Doris Hermle, M.Sc., studied at the University of Innsbruck and Durham, England. She received her BSc and MSc in Geography with focus on Natural Hazards, Global Change and minors in Remote Sensing and Glaciology. Her research interest focuses on the capabilities of different remote sensing techniques for the anticipation of landslides. The vast capabilities of remote sensors enable the investigation of alpine environments at an extremely high level of detail, simultaneously allowing a comprehensive overview of large areas, often difficult and dangerous to access directly.
As fellow of Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, Doris Hermle evaluates and quantifies in her PhD thesis the prognostic potential of remote sensing data for natural alpine hazards. She examines temporal and spatial possibilities of ground motion detection on the basis of free remote sensing systems, systematically contrasts the necessary accuracy with processing times and creates a toolbox for the appropriate selection of sensors for the early warning of landslides.
Doris Hermle enjoys field work in alpine environments for the validation of remotely sensed data; in this environment she can combine her alpine experience, her passion for mountain environmental processes and their evolution in a changing climate.