Supervision
Current PhD Theses
Yuquan Qu: Analysis of functional relationships between fire occurence and environmental pre-conditions with remote sensing and geoscientific simulations (since December 2019)
David Mengen: L-band SAR remote sensing of soil moisture (since January 2020)
Jordan Bates: Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to inform crop models (since March 2020)
Wenqin Huang: Variation of wetland exposure characteristics and its response to wetland vegetation distribution pattern in Poyang Lake (since July 2021 during 2y research stay)
Visakh Sivaprasad: Earth system reanalysis by soil moisture and land surface temperature data assimilation (since June 2022)
Nick Kupfer: Land use and organic rice monitoring in the Mekong Delta (since February 2023)
Xuerui Guo: Informing the simulation of agricultural ecosystem functioning with UAV remote sensing (since April 2023)
Finished PhD Theses
Machine learning for monitoring groundwater resources over Europe
Author: Yueling Ma
Supervisors: Carsten Montzka, Stefan Kollet
University of Bonn, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty
May 2022
Spatio-Temporal Estimation and Validation of Remotely Sensed Vegetation and Hydrological Fluxes in the Rur Catchment, Germany
Author: Muhammad Ali
Supervisors: Carsten Montzka, Harry Vereecken
University of Bonn, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty
December 2017
Statistical analysis and combination of active and passive microwave remote sensing methods for soil moisture retrieval
Author: Kathrina Rötzer
Supervisors: Carsten Montzka, Harry Vereecken
University of Bonn, Mathematics and Natural Sciences Faculty
April 2016
Improving soil moisture estimates based on microwave data assimilation and a Tibetan Plateau soil moisture and temperature monitoring network
Author: Zhao Long
Supervisors: Kun Yang, Carsten Montzka (during 1y research stay)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
2013
Bachelor Theses/Master Theses/Diploma
Landcover classification of three selected provinces in the Mekong Delta Region (Vietnam)
Author: Kirsten Wagner (Master Thesis)
Supervisors: Frank Lehmkuhl, Lutz Weihermüller, Carsten Montzka
RWTH Aachen University
August 2022
Analysis of the spatial variability of soil moisture in the Rur catchment with the help of airborne radiometer measurements
Author: Cornelia Wilske (Diploma Thesis)
Supervisors: Carsten Montzka, Uwe Tröger
Technical University of Berlin, Faculty for Planning Construction Environment
April 2009
Satellite-supported Analysis of a Regional Area for Cultivation of Renewable Raw Materials
Author: Arnim Koch (Diploma Thesis)
Supervisors: Jochen Linßen, Carsten Montzka
RWTH Aachen University
May 2005