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Heiko Balzter

Prof. Heiko Balzter

School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,  University of Leicester
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Prof. Heiko Balzter is a Professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, The University of Leicester. He received the degree of Dipl. Ing. agr. (equivalent to M.Sc.) from Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, in 1994, and the Dr. agr. (Ph.D.) from the same University in 1998. He holds the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2011), the Royal Geographical Society’s Cuthbert Peek Award ‘for advancing geographical knowledge of human impact through earth observation’ (2015), the Copernicus Masters Award (Sustainable Living Challenge 2017), and the Leicestershire Live Innovation Award for Space (2023) for his work on deforestation monitoring. He is the Chair of the Programme Coordination Team of the UKRI Landscape Decisions Programme and a member of the LULUCF (Land Use/Land Use Change and Forestry) Scientific Steering Committee for the UK National Greenhouse Gas Account. His research focuses on Earth observation applications that can help address the climate emergency.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Carbon Accounting
Earth Observation
Remote Sensing
forest biomass
Climate change adaptat...
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Remote Sensing
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Earth Observation
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forest biomass
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Carbon Accounting
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation

Short Biography

Prof. Heiko Balzter is a Professor of Physical Geography and Director of the Institute for Environmental Futures, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, The University of Leicester. He received the degree of Dipl. Ing. agr. (equivalent to M.Sc.) from Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, in 1994, and the Dr. agr. (Ph.D.) from the same University in 1998. He holds the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2011), the Royal Geographical Society’s Cuthbert Peek Award ‘for advancing geographical knowledge of human impact through earth observation’ (2015), the Copernicus Masters Award (Sustainable Living Challenge 2017), and the Leicestershire Live Innovation Award for Space (2023) for his work on deforestation monitoring. He is the Chair of the Programme Coordination Team of the UKRI Landscape Decisions Programme and a member of the LULUCF (Land Use/Land Use Change and Forestry) Scientific Steering Committee for the UK National Greenhouse Gas Account. His research focuses on Earth observation applications that can help address the climate emergency.

Honors and Awards

Wolfson Research Merit Award

This scheme was for outstanding scientists who would benefit from a five year salary enhancement to help recruit them to or retain them in the UK. The scheme provided universities with additional support to enable them to recruit or retain respected scientists of outstanding achievement and potential to the UK by providing a salary enhancement which is paid by the university in addition to the basic salary.

Royal Society


Cuthbert Peek Award

For those advancing geographical knowledge of human impact on the environment through the application of contemporary methods, including those of earth observation and mapping.

Royal Geographical Society


Copernicus Masters Sustainable Living Award

The Copernicus Masters is an international competition which awards prizes to innovative solutions, developments and ideas for business and society based on Earth observation data. My team and me won the prestigious Sustainable Living Challenge 2017 award by the Satellite Applications Catapult, under the umbrella of Copernicus, the European Programme for Earth Observation.

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