My Mission
focusing on business continuity by ensuring speed, stability and securityBiography
Hannes is a geoecologist from University of Potsdam (Germany) with a PhD in soil science from University of Hannover. He was specialised in spatial research projects for natural resource management from global (SRTM Void filling, Crop Growth Modelling, Landform Classification), continental (Digital Soil Mapping, Wind erosion modelling, Air Quality Monitoring), to local scales (Precision Agriculture, Water Erosion Modelling). Before joining the European Commission Hannes has worked in national and inter-national, multi-disciplinary research institutes such as at the World Data Center for Soils at ISRIC World Soil Information (ISRIC), the European Commissions Joint Research Centre (JRC), the Leibniz Centre for Agriculture Landscape Research (ZALF) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Since 2013 he works in the European Commission GISCO team (GIS COordination) and tries to bridge technical feasibilities and functional requirements.