Dr. Doris Klein
Scientific Advisor, German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD)
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Dr. Doris Klein is scientific advisor at the German Remote Sensing Data Centre (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) since 2011 and deputy director since 2023. She received her PhD at Bonn University in 2008 and worked as PostDoc at the University of Würzburg, leading the team ‘Land surface parameters’ at the Department of Remote Sensing of the Institute for Geology and Geography. She is specialized in remote sensing with a focus on vegetation parameters, vegetation dynamics and land degradation in the context of global change and climatic change. Geographically her focus is on Eastern and Southern Africa as well as central Asia and Germany. Additionally she has a special interest in the new scientific research opportunities which open up due to the multitude of Copernicus Sentinel data as well as the infrastructure solutions which are developed to cope with these data amounts.
EO AND SDG 17: BUILDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
This panel will explore the strategic role of Earth Observation technologies in advancing global sustainability, emphasizing SDG 17, which focuses on revitalizing global partnerships for sustainable
