Mahdi Motagh

Mahdi Motagh received the B.Sc. degree in surveying engineering and the M.Sc. degree in geodesy from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 1998 and 2002, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Earth sciences from the University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, in 2007. As of 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Scientist with GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, where he became a Permanent Research Staff in 2011. He currently holds a Professorship in radar remote sensing with GFZ and Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany, where he has been leading the research group on radar and optical remote sensing for geohazards. His research interests include the use of SAR/InSAR data to investigate processes related to natural and man-made hazards.