Dirk Schüttemeyer

Dirk Schüttemeyer received the Diploma degree from Bonn University, Bonn, Germany, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree from Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, in 2005. He was with Wageningen University, University München, Munich, Germany, and Bonn University before joining the European Space Agency (ESA) as the Scientific Campaign Coordinator at the Mission Science Division in 2009. He is currently the Mission Scientist for the MicroWave Sounder (MWS) on MetOp-SG. He is involved in future optical and lidar missions at ESA contributing to Cal/Val for Sentinel-2 and -3 and the preparation for the FLEX mission. His current research interests include active and passive remote sensing, land-atmosphere interaction, data assimilation, and weather forecasting.