Alexander Brenning
Professor Of Geographic Information Science
Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Top SchoolAlexander Brenning is a Professor of Geographic Information Science with over a decade of experience applying statistical and geocomputational methods to spatial problems such as mountain permafrost mapping, landslide susceptibility, and remote sensing. He leads a research team that builds open-source tools and novel methods—recently contributing an R extension for spatial cross-validation and the first alpine-wide permafrost distribution model—bridging academic rigor with practical environmental applications. His career spans professorships and leadership roles in Germany and Canada, including a Humboldt Research Fellowship and NSERC-funded research, plus dean-level administration at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Trained as a mathematician and geographer, he combines deep statistical expertise with hands-on software implementation, often collaborating across disciplines to tackle complex spatial modeling challenges.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Diplom-Mathematiker, Mathematics, Diplom-Mathematiker, Mathematics at Technische Universität Bergakademie FreibergStatistics, Geography, Statistics, Geography at Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileDr. rer. nat., Geography, Dr. rer. nat., Geography at Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinVordiplom, Mathematics, Vordiplom, Mathematics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
German, English, Spanish, French
Github Skills (24)
r-package10
statistical-learning10
temporal10
resampling10
cross-validation10
spatial10
feature-selection9
r9
mlr9
machine-learning9
java7
predictive-modeling6
docker6
python6
multilabel-classification6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
alexanderbrenning/geods
Dec 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:54 commits, 76 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
r-spatial/RSAGA
Nov 2022 - Feb 2025
Contributions:1 release, 28 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 2 months
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