Dr. Lars Waser

Remote Sensing specialist

Swiss National Forest Inventory

I lead / work for national and international projects and programs which are mostly related to forestry and supervise master and PhD students. I am associate editor of 3 Q1 journals and member of several scientific committees. My specific research interests are: Assessing state-of-the art and changes (natural and human-made) of landscapes, with focus on forests. To achieve this I use modelling techniques and high-resolution remotely sensed data: airborne digital sensors, Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), and spaceborne sensors (GEDI, Sentinel-1/2, Landsat). My focus lies on machine learning approches and open data and software. I have particular research interests in spatially estimating forest parameters (area, structure, species, AGB, forest edge etc.) at different scales (stands, national to global) and the appropriate validation of these products. I have a strong interst in bringing together research and practitioners.

Keywords: Remote Sensing of Environment, Deep learning, Estimating Forest Parameters, National Forest Inventory, Tree Species, Forest Structure, Biodiversity, Wall-to-Wall Products, Copernicus Sentinel-1/2, Countrywide, Outreach, Validation and Interpretation

• Co-Editor of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/isprs-journal-of-photogrammetry-and-remote-sensing/editorial-board
• Co-Editor of Remote Sensing: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/editors
• Co-Editor of European Journal of Remote Sensing: http://ojs.agr.unifi.it/index.php/EuJRS
• Researcher-ID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5937-2011
• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lars_Waser
• AFL: http://www.nwfva.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Sachgebiet/Luftbild_GIS/Flyer_AfL.pdf
• FFF: https://www.planfor.ch/community/section-4/79
• Member of Scientific Committees: ForestSAT, IGARSS, EARSeL SIG Forestry, ISPRS, SilviLaser
• Reviewer: Remote Sensing of Environment, Remote Sensing, Forest Ecology and Management, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Forestry, Forests, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Globlal Change Biology
• PHD Thesis: http://e-collection.library.ethz.ch/view/eth:6087