Langezijds

dr.ir. T.A. Groen (Thomas)

Associate Professor
ITC-NRS
Langezijds 1111
t.a.groen@utwente.nl
+31534874588
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Being an Associate Professor in theĀ Department of Natural Resources , I aimĀ to inform society about the fate of (semi) natural (agro) ecosystems. In many countries, information on ecosystems is scarce. Nevertheless, ecosystems in these countries often harbour rich biodiversity and the services they deliver to society are large but often not well quantified. To effectively protect and manage (agro) ecosystems 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 teach about and study 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.Ā 

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Datum
    • Model
    • Species
    • Investigation
    • Area
    • Plant
    • Forest
    • Prediction

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Publications

2024

Towards accurate spatial prediction of Glossina pallidipes relative densities at country-scale in Kenya (2024)Ecological informatics, 81, 1-12. Article 102610. Gachoki, S. M., Groen, T. A., Vrieling, A., Skidmore, A. K. & Daniel, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102610Detection of Land Surface Temperature anomalies using ECOSTRESS in Olkaria geothermal field (2024)Remote sensing of environment, 305. Article 114103. Soszynska, A., Groen, T., Bonyo, E., Werff, H. v. d., Hewson, R., Reeves, R. & Hecker, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114103

2023

Transferability of tsetse habitat models between different regions in Kenya and Rwanda (2023)Ecological modelling, 486. Article 110548. Gachoki, S. M., Groen, T. A., Skidmore, A. K., Vrieling, A. & Daniel, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110548Detection of geothermal anomalies using night-time spaceborne thermal data from ECOSTRESS sensor (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] National Earth Observation Conference, NCEO 2023. Soszynska, A., Groen, T. A., van der Werff, H. M. A., Bonyo, E., Hewson, R., Reeves, R. & Hecker, C.ELSA: an entropy-based local statistic for categorical data (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, GIScience 2023. Hamm, N., Naimi, B. & Groen, T. A.Detection of geothermal anomalies using pre-dawn thermal remote sensing data from ECOSTRESS sensor (2023)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] 42nd EARSeL Symposium 2023. Soszynska, A., Groen, T. A., van der Werff, H. M. A., Bonyo, E., Hewson, R., Reeves, R. & Hecker, C.Detection of geothermal anomalies using pre-dawn thermal remote sensing data from ECOSTRESS sensor (2023)[Contribution to conference › Other] 42nd EARSeL Symposium 2023. Soszynska, A., Groen, T. A., van der Werff, H. M. A., Bonyo, E., Hewson, R., Reeves, R. & Hecker, C.Evidence-based advice on timing and location of tsetse control measures in Shimba Hills National reserve, Kenya (2023)PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 17(6), 1-18. Article e0011398. Gachoki, S., Groen, T., Vrieling, A., Skidmore, A. & Masiga, D.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011398There is a tradeā€‘off between forest productivity and animal biodiversity in Europe (2023)Biodiversity and conservation, 32(6), 1879-1899. Khamila, C. N., Groen, T. A., Toxopeus, A. G., Santini, L., Neumann, M., van Swaay, C. & Sierdsema, H.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-023-02582-2Odonata as bioindicator for monitoring anthropogenic disturbance of Owabi wetland sanctuary, Ghana (2023)Aquatic Insects, 44(2), 151-169. Manu, M. K., Ashiagbor, G., Seidu, I., Groen, T. A., Gyimah, T. & Toxopeus, A. G.https://doi.org/10.1080/01650424.2022.2108844

Research profiles

I am active in education in the two masters programmes of the faculty for Geo-Information Science & Earth Observation (ITC) in the courses of the pre-master for spatial engineering and in the interfaculty master on Humanitarian Engineering. Besides, I play a role in the coordination of the Spatial Engineering Master as programme director.

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2025/2026

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 2024/2025

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University of Twente

Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1111
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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https://research.utwente.nl/en/persons/thomas-groen

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