Dr. Madlene Nussbaum
Profile
 
    Dr. Madlene Nussbaum Lehrbeauftragte/r
Contact
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        Address
            Berner Fachhochschule
 School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL
 Fachbereich Agronomie
 Länggasse 85
 3052 Zollikofen
Activities
Responsibilities
- Research group "soil protection and soil use" 
Research
Specialisations
- Spatial data analysis, statistical machine learning with a large number of predictors, longitudinal data analysis 
- Statistical modelling and prediction of categorical responses 
- Efficient data processing, high performance computing, paralell computing, automatic generation of data analysis reports and batch generation of figures 
- Visual preparation of complex analysis and topics 
- mostly under aplication of: R, Latex, Git, QGis, Inkscape, GIMP, Linux Desktop 
Focus areas
- Methodolgical developpments for soil surveys and soil mapping 
- Spatial prediction of soil properties for subsequent derivation of soil function assessments 
- Efficient data collection in the field, specification of user interfaces, management of soil- and geodata 
- Developpment of transfer functions to derive soil properies that are difficult or expensive to measure (pedotransferfunctions) 
- Statistical analysis of soil monitorings with repeated measures 
CV
Professional experience
- 2011-2013 Scientific collaborator Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich
- 2009 Trainee Soil protection agency of the Canton of Berne
- 2007-2008 Assistent for GIS and data management centre for development and environemnt cde, University of Berne
- 1999-2006 Professional education as comerical employee, legal secretary, human ressources assistentin Notary, Business Consulting
Education
- 2013-2017 PhD thesis „Digital Soil Mapping for Switzerland“ Departement Umweltsystemwissenschaften, ETH Zurich
- 2012-2016 Modules CAS Spatial Information Systems Departement Bau, Umwelt, Geomatik, ETH Zurich
- 2012-2014 DAS Applied Statistics University of Berne
- 2009-2011 Master in Geography with focus on physical geography University of Zurich
- 2005-2009 Bachelor in Geography University of Berne
Projects
Memberships
Internal memberships
- BFH R User Group 
External memberships
- Soil Science Society of Switzerland 
- Female specialists in environment ffu-ppe 
- Women in geospatial+ 
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- English - Full professional proficiency
- French - Limited working proficiency
