Dr. Thomas Heyer

Dr. Thomas Heyer

Wilhelm-Klemm-Str. 10, room 159d
48149 Münster

T: +49 251 83-39075

  • Research Foci

    • Remote Sensing (Multi- and hyperspectral image analysis, Radar)
    • Geology of terrestrial planets

  • CV

    Academic Education

    PhD, Institute of Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
    Study abroad at Reitaku University, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
    Master of Science (Geoinformatics; focus Remote Sensing and GIS) Friedrich-Schiller University Jena
    Bachelor of Science (Geography; focus Remote Sensing and GIS) Friedrich-Schiller University Jena

    Positions

    Research Scientist, Institute of Planetology, Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster
    Research Assistant (Radar Remote Sensing) Department of Earth Observation, Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

  • Publications

    • Heyer, T; Iqbal, W; Oetting, A; Hiesinger, H; van der Bogert, C H; Schmedemann N. ‘Opencratertool – An Open Source Tool for Precise Crater Size-Frequency Measurements in QGIS.’ contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Heyer, T; Hiesinger, H; Iqbal, W; Schmedemann, N. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (Muted): A Web Service for Processing Digital Terrain Models for Mars and the Moon.’ contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Iqbal, W; Hiesinger, H; van der Bogert, C H; Heyer, T; Head III, J W. ‘New Geological Maps of Apollo 15 And Apollo 17 Landing Sites .’ contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Oetting, A; Iqbal, W; Heyer, T; Schmedemann, N; Head III, J W; Hiesinger, H; van der Bogert, C H. ‘Lunar Multi-Ring Basins and Their Contribution to Lunar Production Functions.’ contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Rüsch, O; Bahia, R S; Fawdon, P; Harish; Heyer, T; Iqbal, W; Marshal, R M; Oetting, A; Pasckert, J H; Patel, S. ‘Visual Perception During Human Photo-Geologic Mapping.’ contributed to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Iqbal, W; Head, J W; van der Bogert, C H; Frueh, T; Henriksen, M; Bickel, V T; Kring D A; Hiesinger, H; Scott, D R; Heyer, T. . ‘Slopes along Apollo EVAs: Astronaut experience as input for future mission planning.’ Acta Astronautica 223: 184–196. doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.07.006.

    • Heyer T.; Iqbal W.; Oetting A.; Hiesinger H.; van der Bogert C.H.; Schmedemann N. . ‘A comparative analysis of global lunar crater catalogs using OpenCraterTool – An open source tool to determine and compare crater size-frequency measurements.’ Planetary and Space Science 231: 105687. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2023.105687.
    • Iqbal, Wajiha; Harald, Hiesinger; van der Bogert, Carolyn; Heyer, Thomas. ‘Geology of Cone Crater for the Calibration of Lunar Chronology.’ contributed to the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston, .
    • Heyer T, Iqbal W, Oetting A, Hiesinger H, van der Bogert C, Schmedemann N. ‘OpenCraterTool: Determining and comparing crater size-frequency measurements in QGIS.’ contributed to the DPS-EPSC 2023, San Antonio, .
    • Iqbal, W; Hiesinger, H; van der Bogert, C; Heyer, T. ‘Cone Crater Geology and the Lunar Chronolgy Calibration.’ contributed to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua, .
    • Heyer T, Iqbal W, Oetting A, Hiesinger H, van der Bogert C, Schmedemann N. ‘OpenCraterTool: An Open Source Tool to Determine and Compare Crater Size-Frequency Measurements.’ contributed to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua, .
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Iqbal W, Schmedemann N. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Developing a Web-Service to Automatically Detect Craters in Orbital Images.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .

    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Iqbal W, Schmedemann N. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Comprehensive Web-based Tool to Study Mars, Moon, and Mercury.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .

    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Raack J, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Web-Processing of Orbital Images of Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Online.
    • Iqbal W, Hiesinger H, van der Bogert C H, Heyer T, Schmedemann N. ‘New Geological Studies and Crater Size-Frequency Distributions of Apollo Landing Sites and their Future Implications.’ contributed to the Europlanet Science Congress, virtual, .
    • Ruesch O., Hess M., Wohlfarth K., Heyer T., Wöhler C., Bontognali T.R.R., Orgel C., Sefton-Nash E., Josset J.-L., Vago J.L. . ‘Synthetic topography from the decameter to the centimeter scale on Mars for scientific and rover operations of the ESA-Roscosmos ExoMars mission.’ Planetary and Space Science 205.

    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Raack J, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Web-based Processing Service for Orbital Image Data of Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.
    • Heyer T, Raack J, Hiesinger H, Jaumann R. . ‘Interactions of Dust Devils and Slope Streaks on Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.

    • Heyer T, Kreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . ‘Present-day Activity of Slope Streaks on Mars.’ Contributed to the GeoMünster 2019, Münster.
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Raack J, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Web-Based Tool to Study Surface Changes and Processes on dynamic Mars.’ Contributed to the GeoMünster 2019, Münster.
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Raack J, Jaumann R. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): New Features to Study Dynamic Mars.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Raack J, Conway S, Heyer T, Philippe M, Hiesinger H, Johnsson A, Reiss D. . ‘Contemporary Gully Activity in Sisyphi Cavi, Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.
    • Heyer T, Kreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . ‘Slope Streaks on Mars: Seasonal Dependence of Formation Rates.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.
    • Heyer T, Kreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . ‘Seasonal Formation Rates of Martian Slope Streaks.’ Icarus 323: 76–86. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.010.

    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Erkeling G, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data: A Comprehensive Tool to Study Dynamic Mars.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Bernhardt H, Erkeling G, Jaumann R. . ‘Seasonal Formation Rates of Slope Streaks on Mars.’ Contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston.
    • Raack J, Conway S, Philippe M, Heyer T, Reiss D, Hiesinger H. . ‘Gully Activity in Sisyphi Cavi, Mars.’ Contributed to the European Planetary Science Congres, Berlin.
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Erkeling G, Bernhardt H, Luesebrink D, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Web-Based Tool for Studying Dynamic Mars.’ Planetary Space and Science 159: 56–65. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2018.04.015.
    • Heyer T, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Erkeling G, Bernhardt H, Luesebrink D, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Tool to Study Dynamic Mars.’ Contributed to the Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics Conference, St. Louis.

    • Heyer T, Erkeling G, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Luesebrink D, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A tool to support the identification of surface changes on Mars.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .

    • Heyer T, Erkeling G, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Luesebrink D, Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Tool to Support the Identification of Surface Changes on Mars.’ contributed to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, .
    • Erkeling G, Luesebrink D, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, Heyer T, Jaumann R. . ‘The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Database to Support the Identification of Surface Changes and Short-Lived Surface Processes.’ Planetary and Space Science (PSS) 125: 43–61. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2016.03.002.
    • Hese S, Heyer T. . ‘Earth observation data based rapid flood-extent modelling for tsunami-devastated coastal areas.’ International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 46. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2015.11.005.

    • Berger C, Voltersen M, Eckardt R, Eberle J, Heyer T, Salepci N, Hese S, Schmullius C, TAO J, Auer S, Bamler R, Ewald K, Gartley M, Jacpbson J, Buswell A, Du Q, Pacifi F. . ‘Multi-modal and multi-temporal data fusion: Outcome of the 2012 GRSS data fusion contest. IEEE.’ IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 6, № 3: 1324–1340. doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2013.2245860.