Michael Schaepman

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Michael Ellert Schaepman (born May 30, 1966 ) is a Swiss-Dutch geographer . He is Professor of Remote Sensing and Rector of the University of Zurich .

Michael Schaepman, 2016 in Zurich

Life

Michael Schaepman grows up as the son of a German and a Dutch man in Switzerland. Today he lives with the professor of earth system science and Siberia specialist Gabriela Schaepman-Strub and their two children in Zurich. He enjoys traveling to remote areas of the world, including with his wife and children in Siberia, and has had a soft spot for Persian cuisine since his student days.

Scientific-academic career

Michael Schaepman's main research interests are earth observation , remote sensing and spectroscopy . He is known as a specialist in measuring environmental changes by means of earth observation, in particular satellite-based statements on changes in biodiversity.

Schaepman studied geography, experimental physics and computer science at the University of Zurich, where he received his doctorate in 1998 from the Institute of Geography. He completed a postdoc at the University of Arizona and became a research group leader at the Geography Institute of the University of Zurich in 2000. In 2003, Wageningen University appointed him Professor of Geographic Information Science at the Institute for Environmental Sciences, where he became Scientific Director of the Center for Geoinformation in 2005 . In 2009 the University of Zurich appointed Schaepman professor for remote sensing at the Institute of Geography. In 2016 he became vice dean and in 2016 dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. In 2017, the University Council elected him Vice-Rector for Research (previously Vice-Rector for Veterinary Medicine and Natural Sciences ). Schaepman emphasizes interdisciplinarity and stands for the networking of the university with other institutions and the economy. The University of Zurich joined the location marketer Greater Zurich Area AG . Schaepman led for doctoral students and postdocs from medical and biotechnology Fellowships , which up startup companies promote the step from research to own. In the innovation park on the former Dübendorf military airfield , the University of Zurich is responsible for the UZH Space Hub , which enables experiments in weightlessness. With the NASA Schaepman initiated a cooperation to improve Spektronometrie, so the ability to capture the Earth from space. At the Davos World Economic Forum WEF 2020, Schaepman presented Swiss Data Cube, a technology that records, archives and low-threshold satellite data that can be used. In 2018 he was the founding father of the World Biodiversity Forum in Davos, which promotes the protection of biodiversity internationally.

In March 2020, the University Council proposed Schaepman as the only candidate for the office of rector, and he was elected in July.

Publications (selection)

  • Skidmore, AK, Pettorelli, N., Coops, NC, Geller, GN, Hansen, M., Lucas, R., Mücher, CA, O'Connor, B., Paganini, M., Pereira, HM, Schaepman, ME , Turner, W., Wang, T., & Wegmann, M. (2015). Environmental science: Agree on biodiversity metrics to track from space. Nature , 523, 403-405
  • Jetz, W., Cavender-Bares, J., Pavlick, R., Schimel, D., Davis, FW, Asner, GP, Guralnick, R., Kattge, J., Latimer, AM, Moorcroft, P., Schaepman , ME, Schildhauer, MP, Schneider, FD, Schrodt, F., Stahl, U., & Ustin, SL (2016). Monitoring plans functional diversity from space. Nature Plants, 2, 16024
  • Navarro, LM, Fernández, N., Guerra, C., Guralnick, R., Kissling, WD, Londoño, MC, Muller-Karger, F., Turak, E., Balvanera, P., Costello, MJ, Delavaud, A., El Serafy, GY, Ferrier, S., Geijzendorffer, I., Geller, GN, Jetz, W., Kim, E.-S., Kim, H., Martin, CS, McGeoch, MA, Mwampamba, TH, Nel, JL, Nicholson, E., Pettorelli, N., Schaepman, ME, Skidmore, A., Sousa Pinto, I., Vergara, S., Vihervaara, P., Xu, H., Yahara, T. , Gill, M., & Pereira, HM (2017). Monitoring biodiversity change through effective global coordination. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29, 158-169
  • Schneider, FD, Morsdorf, F., Schmid, B., Petchey, OL, Hueni, A., Schimel, DS, & Schaepman, ME (2017). Mapping functional diversity from remotely sensed morphological and physiological forest traits. Nature Communications, 8, 1441
  • O'Connor, B., Bojinski, S., Röösli, C., & Schaepman, ME (2020). Monitoring global changes in biodiversity and climate essential as ecological crisis intensifies. Ecological Informatics, 55, 101033
  • Schläpfer, D., & Schaepman, ME (2002). Modeling the noise equivalent radiance requirements of imaging spectrometers based on scientific applications. Applied Optics , 41, 5691-5701
  • Damm, A., Erler, A., Hillen, W., Meroni, M., Schaepman, ME, Verhoef, W., & Rascher, U. (2011). Modeling the impact of spectral sensor configurations on the FLD retrieval accuracy of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 1882-1892
  • Schaepman, ME, Jehle, M., Hueni, A., D'Odorico, P., Damm, A., Weyermann, J., Schneider, FD, Laurent, V., Popp, C., Seidel, FC, Lenhard , K., Gege, P., Küchler, C., Brazile, J., Kohler, P., De Vos, L., Meuleman, K., Meynart, R., Schläpfer, D., Kneubühler, M., & Itten, KI (2015). Advanced radiometry measurements and Earth science applications with the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX). Remote Sensing of Environment, 158, 207-219

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Marita Fuchs: New Vice Rector elected. “The future is interdisciplinary”. In: News from the University of Zurich. University of Zurich, May 18, 2017, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  2. Beat Glogger & Michael Baumann: "With the climate warming a vicious circle begins in the tundra". Interview with Gabriela Schaepman-Strub. In: Bernerzeitung. Magazine. Berner Zeitung, November 12, 2016, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  3. Perrine Huber: To space and back again: mapping Earth to save it. In: Swissinfo.ch. SRG SSR, November 28, 2019, accessed on March 9, 2020 (English).
  4. Helga Rietz: A flying guardian for the earth's ecosystem. In: NZZOnline. NZZ, November 2, 2018, accessed on February 4, 2020 .
  5. Vice President Research Curriculum Vitae. In: Website about Schaepman. University of Zurich, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  6. Michael Schaepman nominated as Vice Rector. Uni Zurich Kommunikation, May 9, 2017, accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  7. Press release: LafargeHolcim and the University of Zurich become foundation members of the Greater Zurich Area. In: Press portal GZA. Greater Zurich Area AG, November 29, 2018, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  8. ^ Denise Weisflog: From scientist to successful entrepreneur. In: supplement NZZ Executive. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, September 15, 2018, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  9. Alois Feusi: How a Dübendorf experiment flew to the International Space Station. In: nzzonline. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 1, 2018, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  10. Perrine Huber ,: The Guardian in Orbit. In: swissinfo.ch. Swissinfo, December 14, 2019, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  11. ^ Hans-Peter Künzi: University at the WEF. “The climate issue cannot be discussed away at the WEF either”. In: srf.ch text (German) and audio (Swiss German). Swiss Radio SRF1, January 21, 2020, accessed on February 5, 2020 .
  12. ^ World Biodiversity Forum: World Biodiversity Forum - Final Resolution. In: www.worldbiodiversityforum.org/. February 18, 2020, accessed on March 10, 2020 .
  13. Martin Sturzenegger: "The right man" for the university management. TagesAnzeiger, March 4, 2020, accessed on March 9, 2020 .
  14. Nils PfÄNDER: He wanted to solve the world's environmental problems with the help of space travel. Michael Schaepman is now the new Rector of the University of Zurich. NZZ, July 3, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2020 .
  15. ↑ List of publications on: Michael Schaepman / Department of Geography. University of Zurich, accessed on February 5, 2020 (English).