Stefan Lang

Dr Stefan Lang is a geographer, GIS and remote-sensing specialist and ecologist by training, who gained his PhD in 2005. Since 2006, he has been research coordinator at the Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), Salzburg University. From 2007-8 he held a one-year professorship at the Technical University of Berlin, in the Department of Geoinformation Processing for Landscape and Environmental Planning. Active in the fields of object-based image analysis, knowledge representation, geospatial analysis and satellite-based monitoring, he plays key scientific roles in internationally funded research projects and other collaborative R&D activities. He has developed, with his team, dedicated geospatial tools for humanitarian relief support and conducted a series of GI-related trainings and consulting activities in Europe, Africa and Asia.