Dr Harm Bartholomeus

Harm Bartholomeus serves as Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing at Wageningen University's Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, where he has established himself as a leading expert in environmental remote sensing applications. After completing his MSc in Physical Geography from Utrecht University in 2000, he earned his PhD from Wageningen University in 2009, focusing on spectroscopic estimation of soil properties. His research combines multiple sensing technologies, including imaging spectroscopy, LiDAR, and UAV-based systems, to advance environmental monitoring in forestry, soil science, and climate studies. In 2012, he co-founded the Wageningen UR Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing Facility (UARSF), which has become a hub for innovation in UAV-based environmental research. His work has garnered over 8,400 citations, with significant contributions to forest inventory methods using terrestrial LiDAR, development of lightweight hyperspectral mapping systems, and evaluation of UAV-LiDAR systems for measuring forest structure. Through his leadership at UARSF and research initiatives, he continues to advance the application of remote sensing technologies in environmental monitoring, particularly focusing on the integration of multiple sensing modalities for comprehensive ecosystem assessment.