index.php

Research

Research and Teaching
Head of the GNSS & Navigation Laboratory: http://goca.info/Labor.GNSS.und.Navigation/index.php

Research areas in the GNSS & Navigation Laboratory
GNSS/MEMS/Optics Multisensor Systems for Navigation & SLAM, Georeferencing, Mobile Mapping, Mobile Robotics (Ground, Water, Air) Mobile Robotics: www.navka.de
Geomonitoring and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM): www.goca.info
Integrated geodesy and gravity field determination: www.dfhbf.de

Ongoing Research projects
Research and development (R&D) for a UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) based monitoring system for detection of plant damaging spider mites in greenhouses: https://www.h-ka.de/iaf/mitesens
GNSS/MEMS/optics multi-sensor system for AI-assisted creation of BIM models in civil engineering: https://www.h-ka.de/iaf/hoba Geomonitoring and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Fernsehturm Stuttgart: www.goca.info  

Interests

Memberships in Professional Associations
VDV Fachruppe 13 BIM https://www.bw-vdv.de/bildungswerk/fachgruppen.html#c3143
Regional Coordinator ISPRS Commission 5 WG 7 https://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm5/wg7/
BW-CAR FuE-Schwerpunkt Intelligente Systeme https://hochschulen-bw.de/forschung/forschungsschwerpunkt-itis/
ESA - EUSPA Tasks Force GNSS Raw Data on Smartphones https://www.euspa.europa.eu/euspace-applications/gnss-raw-measurements
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geodäsie und Landmanagment (DVW): https://bw.dvw.de/08/home