Facts
I considered statistics from various web information services, e.g. Research Gate, Google Scholar.
Citations
Publication recommendations
Publication reads
Successful mentoring of doctoral students
About
I am an avid Mario Kart player. Besides, I am a physical geographer specializing in soil science and spatial statistics. In the early beginnings, I was an enthusiastic hunter for larger numbers concerning the quality and spacial extent of the soil information layer through the use of fancy sounding methods like CRUISE and QUEST. Currently, my (research) interests focus has shifted towards a deeper understanding of Why, in the use of machine learning approaches. Thus, my activities focus on soil-landscape relationships accompanied by a detailed analysis of driving factors to gain a better understanding of the processes and mechanisms that affect our soils. Moreover, I investigate new frontiers of feature engineering in soil science by e.g. analysing spatial scales and their teleconnection. As a freelance consultant, I accompany, support and advise companies and authorities in breaking new ground in the digital handling of environmental information.
(Spatial) Data Scientist & Team Player
"Innovative ideas needs simple concepts." Unknown Reviewer.
- Birthday: 28 February 1978
- Website: www.schmidts-space.de
- Phone: +123 456 7890
- City: Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
- Age: 45
- Degree: Dr. rer nat.
- Email: Karsten[at]Schmidts-space.de
Skills
Based on my extensive project experience in various positions, I was able to develop and deepen a wide range of different skills. The most important ones are listed below.
Resume
Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.
Summary
Karsten Schmidt
Innovative and deadline-driven Senior GIS, Data Management and (Soil) Data Scientist with 20+ years of experience in spatial data analysis and related techniques with an advanced knowledge of project acquisition, project planning and project management.
- Mutter-Teresa-Str. 79, Rottenburg am Neckar, Germany
- (123) 456-7891
- Karsten[at]schmidts-space.de
Education
Dr. rer. nat. in Physical Geography and Soil Science
2006 - 2009
Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen, HE
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
Thesis: "Repräsentanz und Data Mining – Konzepte und Methoden der digitalen bodenkundlichen Kartierung"
Collaborative Research Center 299: "Landnutzungskonzepte für periphere Regionen"
Dipl. Geogr. in Physical Geography and Geoinformatics
1998 - 2005
Friedrich-Schiller University, Jena, TH
Dipl.-Thesis: "Vergleichende Analyse überwachter Klassifikationsverfahren im Bereich der digitalen bodenkundlichen Modellierung"
Editor and Reviewer Activities
Editorial Board - Agronomy (Impact Factor 3.417)
since 2020
Section Editor: "Agricultural Engineering"
since 2021
Agronomy Topical Collection Editior - Machine Learning in Digital Agriculture
2020
Agronomy Special Issue Editor - Machine Learning Applications in Digital Agriculture (closed)
Research Reviewer
since 2020
Research Reviewer German Research Foundation (DFG) - INF Projects, Individual Research Grants
Professional Experience
Senior Soil and Data Scientist
2023 - Present
Kompetenzzentrum Boden, BFH-HAFL, Bern, CH
- Environmental data management and data analysis
- Machine Learning and Data Mining in Soil Science
- Implementation of representativeness analyses and hierarchical sampling methods
- Design and implementation of interfaces between all parts of a modern soil mapping process
- Administrative and organisational tasks
Senior Soil and Data Scientist
2022 - Present
Soilution GbR, Tübingen, BW
- Environmental data management and data analysis
- Machine Learning and Data Mining in Soil Science
- Conception, coordination of third-party funded projects and decision-making processes
- Financial management for the efficient use of project budgets.
- Administrative and organisational tasks
Head of the eScience-Center
2020 - 2022
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
- Lead on the design, development and implementation of research data management strategies and research data environments in various project structures.
- Delegate tasks to the core members of the core-facility team and provide counsel on all aspects of the related topics.
- Conception, coordination of third-party funded projects and decision-making processes
- Concepts, possibilities and limits of the use of drones in the natural sciences and humanities.
- Digital media
- Financial management for the efficient use of project and core facility budgets between €30,000 and €150,000 per year.
Senior Researcher in Collaborative Research Center 1070 (DFG funded)
2013 - 2019
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
- Advice on handling geoinformation and software solutions (ESRI products, open source concepts)
- Management and maintenance of research data
- Publications and presentations of professional papers
- Administrative and organisational tasks
- Teaching
Senior Researcher and Head of the Maschine Learning in Soil Science Group
2013 - 2019
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
- Environmental data management and data analysis
- Machine Learning and Data Mining in Soil Science
- Project planning and project management
- Administrative and organisational tasks
- Teaching
Senior Researcher
2012
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies (UFZ), Leipzig, SN
- Geophysical exploration and possible applications in soil data analysis
Senior Researcher (EU funded)
2008-2012
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
- Project: iSoil - Interactions between soil related sciences - Linking geophysics, soil science and digital soil mapping
Researcher
since 2002
Friedrich-Schiller Universität, Jena, TH
Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen, HE
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
Soilution GbR, SL
Freelancer, BW
- Contract research from industry and science
- Environmental data management and data analysis
- Machine Learning and Data Mining in Soil Science
Teaching
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
Since 2006 regularly various modules and workshops in the field of spatial sciences especially soil, geomorphology and archaeology, including workshops in the field of research data management.
Justus-Liebig Universität, Gießen, HE
Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, BW
- Research Data Management Basics
- Virtual research environments (Spacialist)
- Drone-based landscape survey / landscape reconstruction
- GEO 21 (BSc) Soil science and geomorphology (Lecture)
- GEO 41 (BSc) Analytical methods in soil science and geoecology (Seminar/Training)
- GEO 51 (BSc) Integrative project
- GEO 76 (MSc) Soil science and geomorphology (Seminar)
- GEO 86 (MSc) Soil and landscape (Seminar)
- GEO 94 (MSc) Research seminar
- GEO 96 (MSc) Pedometrics and Data Mining (Seminar)
- Methods Seminar, Advanced Seminar (Pedometrics, Applied Spatial and Geostatistics)
- Sino-German Summerschool ‘Concepts and Algorithms in Geoecosystem Modelling (CAGEM)’, Uni Tübingen, CAU Kiel, JLU Gießen, IHB, including field excursion to Xiangxi catchment, Sino-German Centre, 4.3. - 17.3.2007
- Pedometrics 2007 Workshop ‘Data Mining and Machine Learning for Soil Science’
- Various workshops and trainings for scientists in SFB1070 and at the Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology on soil, geomorphology, geophysics, GIS 1, GIS 2, (Geo-)Statistical Data Analysis in the Humanities and Spatial Sciences, Q-GIS, SAGA-GIS, ArcGis, R