- Geobotany
- Remote sensing
- modelling
- Geodata integration
M.Sc. Léonard El-Hokayem
LE : M.Sc. Léonard El-Hokayem (Fellow)
Areas of responsibility
Research assistant Area: Geoecology
Contact options (El-Hokayem, Léonard)
Mail: leonard.el-hokayem@geo.uni-halle.de | Tel: +49 (0)345 55-26049 | | Room: Raum H4 1.37 | Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)
Focus Areas:
Macroecology, biogeography, groundwater-dependent ecosystems, biodiversity
Research
Projects
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GM-GDE Project (Geoecology)
The project will develop a novel vegetation-related and hydrological concept for mapping, analysing and assessing GDEs on a global scale. (GM-GDE


Biography
- since 01/2022
PhD student at the Institute of Geosciences and Geography in cooperation with iDiV in the project “Identifying threatened groundwater dependent ecosystems as local biodiversity hotspots in Saxony-Anhalt and globally via remote sensing” - 10/2018-12/2021
Master of Science: Geography, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg - 08-12/2019
Erasmus scholarship holder: From Mountain to Fjord, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal (Norway) - 10/2015-09/2018
Bachelor of Science: Geography, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Publications
Relevant Posts & Pages (5)
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New publication: How Can Satellites Help Us Find Plants That Use Groundwater? ( Post: Publication Geoecology )
As part of his doctorate in the GM-GDE project, Léonard El-Hokayem has dealt with science communication for children in his new article.
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New field campaign in southern Italy ( Post: International Geoecology )
Cilento National Park, August 2024. At the end of the dry season in August, Léonard El-Hokayem and David Emanuel Schulz are once again on a field campaign in…
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Current publications on the global mapping of groundwater-dependent ecosystems ( Post: Publication Geoecology )
Two new concepts for identifying groundwater-dependent ecosystems on a global scale have been developed. Both approaches combine freely available geodata with…
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Geoecology working group represented at the “8th Galileo Conference: A European vision for hydrological observatio… ( Post: International Geoecology )
Our PhD students Jan Lukas Wenzel, Léonard El-Hokayem and Johannes Löw took part in the 8th Galileo Conference: A European vision for hydrological observations…
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Current publication: Identification of groundwater-dependent vegetation in a Mediterranean study area ( Post: Publication Geoecology )
A newly developed method combining local remote sensing and geodata integration was used to identify groundwater-dependent vegetation in a Mediterranean study…