Hans-Gerd Maas - short biography:

1986:   Diploma in Geodesy, University of Bonn
1988 - 1992:   Research assistant, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry ETH Zurich: Digital close range photogrammetry, 3-D motion analysis, photogrammetric deformation measurement techniques
1992:   Ph.D. theses 'Digital Photogrammetry in threedimensional flow measurement techniques', ETH Zurich
1992 - 1993:   Postdoc for 3-D image processing, Technical Chemestry Lab, ETH Zurich: Highspeed cameras, tomography data sequence acquisition systems, 3-D object tracking in voxel data sequences
1993 - 1997:   Chief assistant, Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry ETH Zurich: Automation of photogrammetric data processing, optimization of precision and reliability potential, automatic DTM generation, digital aerotriangulation, surface model generation techniques, industrial robotics
1997:   Habilitation in digital photogrammetry 'Multi-image techniques in digital photogrammetry', ETH Zurich
1998 - 2000:   Associate professor for remote sensing, Delft Technical University: Courses in remote sensing, Research in airborne laserscanning (methods for automatic building detection and modelling, verification and improvement of data quality)
since 2000:   Professor of photogrammetry, Dresden University of Technology:
Head of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; courses in photogrammetry for students of Geodesy, Cartography, Geography, Computer Science, Forestry; research focus on airborne laserscanning and close range photogrammetry
2004 - 2008:   President ISPRS Commission V