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Curriculum vitae |  |
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Personal Data
- Name: Dr. Ulrich Schuler
- Born in 1975
- Place of Birth: Backnang,
Germany
- Marital Status: Married
Research topics
- Digital soil mapping,
soil classification, soil physics, mineralogy
- Geological mapping, rock
classification
- Land evaluation
- Remote sensing, gamma-ray spectrometry
- Hydrogeology
Teaching
- Digital soil mapping,
SoLIM, SOTER, soil classification
- Tropical soils
- Land evaluation, EPIC
Employment |
| Apr 2013 - present | | Research associate and Consultant at the Private Institute for Environmental Monitoring GmbH (ifu), Stendal, Germany | | Jun 2012 - Mar 2013 | | Freelancer at the Institute
of Soil Science and Land Evaluation (310), University of Hohenheim, Germany- Preparation of research proposals
- Research on the potential of gamma-ray spectrometry for mapping soils and parent rock with focus on Central Europe and Thailand
| | Jul 2009 - May 2012 | | Research associate in the EU-projects "eSOTER" and "GS soil" at the Federal Institute for Geoscience and Natural Resources (BGR), Hannover, Germany- Development of GIS-models for the prediction of soils and parent rock
- Research on the potential of gamma-ray spectrometry for mapping soils and parent rock
- Application of GIS based methods in soil science
- Preparation of an international parent rock classification
- Adaptation of geoscientific terms for the INSPIRE data specification in soil science and geology
| Mar 2009 - Mar 2011
| | Lecturer in the Master Program "Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management (SAIWAM) of Hohenheim University and Chiang Mai University- Soils of the tropics and sub-humid tropics, with focus on SEA
- Land evaluation, SOTER, EPIC
- Soil description, soil classification, soil evaluation
- Digital soil mapping, SoLIM
| Jul 2003 - Jun 2009
| | Research Associate in the "The Uplands
Program" (SFB 564), subsection Thailand, Chiang Mai- Research in
mapping of soils and petrography
- Research in water
balancing
- GIS and data management
- Coordination of the
subproject "Water conservation at regional level"
- 2007/2008 addtional field work in Vietnam & Laos
| Mar 2003 - Jun 2003
| | Research assistant
at the Institute
of Soil Science and Land Evaluation (310), University of
Hohenheim- Physical and chemical analysis of soil samples
| Jan 1996 - Feb 2003
| | Freelancer at
the Consulting Office BWU,
Kirchheim/Teck, Germany- Soil sampling of
contaminated sites
- Support of building
ground exploration
- Measuring of
groundwater levels
| Jun 1997 - Jun 2002
| | Research
assistant at the Institute of Geology and Paleontology at University of
Stuttgart, Germany- Lecturing of
petrography and geological mapping
- Preparation of lecture
material
| Jun 1998 - Jun 1999
| | Research
assistant at the Institute of Mineralogy at University of
Stuttgart, Germany- Support of laboratory
experiments (simulation of high pressure conditions)
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| Education & Training
Qualifications |
| 2008 | | Dissertation (Dr. rer. nat.) at University of
Hohenheim  Link
Title of dissertation:
"Towards regionalisation
of soils in Northern Thailand and consequences for mapping approaches
and upscaling procedures"
- GPS-based mapping of
soils and geology
- Analysis of
different mapping approaches (maximum likelihood, grid-based
randomized, local knowledge, transect based mapping)
- Interpretation of
remote sensing data and aerial photographs
- Setup of an Access
database
| | 2003 | | Diploma
in Geology at University of Stuttgart Link
Title of diploma
thesis: "Hydrogeological
research of
the groundwater exchange between subcatchments of the Upper Neckar"
- Evaluation of
drilling profile data and geological maps
- Setup of an Access
database
- Creation of a
hydrogeological map of the karst aquifer of the Upper Muschelkalk
formation in the Upper Neckar area
- Groundwater
balancing for different catchments of the Upper Neckar basin
| | 1995 | | Abitur in
Backnang |
| 1995-1996 | | Military service in
Pfullendorf |
Membership in Professional
Organizations |
| 2012 - present | | European Geosciences Union | | 2010 - present | | Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften | | 2005 - present | | Deutsche
Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft | | 1998 - present | | Oberrheinischer
Geologischer Verein |
Further knowledge and interests
- Languages: German,
English, French (basic), Thai (basic)
- DP: Arc
View
3.x, ArcGIS 10 incl. 3D und Spatial Analyst, SAGA GIS, Golden
Software Surfer
8, Photoshop, Windows, MS Office incl. Access, PostgreSQL, Adobe Acrobat, Kompozer,
Publisher, PAST, DIA, EPIC, SPSS, Zotero
- Interests:
reading, travelling, chess, history, photography, geocaching
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