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frame-layout-0"><a id="c20929"></a><div class="gfz-content-text"><h2 class="headline gfz-headline"><div><span class="title">Prof. Dr. </span><span class="name">Mahdi Motagh</span></div></h2></div><ul class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist"><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link active" id="profile-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#profile" role="tab" aria-controls="profile" aria-selected="false"> About the person </a></li><li class="nav-item"><a class="nav-link" id="publication-tab" data-toggle="tab" href="#publication" role="tab" aria-controls="publication" aria-selected="false"> Publications </a></li></ul><div class="tab-content gfz-content"><div class="tab-pane fade in show active" id="profile" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="profile-tab"><div class="col-lg-3 order-lg-last"><div class="gfz-contact gfz-contact--profile " itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><div class="gfz-contact__image"><picture><source media="(min-width: 0px)" type="image/webp" 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gfz-button--icon-orcid gfz-contact__orcid" rel="noreferrer">0000-0001-7434-3696</a></div><div class="gfz-contact__address"><div class="gfz-contact__address__single" itemprop="address" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/PostalAddress"><div><span> Building A 17</span >, <span> Room 20.24 (Büro) </span></div><div><span itemprop="streetAddress"> Telegrafenberg </span></div><div><span itemprop="postalCode"> 14473 </span><span itemprop="addressLocality"> Potsdam </span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-9 order-lg-first"><div class="gfz-content-text ce-bodytext"><h3 class="headline gfz-headline"> Function and Responsibilities: </h3> Professor for "Radar Remote Sensing and Geohazards" at <a href="https://www.ipi.uni-hannover.de/en/motagh/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Leibniz University Hannover</a> and GFZ <br> Head of the working group '<a href="https://rs4g.gfz-potsdam.de/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Radar and optical remote sensing for geohazards</a>' at GFZ <br><h3 class="headline gfz-headline"> Research Interests: </h3><ul><li>Radar remote sensing and Geohazards</li><li>Active tectonics, fault zone processes and volcano geodesy</li><li>Deformation related to fluid extraction/injection and underground mining</li><li>Landslide and slope stability</li><li>Glacier motion, ice mass change and loading/unloading</li><li>Flood analysis and machine learning</li></ul><h3 class="headline gfz-headline"> Career: </h3> 04.2017-present Professor at Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) and GFZ <br> 11.2011-04.2017 Senior Research Scientist, Department of Geodesy, GFZ <br> 09.2009-11.2011 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Geodesy (section 1.4), GFZ <br> 06.2007-09.2009 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Geophysics (section 2.1), GFZ <br> 11.2003-06.2007 PhD student, Department of Geophysics (GFZ) and University of Potsdam, Germany <br> 10.2002-11.2003 Research Assistant, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, University of Braunschweig, Germany <br> 10.2000-06.2002 Part-time Instructor at the Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran <br><br><br><br><strong>Graduate Student and Postdoc Opportunities:</strong><p>If you have a master or PhD and are interested in doing research in areas of radar remote sensing and imaging geodesy for geoscience and engineering applications, please contact me at <a href="mailto:Motagh@gfz-potsdam.de" rel="nofollow">motagh(at)gfz-potsdam.de</a>. I am happy to assist and discuss applications and opportunities for research fellowships and projects (<a href="https://www.daad.de/en/" rel="nofollow">DAAD</a>, <a href="http://www.dfg.de/en/" rel="nofollow">DFG</a>, <a href="https://www.bmbf.de/" rel="nofollow">BMBF</a>,…). Students with a B.Sc. degree in surveying, geodesy, geoinformatics, civil engineering or related fields are encouraged to apply for the international master program of <a href="https://www.gug.uni-hannover.de/geodaesieundgeoinformatik.html?&L=1" rel="nofollow">Geodesy and Geoinformatics at Leibniz Universität Hannover.</a></p><br><br><h3 class="headline gfz-headline"> Education: </h3> PhD in Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, Potsdam University, Germany (conferred 2007), Thesis title “Tectonic and non-tectonic deformation monitoring using Satellite Radar Interferometry” <br> Master of Science in Geodesy, Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (conferred 2000 with First Class Honors) , Thesis title “Comparison of 5 methods for modification of Stokes' Integral” <br> Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering, Department of Surveying and Geomatics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (conferred 1997 with First Class Honors) <h3 class="headline gfz-headline"> Projects: </h3><p >2024-2027 RS4Taipei: TThe Groundwater Budget and Subsidence Risk in Taipei Basin, Taiwan, from Remote Sensing and Numerical Modelling</p><p >2021-2023 MultiSaT4SLOWS: Multi-Satellite Imaging for Satellite-based Landslide Occurrence and Warning Service, funded by the Helmholtz Impulse and Networking Fund </p><p >2020-2024 <a href="https://www.ipi.uni-hannover.de/en/research/research-groups/earth-observation/research-projects/projects/sar4infra-automated-traffic-infrastructure-deformation-monitoring-using-interferometric-synthetic-a/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">SAR4Infra</a>: Development of an automated remote sensing processing chain for the detection and monitoring of hazards<br> related to traffic infrastructure in Schleswig-Holstein, funded by <a href="https://www.bmvi.de/DE/Home/home.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure</a><br>2020-2022 <a href="https://www.helmholtz.ai/themenmenue/you-helmholtz-ai/funding-lines/project-call-2019/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="https://www.helmholtz.ai/themenmenue/you-helmholtz-ai/funding-lines/project-call-2019/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">AI4flood</a>: Artificial intelligence for flood mapping using SAR, funded by Helmholtz Association </p><p >2020-2021 TECVOLSA: Tectonics and Volcanoes in South America, funded by Helmholtz Association </p><p >02-06.2020 <a href="https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSN064" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Assessment of the sinkhole risk in the mining area of Solotvyno, Zakarpattya region</a>, Ukraine, funded by JRC for Copernicus Emergency Management Service</p><p >2019-2023 Landslide hazard assessment in Badong, China, funded by CSC program</p><p >2019-2020 Land subsidence hazard in Delhi, India, funded by DAAD-India IIT program<br></p><p >2019-2020 Subsidence and coal fire hazards in Jharia Coalfields, India, funded by DAAD-India IIT program</p><p >2019-2020 Remote sensing analysis of permafrost degradation in Sanjiangyuan, China, funded by CSC program<br></p><p >2018-2022 <a href="https://www.heibrids.berlin/people/doctoral-researchers/binayak-ghosh/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">HEIBRiDS</a>: a joint graduate program in Data Science between the Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) and the Helmholtz Association, funded by Helmholtz Association<br></p><p >2018-2019 InSAR for hazard assessment due to open-pit mining, funded by Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) program </p><p >2018-2019 Sinkhole and ground deformation monitoring in Wuhan, funded by CSC program<br>2016-2017 <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/11/3/246" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Imaging Geodesy and Infrastructure Monitoring</a>, funded by Shenzhen Water Science and Technology Development </p><p >2013-2017 <a href="https://hgf-eda.de/" target="_blank" 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