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Jörg Helmschrot
28 October 1969
Gera, Germany
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since Jan 2000 |
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Research fellow, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute for Geography, Department of Geoinformatics, Geohydrology and Modelling Responsibilities
research: wetlands, hydrology, modeling, remote sensing, GIS
project management: project coordination, fund raising
teaching: student's teaching in applied hydrology, statistics, geostatistics, cartography, computercartography, GIS; Supervising of students projects and MSc thesis, examiner (PhD, Diplom, BSc, Teachers)
administration: member of the exam's committee (Diploma, BSc, Lecturers) |
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Sep 1991 - Sep 1994 |
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Stage Technician at the Theatre of the City of Gera |
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Nov 1990 - Aug 1991 |
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Landscaper, City of Gera |
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May 1990 - Oct 1990 |
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Landscaper, Company Alban Gschwend, Kempten |
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Sep 1988 - Apr 1990 |
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State Forester, State Forest Department Gera |
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Universitary study (PhD) |
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1. November 2006 |
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doctor rerum naturalium (FSU Jena)
Grade: summa cum laude |
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July 2006 |
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Dissertation:
An integrated, landscape-based approach to model the formation and hydrological functioning of wetlands in semiarid headwater catchments of the Umzimvubu River, South Africa. |
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2003 - 2006 |
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Geography (Doctor rerum naturalium) at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute for Geography
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scientific focus:
earth sciences, hydrologicale modeling, wetland dynamics, landscape dynamics, forest growths modeling, South Africa
methodological focus:
GIS/geoinformatic, remote sensing, model development and application, geo-statistics |
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Universitary study (diploma) |
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Oct 1994 - Dec 1999 |
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Geography (Diploma), Geology (Diploma) at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Institute for Geography
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scientific focus:
earth sciences, hydrology, soil sciences, geomorphology
methodological focus:
geoinformatic/GIS, remote sensing, cartography, statistics |
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Oct 1994 - Dec 1999 |
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Urban and Regional Planing (Diploma) at Bauhaus University Weimar
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16.Dezember 1999 |
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Diploma degree:
Geographer (FSU Jena)
Grade: 1 (with distinction) |
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September 1999 |
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Diploma thesis:
Integration von Fernerkundung, GIS und empirischer Geländeaufnahme zur Parametrisierung physiographischer Faktoren für die distributive hydrologische Modellierung. Eine Fallstudie im semiariden Flusseinzugsgebiet des Umzimvubu, Ostkap Provinz, Südafrika. |
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01.01. - 30.06.1998 |
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Study projects:
Hydrologische Modellierung von Quelleinzugsgebieten im Thüringer Wald (Projektbericht) |
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Awards/Scholarships |
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2006 |
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Honorable Mention Award for best poster presentation at the 27th International Conference of the Society of Wetland Scientists in Cairns, 9-14 July 2006, Cairns, Australia. |
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2005 |
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Student Travel Award by the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS), 26th International Wetlands Conference in Charleston, SC, USA |
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2005 |
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EU-Scholarship to participate in the "Conference for Wetlands: Monitoring, Modelling and Mangement (W3M)", organised by the "Center of Excellence in Wetland Hydrology", 22 -25 September, Wierzba, Poland |
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Memberships |
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since 2006 |
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Member of the Thuringian Geographical Society, Jena e.V. (ThüGG) |
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since 2005 |
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Member of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc. (MSSANZ) |
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since 2004 |
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Member of the Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) |
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since 2003 |
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Member of the Association of State Wetland Managers (ASWM) |
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1992 - 2000 |
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Member of the Governmental disaster relief organization of the Federal Republic of Germany (THW) |
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Reviewer |
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Journals |
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Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS)
Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (Elsevier)
Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung, Geoinformation (DGPF) |
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Conference Con's |
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MODSIM 2005 (MSSANZ) |
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Languages |
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English |
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very good (speaking and writing) |
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Russian |
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basics |
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Spain |
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basics |
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French |
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basics |
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IT-Experiences |
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Image processing |
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Erdas Imagine, eCognition, IDRISI |
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GIS |
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ArcGIS, ArcInfo, Arcview |
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Statistics |
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SPSS, SPlus, STATPACK |
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Operating Systems |
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MSDos, Windows 98/NT/2000/XP, Solaris, Linux |
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Programming |
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Fortran, HTML, XML, PHP, JAVA |
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Graphics, Visualization |
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Photoshop, Corel, Adobe InDesign |
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Office solutions |
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several Office packages, Latex |
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