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Tereza Pohanková


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Tereza Pohanková

I am a motivated researcher in optical Remote Sensing finishing my PhD in Geoinformatics at Palacky University Olomouc in Czechia, looking to transition into a commercial geospatial role. I have been actively developing scripts for QGIS, ArcGIS to enhance my geospatial data processing, analysis and visualization. I am passionate about applying open-source solutions to practical geospatial problems, particularly in environmental monitoring and spatial data analysis. Looking for a job in back-end.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.) 2021 - current

  • Palacky University, Olomouc, CZ
  • Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing
  • Thesis: Remote sensing approach for modelling evapotranspiration function

Erasmus+08/2020 - 12/2020

  • Tartu University, EST
  • Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing, Python programming

Master's degree (Mgr.)2019 - 2021

  • Palacky University, Olomouc, CZ
  • Geoinformatics, Remote Sensing
  • Thesis: Quantification of evapotranspiration and cooling function of vegetation by remote sensing in Olomouc

Bachelor's degree (Bc.)2016 - 2019

  • Palacky University, Olomouc, CZ
  • Geoinformatics, Cartography
  • Thesis: Unmanned aircraft thermal remote sensing in hydrology
Internships

Universidad de Valéncia 09/2023 - 10/2023

A two month-long internship oriented at scripting functionality of evapotranspiration models, networking and establishing cooperation.

Bonn University 10/2022

A month-long internship at Bonn University in Germany. Focused on networking and gaining new information and experience regarding topic of dissertation thesis.

Global Change Research Institute CAS02/2019

A month-long internship at Czech Global Change Institute. Basic supervised classification, cartography vitualizations and Python programming

Work Experience

OpenGeoLabs s.r.o.01/2023 - current

  • Consulting open geospatial applications
  • Participation in small-scale custom contracts
  • Realization of workshops for general public and companies (mainly QGIS, GDAL, Python)
  • Promoting ideas of Free and Open Source GIS

Envipartner, s.r.o., Brno, CZ03/2021 - 10/2021

  • Custom PyQGIS sciprting
  • Creation of custom PyQGIS scripts
  • Providing QGIS support for field workders

Urban Planner s.r.o., Olomouc, CZE2019

  • Data editing, data control according to land use plans

Edutainer2017 - 2021

  • Fort of Science, Interactive Science Center of Palacký University, Olomouc, CZE
  • Lector of educational programms
Personal Projects
Conferences and seminars
  • Copernicus User Forum 2024
  • Prague, CZE
  • Presenting results of various approaches to indication of cooling capacity of vegetation.
  • Recreation and nature conservation - hand in hand
  • Brno, CZE
  • Presenting results of analysis of Surface Temperature characteristics in a local city.

Copernicus User Forum 20242024

  • Prague, CZE
  • Presenting results of indication of cooling capacity of vegetation

Recreation and nature conservation - hand in hand2024

  • Křtiny, CZE
  • Presenting analysis of land surface temeprature

Copernicus User Forum 20222022

  • Prague, CZE
  • Presenting a prototype of an open-source project for calculating Bowen Index

11th Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing2022

  • Köszeg, HU
  • Presenting a poster of an open-source project for calculating Bowen Index
  • Organized by ESA and iASK Köszeg

IALE20222022

  • Warshaw, PO
  • Presenting a paper on the Quantification of evapotranspiration and cooling function of vegetation using remote sensing
Language skills
  • Czech, Native Speaker
  • English, C1
  • Spanish, B1
Publications
  • Pohanková, T. & Pechanec, V. (2025). Estimating Bowen ratio in local environment based on satellite imagery. Open Geosciences, 17(1), 20250774. https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2025-0774
  • Assessing the Cooling Potential of Vegetation in a Central European Rural Landscape: A Local Study. Pohanková, T.., & Pechanec, V. (2024). Land, 13(10), 1685.
  • Pohanková, T., & Pechanec, V. (2024). Assessing the Cooling Potential of Vegetation in a Central European Rural Landscape: A Local Study. Land, 13(10), 1685
  • Pohankova, T., Vyvlečka, P., & Pechanec, V. (2024). How to measure evapotranspiration in landscape-ecological studies? Overview of concepts and methods. Journal of Landscape Ecology, 17(3).
  • Pohanková T. & Pechanec V. (2024). Quantifying the cooling function of urban vegetation based on image data analysis. Public Recreation and Landscape Protection, Brno, Czechia. https://doi.org/10.11118/978-80-7509-963-1-0244
  • Renzi, J. P., Garayalde, A. F., Brus, J., Pohankova, T., Smýkal, P., & Cantamutto, M. A. (2023). Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems. European Journal of Agronomy, 147, 126822.
  • Konicek, J., Netek, R., Burian, T., Novakova, T., & Kaplan, J. (2020). Non-spatial data towards spatially located news about COVID-19: A semi-automated aggregator of pandemic data from (social) media within the Olomouc Region, Czechia. Data, 5(3), 76.
Collaborative Projects
  • Biocultural Diversity - Linking Cultural and Natural Heritage in the Urban Historic Environment
  • Prediction and management of mosquito calamities for biodiversity conservation in floodplain forests
  • Development of methodology for monitoring and evaluation of hydromorphological characteristics of watercourses
  • Importance and protection of valley floodplains as an environment for the eco-stabilisation function of the landscape
  • Modelling of spatiotemporal variability of selected bioclimatic factors of the landscape using open data in GIS Doctoral Student Grant Competition (DSGC)
Honours and awards
  • Rector's Prizes for the Best Bachelor's and Master's Theses and Sports Achievements 2021 2nd Place in Master's category
  • GISáček 2021 1st place in Master's category
  • GISáček 2019 1st place in Bachelor's category