Two new Colleagues
Prof. Dr. Thomas Purfürst
 | Prof. Dr. rer. silv. habil. Thomas Purfürst +49 761 203 35 67
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Research focuses
Digitalization of forestry, Forest 4.0
Optimization, integration of new potential and supporting decision making for the entire forest supply chain
Evaluation and optimization of technological impact for operations in forests
Optimization of processes and processing steps
Interaction between humans and their forestry operations
Education
2019 Habilitation at University of Technology Dresden, Germany in the field of Forest Operations (venia legendi), 'Driving on Forest Soils - Cause, Effect, Localisation, Digital Documentation and Data Management’
2009-2010 Study of Geografical Information Science & Systems, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, degree: M.Sc. GIS
2009 Doctorate (Dr. rer. silv.) at University of Technology Dresden, Germany at the Chair of Forest Engineering, 'The Impact of Operator Performance on the Productivity of Forest Harvesting Systems' (summa cum laude)
1997-2003 Study of Forest Science at University of Technology Dresden, Germany, degrees: B.Sc. forestry, M.Sc. forestry
Professional background
since 11/2019: (Full)Professor of Forest Operations, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Freiburg
01/2019-09/2019 Head of Department of Forest Geographic Information at State Forest Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
2013-2018 Forst-GIS-Expert, Project Manager at Bavarian State Forest Enterprise
2008-2011 Scientific Assistant at the Chair of Forest Engineering at University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
2008 Post-Graduate Studies at the Department of Forest Planning and Forest Operations at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
2004-2013 Freelancer: Individual Software and Science
2003-2007 Scientific Co-worker at the Chair of Forest Engineering at University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
1996-1997 Civilian Service