For the past ten years, I have worked as independent consultant, educator and community builder in the global geospatial and Earth Observation industry. In 2023, I co-founded thriveGEO whose mission is to empower individuals and organisations to thrive with geospatial and Earth observation data. For the next years, I will focus building up thriveGEO! Our vision is bold! We aim to become the leading training provider in the geospatial and Earth Observation sector. Sign up for our newsletter.

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PhD research

In 2022, I completed a PhD at the Faculty of Geography at University of Marburg on ‘Big Earth Data - Towards a better understanding of users and their training needs’.
Publications related to my dissertation:

Leadership and Engagement

  • Founder and co-director - Women+ in Geospatial network - A professional network to promote gender diversity in the geospatial industry and academia. Join us!
  • Co-Founder - Glocal LifeLearn e.V. - A NGO that is supporting education initiatives worldwide, aiming to give disadvantaged children access to education.

2023

2022

  • Selected as one of 25 Google Developer Experts worldwide for the Earth Engine technology
  • Member of the Expert Advisory Group to re-evaluate the Group on Earth Observations System of Systems (GEOSS)

2021

  • Selected as one of 100 participants worldwide for Homeward Bound, a year-long leadership program for women in STEMM
  • Featured as one of 31 ‘Champions of a Sustainable World’ as part of the book Women and GIS, Volume 3 published by ESRI Press

2020

  • Program track Co-Chair Posters for JupyterCon 2020
  • Member of the Organising Committee for the New Space Workshop - Europe organised by the Open Geospatial Consortium

2017