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
- Wueller, L., Head, J.W., Jawin, E.R., Heyer, T., Hiesiger, H., and van der Bogert, C.H. . “Relationships between lobate debris aprons and lineated valley fill on Mars: Evidence for an extensive Amazonian valley glacial landsystem in Mamers Valles.” Icarus, № 426 doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116373.
- Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Oetting, A, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, CH, and N., Schmedemann. . “Opencratertool – An Open Source Tool for Precise Crater Size-Frequency Measurements in QGIS.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T, Hiesinger, H, Iqbal, W, and Schmedemann, N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (Muted): A Web Service for Processing Digital Terrain Models for Mars and the Moon.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, CH, Heyer, T, and Head III, JW. . “New Geological Maps of Apollo 15 And Apollo 17 Landing Sites.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Oetting, A, Iqbal, W, Heyer, T, Schmedemann, N, Head III, JW, Hiesinger, H, and van der Bogert, CH. . “Lunar Multi-Ring Basins and Their Contribution to Lunar Production Functions.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Rüsch, O, Bahia, RS, Fawdon, P, Harish, Heyer, T, Iqbal, W, Marshal, RM, Oetting, A, Pasckert, JH, and Patel, S. . “Visual Perception During Human Photo-Geologic Mapping.” contribution to the 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Iqbal, W, Head, JW, van der Bogert, CH, Frueh, T, Henriksen, M, Bickel, VT, A, Kring D, Hiesinger, H, Scott, DR, and 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, TIqbal W, Oetting A, Hiesinger H, and van der Bogert C, Schmedemann N. . “OpenCraterTool: An Open Source Tool to Determine and Compare Crater Size-Frequency Measurements.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua
- Heyer, THiesinger H, and Iqbal W, Schmedemann N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Developing a Web-Service to Automatically Detect Craters in Orbital Images.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- T., Heyer, W., Iqbal, A., Oetting, H., Hiesinger, C.H., van der Bogert, and N., Schmedemann. . “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, and Heyer, Thomas. . “Geology of Cone Crater for the Calibration of Lunar Chronology.” contribution to the 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston
- Heyer, TIqbal W, Oetting A, Hiesinger H, and van der Bogert C, Schmedemann N. . “OpenCraterTool: Determining and comparing crater size-frequency measurements in QGIS.” contribution to the DPS-EPSC 2023, San Antonio
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van der Bogert, C, and Heyer, T. . “Cone Crater Geology and the Lunar Chronolgy Calibration.” contribution to the European Lunar Symposium, Padua
- Heyer, THiesinger H, and Iqbal W, Schmedemann N. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Comprehensive Web-based Tool to Study Mars, Moon, and Mercury.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, THiesinger H, and Raack J, Jaumann R. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): Web-Processing of Orbital Images of Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Online
- Iqbal, W, Hiesinger, H, van, der Bogert C H, Heyer, T, and Schmedemann, N. . “New Geological Studies and Crater Size-Frequency Distributions of Apollo Landing Sites and their Future Implications.” contribution 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., and 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, TRaack J, and Hiesinger H, Jaumann R. . “Interactions of Dust Devils and Slope Streaks on Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, THiesinger H, and Raack J, Jaumann R. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Web-based Processing Service for Orbital Image Data of Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, TKreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, and Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . “Present-day Activity of Slope Streaks on Mars.” contribution to the GeoMünster 2019, Münster
- Heyer, T, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, J, Raack, and R, Jaumann. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Web-Based Tool to Study Surface Changes and Processes on dynamic Mars.” contribution to the GeoMünster 2019, Münster
- Heyer, T, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, J, Raack, and Jaumann, R. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): New Features to Study Dynamic Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Raack, J, Conway, S, Heyer, T, Philippe, M, Hiesinger, H, Johnsson, A, and Reiss, D. . “Contemporary Gully Activity in Sisyphi Cavi, Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, TKreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, and Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . “Slope Streaks on Mars: Seasonal Dependence of Formation Rates.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, TKreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Reiss D, and Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . “Seasonal Formation Rates of Martian Slope Streaks.” Icarus, № 323: 76–86. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.01.010.
- Raack, J, Conway, S, Philippe, M, Heyer, T, Reiss, D, and Hiesinger, H. . “Gully Activity in Sisyphi Cavi, Mars.” contribution to the European Planetary Science Congres, Berlin
- Heyer, T, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, G, Erkeling, H, Bernhardt, D, Luesebrink, and 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, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, G, Erkeling, H, Bernhardt, D, Luesebrink, and R, Jaumann. . “The Multi-temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Tool to Study Dynamic Mars.” contribution to the Planetary Science Informatics and Data Analytics Conference, St. Louis
- Heyer, THiesinger H, Reiss D, Erkeling G, and Bernhardt H, Jaumann R. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data: A Comprehensive Tool to Study Dynamic Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, THiesinger H, Reiss D, Bernhardt H, and Erkeling G, Jaumann R. . “Seasonal Formation Rates of Slope Streaks on Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T, G, Erkeling, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, D, Luesebrink, H, Bernhardt, and R, Jaumann. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A tool to support the identification of surface changes on Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Heyer, T, G, Erkeling, H, Hiesinger, D, Reiss, D, Luesebrink, H, Bernhardt, and R, Jaumann. . “The Multi-Temporal Database of Planetary Image Data (MUTED): A Tool to Support the Identification of Surface Changes on Mars.” contribution to the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston
- Erkeling, G, Luesebrink, D, Hiesinger, H, Reiss, D, Heyer, T, and 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, and 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, and 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.
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