Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timo Balz
Timo Balz was born in Stuttgart, Germany. He received the Diploma degree (Dipl.-Geogr.) in geography and the Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) in aerospace engineering and geodesy from the Universitaet Stuttgart, Stuttgart, in 2001 and 2007, respectively.
From fall 2001 to the end of 2007, he was a Research Assistant with the Institute for Photogrammetry, Universitaet Stuttgart. Between 2004 and 2005, he was a Visiting Scholar with Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. From 2008-2010, he has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University. From 2010-2015 he was Associate Professor for Radar Remote Sensing with LIESMARS. Since 2015 he is Full Professor with LIESMARS. Since 2021, he is Vice-Director of the International Academy of GeoInformation, Wuhan University.
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Students
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Haonan Jiang
PhD Student
Long-term multi-sensor PsInSAR in urban areas with non-linear deformation patterns.
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Zeeshan Afzal
PhD Student
Long-term urban development monitoring with SAR and PSInSAR
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Shuyi Yao
PhD Student
Distributed scatterer interferometry algorithm development and analysis
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Yifei Li
PhD Student
Target recognition in SAR images and machine learning.
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Cem Sönmez
PhD Student
Using SAR to support archaeological prospection and cultural heritage protection.
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Sadia Sadiq
PhD Student
InSAR and PSInSAR data analysis
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Atif Ahmad
PhD Student
InSAR and PSInSAR data analysis
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Aigerim Sultanbekova
PhD Student
Using SAR to support archaeological prospection and cultural heritage protection.
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Kunlacha Inpai
Master Student
InSAR analysis for earthquake surveillance and tectonics.
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Chike Ifeanyi
Master Student
SAR and InSAR analysis