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Scivit – Start <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Welcome to my website! I will cover topics from the areas: Earth observation and space exploration, 3D-modelling, soil science as well as weather and climate. I hope anybody can identify some topics interesting for her\/him on this site. <\/p>\n

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Earth and Space <\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the past decades satellites, space probes and telescopes have extended\u00a0 our knowledge enormously. Here I am trying to summarize part of it. Currently there is only one section describing satellite-based Earth exploration, but this will change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Graphics and 3D<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When working as a scientist I have always been interested in visualization and 3D-modeling. Subsequently I have been working as an scientific illustrator for a few years. Here I am summing up my approaches in script-based modeling (Pov-Ray). In addition I am also working on a tutorial about using vector graphics for illustrating scientific topics.<\/p>\n

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Soil sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I have been working as a scientist on mycorrhizal fungi and root knot nematodes for almost 20 years. During this time I also tried to get a more general picture of soil sciences. Here I am presenting the results, from soil physics to soil biology.<\/p>\n

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Weather and climate<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The fight against climate change is a crucial challenge for our generation. This section is meant to somehow support background knowledge: How are climate models working? What do we know about the climate from the past? How is our weather working? …<\/p>\n

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Dr. rer. nat., Dr. agr. habil.<\/p>\n

Lecturer at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
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24 Research Publications (peer-reviewed)<\/p>\n

14 Review\/Book chapters
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