News of the research group "Geomorphology and Environmental Systems"

Ikram Zangana successfully defends dissertation

Ikram Zangana successfully defended his dissertation "From Efficient Geomorphological Mapping to Semi-Automated Landslide Detection." The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott (University of Bonn) and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jan-Christoph Otto (University of Salzburg). Congratulations!

RG Schrott at EGU 2026 in Vienna

RG Schrott participated in EGU 2026 in Vienna, presenting research on landslide monitoring, flood-related large wood transport and semi-automatic landslide mapping.

Fieldwork in Switzerland, March 2026

A field campaign in Obergoms, Switzerland, combined geophysical methods and sediment sampling to investigate the formation and geomorphological significance of outsize fans in the Upper Rhone Valley.

RG Schrott at the 11th ICG in New Zealand

Researchers from RG Schrott attended the 11th International Conference on Geomorphology (ICG) in Christchurch, New Zealand, to present our current research.