Prof. Lena Halounova
Biography
PRESENT EMPLOYMENT:
Prof. at Department of Geomatics, Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE) of the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU)
EDUCATION, ACADEMIC AND EDUCATIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
1980 engineer of the Water Management and Water Structures (Ing.), FCE of CTU (Two dimensional flow in open channels modelling for the Elbe River)
1989 Ph.D. FCE of CTU (Program for the 3D non-stationary flow in open channels)
2004 Assoc. Prof. FCE of CTU (Automated Classification of Black and White Aerial Photographs)
2019 Professor at FCE of CTU
OVERVIEW OF EMPLOYMENT:
1980 – 1985 Ph.D. at the Department of Hydrotechnics of the FCE of CTU in Prague
1985 – Department of Mapping and Cartography (now Department of Geomatics) of FCE of CTU in Prague
1994 – 1997 part time in KAP, s.r.o.
1997 – 1999 part time in MGE DATA, s.r.o.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES:
2004 – Chairperson of the Czech Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
2004 – 2008 member of the ISPRS Financial Commission
2008 – 2012 Chairperson of the ISPRS Financial Commission
2012 – ISPRS Council member Congress Director of the 2016 XXIII ISPRS Congress, Prague
2005 – 2015 Representative of the Czech Republic in EARSeL (European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories
2005 – 2008 Treasurer of the EARSeL Bureau
2008 – 2010 Secretary General of the EARSeL Bureau
2010 – 2014 Vice Chairperson of the EARSeL Bureau
2014 – 2016 Chairperson of the ISPRS Bureau
2016 – 2018 Vice Chairperson of the EARSeL Bureau
2016 – ISPRS Secretary General
RESEARCH AREAS:
Land use/land cover using remote sensing
optical and SAR remote sensing and GIS applications for water engineering, erosion, reclamations, detection of vegetation in urban areas, change detection in urban areas
LECTURES AND SUPERVISING:
FCE of CTU in Prague, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem:
Geographic Information Systems
Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing