- Urban ecology, heat island analysis
- agroecology, AI-based stone detection
- multispectral/thermal remote sensing
M.Sc. Dennis Sakretz
DS : M.Sc. Dennis Sakretz (Fellow)
Areas of responsibility
Research assistant Area: Geoecology
Contact options (Sakretz, Dennis)
Mail: dennis.sakretz@geo.uni-halle.de | Tel: +49 (0)345 55 26033 | | Room: H4 1.37 | Consultation hours: by arrangement(during the semester break only by appointment)
Research
Projects
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CoolTown Project (Geoecology)
The aim of the project is to record and analyse the characteristics of urban heat islands on the basis of thermal satellite data in Hessian municipalities with a population of 20,000 or more. (CoolTown


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AgriSens-DEMMIN 4.0 Project (Geoecology)
Finding efficient and sustainable solutions to adapt to the effects of global change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. (AgriSens
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Biography
- since 12/2023
Project employee CoolTown - since 10/2021
Research associate - 05/2021
Master’s thesis on “Use of Sentinel 2 and MODIS remote sensing data to localise drought-related yield losses of winter wheat using the example of DEMMIN, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania” - 10/2019 – 09/2021
Student Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Research Coordination: Cartography - 10/2019 – 09/2021
Research Assistant (Tutor), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences III – Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Geosciences and Computer Science; Institute of Geosciences and Geography; Department of Geoecology - 06/2019 – 09/2021
Research assistant in the ADRIANA project, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences III – Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Geosciences and Computer Science; Institute of Geosciences and Geography; Department of Digital Geography - 10/2017 – 09/2021
M.Sc. Geography Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences III – Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Geosciences and Computer Science; Institute of Geosciences and Geography - 04/2017
Bachelor’s thesis on “Recultivation of the post-mining landscape of Brandenburg’s Lower Lusatia” - 10/2013 – 09/2017
B.Sc. Geography Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences III – Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences, Geosciences and Computer Science; Institute of Geosciences and Geography
Publications
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Sakretz, D. (2025, October 2) CoolTown - Erste Ergebnisse zur Wärmebelastung aus Satellitendatenzeitreihen in Hessens Gemeinden. Presentation, Darmstadt, Hessen, Deutschland.
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Sakretz, D. (2025, September 30) Impact of Weather Patterns on Urban Thermal Field Variance Index Distributions Derived from Landsat Time Series: Assessments in Small to Medium-Sized Municipalities in Hesse, Germany. Presentation, Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Sakretz, D. (2022, June 10) Nutzung von Sentinel 2- Und MODIS-Fernerkundungsdaten Zur Lokalisierung Dürrebedingter Ertragseinbußen von Winterweizen Am Beispiel DEMMIN, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Poster, Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland.