Research interests

• Optical remote sensing and time series
• Remote sensing in ecology
• Spatial disturbance ecology
• Remote sensing-model-integration

Selected publications

Senf, C. (2022) Seeing the system from above – The use and potential of remote sensing for studying ecosystem dynamics. Ecosystems, 25, 1719–1737. Link

Senf, C. and Seidl, R. (2021) Mapping the forest disturbance regimes of Europe. Nature Sustainability, 4, 63-70. Link

Senf, C., Buras, A., Zang, C. S., Rammig, A., and Seidl. R. (2020) Excess forest mortality is consistently linked to drought across Europe. Nature Communications, 11, 6200. Link

Senf, C., Pflugmacher, D., Zhiqiang, Y., Sebald, J., Knorrn, J., Neumann, M., Hostert, P. and Seidl, R. (2018) Canopy mortality has doubled across Europe’s temperate forests in the last three decades. Nature Communications, 9, 4978. Link

Senf, C., Seidl, R. and Hostert, P. (2017) Remote sensing of forest insect disturbances: current state and future directions. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geo-information, 60, 49-60. Link

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CV

Since 2024	Professor at Technical University of Munich
2023	Habiliation and venia legendi in Earth observation
2021-2023	Research assistant at the chair of ecosystem dynamics and forest management at Technical University of Munich
2019-2021	Postdoc at the institute of silviculture of Vienna's University of Life Sciences (BOKU)
2018-2019	Postdoc at the Integrative Research Institute on Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys) of Humboldt-University of Berlin
2016-2018	Postdoc at the institute of silviculture of Vienna's University of Life Sciences (BOKU)
2016	Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) in Geography
2012-2016	PhD student at Humboldt-University of Berlin
2010-2012	Master of Science in physical geography at Humboldt-University of Berlin
2007-2010	Bachelor of Science in geography und physics at University Innsbruck and Humboldt-University of Berlin

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