Robert Ricker received the Ph.D. degree from Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, in 2015.
He continued his work as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Institut français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer (IFREMER), Brest, France. He is with the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven. His research interest includes the remote sensing of polar regions.