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Dr. Claudia Guimarães-Steinicke

Dr. Claudia Guimarães-Steinicke

Research Fellow

Fernerkundung in der Geo- und Ökosystemforschung
Institutsgebäude
Talstraße 35, Room 0-25
04103 Leipzig

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Abstract

I’m a PostDoc at Remote Sensing in Geo- and Ecosystem Research, Leipzig University. I am a plant ecologist fascinated by remote sensing technology. I am interested in how biodiversity impacts temporally and spatially ecosystem functions. I am interested in using remote sensing (such as terrestrial laser scanning and hyperspectral signals) and machine learning techniques to predict biodiversity ecosystem-functioning relationships.


Professional career

  • since 05/2022
    Postdoctoral fellow at the Remote Sensing in Geo- and Ecosystem Research, University of Leipzig.
  • 03/2011 - 12/2013
    Research assistant at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ Leipzig, Dept. Conservation Biology (Working Group "Population Ecology and Landscape Structure" – Project Scales)
  • since 04/2011
    Staff member of Neotropical Institute – Research and Conservation in Brazil
  • 03/2011 - 09/2011
    Internship at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena. (Dept. of Biochemical Processes)
  • 02/2008 - 08/2009
    Internship at the “Conservation Science Internship Program” of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Curitiba, Brazil

Education

  • 04/2015 - 06/2022
    PhD student at the University of Leipzig, Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity.
  • 10/2010 - 04/2013
    Master degree in Global Change Ecology Graduate Program at the Univerisity of Bayreuth.
  • 02/2000 - 12/2003
    Bachelor and Licentiate of Science in Biologie at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil

I am a plant ecologist fascinated by biodiversity and remote sensing techniques. I am a Postdoctoral fellow at the Remote Sensing in Geo- and Ecosystem Research, University of Leipzig. Currently, I work on the Breathing Nature project, which investigates the interactions between biodiversity and climate change. For that, I use terrestrial sensing, such as terrestrial laser scanning.

  • FOR 1451: Teilprojekt: The Jena Experiment: Intra-annual stability of spatial and temporal niche complementarity in temperate grasslands
    Wirth, Christian
    Duration: 06/2010 – 12/2018
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Spezielle Botanik und funktionelle Biodiversität
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  • SP01: Plant Physiology
    Feilhauer, Prof. Hannes
    Duration: 12/2023 – 12/2027
    Funded by: DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
    Involved organisational units of Leipzig University: Fernerkundung in der Geo- und Ökosystemforschung
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more projects

  • Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Weigelt, A.; Proulx, R.; Lanners, T.; Eisenhauer, N.; Duque‐Lazo, J.; Reu, B.; Roscher, C.; Wagg, C.; Buchmann, N.; Wirth, C.
    Biodiversity facets affect community surface temperature via 3D canopy structure in grassland communities
    Journal of Ecology. 2021. 109 (5). pp. 1969–1985.
    DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13631
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  • Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Weigelt, A.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Duque-Lazo, J.; Reu, B.; Roscher, C.; Schumacher, J.; Wagg, C.; Wirth, C.
    Terrestrial laser scanning reveals temporal changes in biodiversity mechanisms driving grassland productivity
    2019. pp. 133–161.
    DOI: 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.06.003
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  • Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Weigelt, A.; Ebeling, A.; Eisenhauer, N.; Wirth, C.
    Diversity Effects on Canopy Structure Change throughout a Growing Season in Experimental Grassland Communities
    Remote sensing. 2022. 14 (7).
    DOI: 10.3390/rs14071557
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  • Kattenborn, T. J.; Richter, R.; Guimarães-Steinicke, C.; Feilhauer, H.; Wirth, C.
    AngleCam: Predicting the temporal variation of leaf angle distributions from image series with deep learning
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2022. 13 (11). pp. 2531–2545.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13968
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  • Mahecha, M.; Bastos, A.; Bohn, F. J. et al.
    Biodiversity and climate extremes: known interactions and research gaps
    ESS Open Archive. 2023.
    DOI: 10.22541/essoar.169462031.19744802/v1
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Courses:


  • Introduction to Geoinformatics (B.Sc. - WS)
  •    Geographic Information Systems (B.Sc. - WS)
  •    Biogeography and temporal processes of the biosphere (M.Sc. -WS)
  • Sampling Design & Ground Truthing in Remote Sensing (M.Sc. SS)
  • Research project Physical Geography/Geoecology II (B.Sc. - SS)
  • Data recording and evaluation in the field [Group B]: Water, vegetation and

soil (B.Sc. - SS)



  • Biogeography and temporal processes of the biosphere

    12-GGR-M-PG01N - Methods and concepts of biogeography, geomorphology and quaternary research

  • Geographic Information Systems

    12-GGR- B-GF05 - Introduction to Geoinformatics

  • Introduction to Geoinformatics

    12-GGR- B-GF05 - Introduction to Geoinformatics

  • 12-GGR-B-PG02.ÜB02b - Data recording and evaluation in the field

    12-GGR-B-PG02.ÜB02b - Data recording and evaluation in the field [Group B]: Water, vegetation, and soil.

  • 12-GGR-B-PG05.SE01b Research project Physical Geography/Geoecology II

    12-GGR-B-PG05.SE01b Research project Physical Geography/Geoecology II

    Ecosystem services of vegetation in and around Leipzig

  • 12-GEO-M-RS02.ÜB01 Field Techniques in Remote Sensing

    12-GEO-M-RS02.ÜB01 Feldtechniken in der Fernerkundung


    Stichprobenplanung & Ground Truthing in der Fernerkundung