(BSc) Forestry, Faculty of Forestry Zagreb
(MSc) Geoinformation for Sustainable Soil Resource Management, ITC, Enschede
(PhD) Pedometric mapping, Wageningen University and ITC
Other education
"Scientific writing" and "Presentation skill" courses given by Cressie communications at ITC
Occupation
Post-doctoral researcher Computational
Geo-Ecology (CGE)
Faculty of
Science � Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics,
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Mail: Nieuwe
Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam, NL
Tel: +31-(0)20-5257379
Fax: +31-(0)20-5257431
E-mail: [email protected]
Professional knowledge
geostatistics, mapping and monitoring
of natural resources,
quantitative raster-based
modelling, soil
mapping (sampling,
describing and
classifying), Soil Information System, geoinformation technologies
(GIS)...
Involvement in research, education and projects
Development of analysis procedures on species and multi-species
data (e.g.
trend analysis,
spatio-temporal interpolation algorithms, visualisation techniques
for multivariate data) for the recently
completed 'National
Database Flora & Fauna' in the Netherlands. Monitoring the state of European soils (MOSES) - development of novel digital soil mapping techniques
Lecturer for
module "Geoinformation systems"; graduate study MSc level "Nature
conservation"
PhD researcher
at ITC, topic: "Pedometric mapping"
Involved in evaluation of adequacy and usability of soil resource inventories in Croatia
Website administrator of the pedometrics.org, Pedometrics society of IUSS
Website administrator of the spatial-accuracy.org, research group
Tomislav Hengl was born in Osijek, Croatia on January 15th, 1974. He completed gymnasium for Natural sciences and mathematics in 1992 and started his study of Forestry at Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb. In 1996, he was awarded with The Rectors price for the best student scientific work in the area of bio-technical sciences. After graduation he applied for scholarship for post-graduated study abroad (4 years) given by Croatian Ministry of Science and technology. The scholarship was established towards the rebuilding of the University of J.J. Strossmayer located in Osijek, which was partially destroyed in the war. In 1997 he was chosen for scholarship, signed a contract and started working as a young scientist at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of J.J. Strossmayer in Osijek. He started his MSc study on ITC in September 1998. within course "Geoinformation for sustainable soil resource management" and graduated with distinction in February 2000. He continued with the PhD study the same year. During the PhD study he has participated as an assistant lecturer within the specialization Soil Information Systems. He regularly follows international conferences Pedometrics, Accuracy and Geocomputation. He has also participated in numerous workshops and postgraduate courses, including the EURISY summer school in 2001. He successfully completed the postgraduate program of the Production Ecology & Resource Conservation postgraduate school in Wageningen and defended his PhD thesis in September 2003. 25 March 2004. promoted to the level of assistant professor for module "GIS in agriculture".
In June 2005, started a post-doctoral position at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Ispra, Italy.
Important dates
October, 1995.
Awarded as the best student in generation, based on the average score during the enrollment in the last year of study.
07.06.1996.
Awarded with The Rectors price for the best student scientific work in the area of bio-technical sciences.
13.12.1996.
Graduates in the area of terrestrial photogrammetry.
February, 1997.
Started the PhD study at ITC entitled "Pedometric Soil Survey Methodology".
July, 1997.
Participated in Eurisy summer school on Environmental Security.
25.02.2000
Graduated with distinction on ITC, MSc degree.
March, 2000.
Started the PhD study at ITC entitled "Pedometric Soil Survey Methodology".
1-7.09.2001.
Participated in Eurisy summer school on Environmental Security.
29.07-12.08.2002.
Visited "School of land, water and crop sciences", University of Sydney.
17.09.2003.
Defended a PhD thesis and received doctor and PE&RC postgraduate program diplomas.
25.03.2004.
Promoted to the status of assistant professor.
01.06.2005.
Entered
JRC,
Ispra,
Italy
as a
research
officer.
12.10.2007.
Received
the 2006
Best
Paper
Award
of Computers
and Geosciences
for paper
"Choosing
the right
pixel
size".
10.2007.
Entered Faculty of Science, Universitet van Amsterdam as
a post-doctoral
researcher.
Has a four years older brother (Berislav). Parents Mirjana retired economist and Ivan lawyer employed in juristic department of central Hospital in Osijek.
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