About Me
Being an Associate Professor in the Department of Natural Resources
, I aim to inform society about the fate of (semi) natural ecosystems. In many developing nations and upcoming economies, information on ecosystems is scarce. Nevertheless, ecosystems in these countries often harbour rich biodiversity and the indirect services they deliver to society are assumed to be large. To effectively protect and manage these systems requires reliable methods to estimate the current state and changes in these ecosystems from observations, both remotely sensed as well as from the ground. To this end, I study and teach on empirical spatial interpolation techniques (so called species distribution modelling in ecology or environmental niche modelling in agronomy), stress detection in vegetation with thermal infrared remote sensing techniques and how to extract early warning signals of tipping points in ecosystems from satellite time series.
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Natural Resources (NRS)Publications
Recent
Khamila, C. N.
, Groen, T. A.
, Toxopeus, A. G., Santini, L., Neumann, M., van Swaay, C., & Sierdsema, H. (2023).
There is a trade‑off between forest productivity and animal biodiversity in Europe.
Biodiversity and conservation,
32(6), 1879-1899.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02582-2
Akayezu, P., Ndagijimana, I., Dushimumukiza, M. C., Bernhard, K. P.
, & Groen, T. A. (2022).
Community livelihoods and forest dependency: Tourism contribution in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda.
Frontiers in Conservation Science.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.1034144
Manu, M. K., Ashiagbor, G., Seidu, I.
, Groen, T. A., Gyimah, T.
, & Toxopeus, A. G. (2022).
Odonata as bioindicator for monitoring anthropogenic disturbance of Owabi wetland sanctuary, Ghana.
Aquatic Insects.
https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2022.2108844
Vrieling, A., Fava, F., Leitner, S., Merbold, L., Cheng, Y., Nakalema, T.
, Groen, T. A., & Butterbach-Bahl, K. (2022).
Identification of temporary livestock enclosures in Kenya from multi-temporal PlanetScope imagery.
Remote sensing of environment,
279, [113110].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113110
Akpoti, K.
, Groen, T. A., Dossou-Yovo, E., Kabo-Bah, A.
, & Zwart, S. J. (2022).
Climate change-induced reduction in agricultural land suitability of West-Africa's inland valley landscapes.
Agricultural systems,
200, [103429].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2022.103429
Nikolov, B. P., Zlatanov, T.
, Groen, T., Stoyanov, S., Hristova-NIkolova, I., & Lexer, M. J. (2022).
Habitat requirements of Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) and Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) in rear edge montane populations on the Balkan Peninsula.
Avian Research,
13, [100020].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100020
Soszynska, A.
, Hecker, C., Hewson, R. D., Reeves, R., Bonyo, E.
, & Groen, T. A. (2021).
Investigating dynamic thermal processes to optimize geothermal hotspot detection: Using ECOSTRESS to empower the energy transition. s1-s18. ECOSTRESS Science and Applications Team Meeting August 2021, Virtual Event.
Hecker, C.
, Soszynska, A.
, van der Werff, H. M. A.
, Groen, T. A., Hewson, R. D., Reeves, R., & Bonyo, E. (2021).
Geothermal hotspot detection with ECOSTRESS data (GeoHot). Abstract from 17e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, NAC 2021, Online Event.
Hecker, C.
, Soszynska, A.
, van der Werff, H. M. A.
, Groen, T. A., Hewson, R. D., Reeves, R., & Bonyo, E. (2021).
Geothermal hotspot detection with ECOSTRESS data (GeoHot). s1-s13. 17e Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres, NAC 2021, Online Event.
Gachoki, S.
, Groen, T.
, Vrieling, A., Okal, M.
, Skidmore, A., & Masiga, D. (2021).
Satellite-based modelling of potential tsetse (Glossina pallidipes) breeding and foraging sites using teneral and non-teneral fly occurrence data.
Parasites & vectors,
14, [506].
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05017-5
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Education
I am active in education in the two masters programmes of the faculty for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation and in the courses of the pre-master for spatial engineering. Besides, I play a role in the coordination of the Spatial Engineering Master as programme director.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Master
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
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Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
(building no. 19), room 1111
Hallenweg 8
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
1111
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands