Deutsch Intern
Earth Observation Research Cluster

Dr. John Friesen

Department of Remote Sensing

   +49 931 31-87996
 john.friesen@uni-wuerzburg.de

Institute for Geography and Geology
Department for Remote Sensing
John Skilton Str. 4a
97074 Würzburg

upon request

Main research areas and interests

  • Characterization of spatial and temporal changes in settlement structures (especially informal settlements)
  • Population estimation and analysis
  • Analysis and resilience assessment of supply infrastructures (water or health care)
  • Equation-, data-driven and agent-based modeling of settlement processes
  • Modeling of cardiovascular processes and diseases

Scientific career

since 2024         Co-lead of a main project in EO4CAM

2021-2024         Group leader "Urbanization and Infrastructure" at the Institute of Fluid Systems at TU Darmstadt

05/2021              PhD (Dr.-Ing.) Topic: Modeling and analysis of urban informal settlements for infrastructural planning

since 2020         Lectures at the DHBW Karlsruhe

since 2020         studies of human medicine at the Goethe University Frankfurt

2016-2021         Research assistant at the Institute for Fluid Systems Engineering at TU Darmstadt

2014-2016        studies of general mechanical engineering with a specialization in biomedical engineering at RWTH Aachen University (M. Sc.)

2010-2013         studies of mechanical engineering at the TU Darmstadt (B. Sc.)

Publications

Current list on Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=S4LstwoAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao

2024[ to top ]
  • Breuer, J. H.; Friesen, J.; Taubenböck, H.; Wurm, M.; Pelz, P. F. (2024): The unseen population: {Do} we underestimate slum dwellers in cities of the {Global} {South}?. In: Habitat International, 148, 103056.
  • Leštáková, M.; Logan, K. T.; Rehm, I.-S.; Pelz, P. F.; Friesen, J. (2024): Do resilience metrics of water distribution systems really assess resilience? {A} critical review. In: Water Research, 248, 120820.
2023[ to top ]
  • Breuer, J. H.; Friesen, J. (2023): Methods to assess spatio-temporal changes of slum populations. In: Cities, 143, 104582.
  • Prokop, B.; Gelens, L.; Pelz, P. F.; Friesen, J. (2023): Challenges in identifying simple pattern-forming mechanisms in the development of settlements using demographic data. In: Physical Review E, 107 (6), 064305.
  • Friesen, J.; Stein, L.; Adili, F.; Pelz, P. F. (2023): Dynamic {Loading}—{A} {New} {Marker} for {Abdominal} {Aneurysm} {Growth}?. In: Medicina, 59 (2), 404.
  • Sattler, B. J.; Friesen, J.; Tundis, A.; Pelz, P. F. (2023): Modeling and {Validation} of {Residential} {Water} {Demand} in {Agent}-{Based} {Models}: {A} {Systematic} {Literature} {Review}. In: Water, 15 (3), 579.
  • Friesen, J. (2023): Towards a {Link} between {Quantitative} and {Qualitative} {Sciences} to {Understand} {Social} {Systems} {Using} the {Example} of {Informal} {Settlements}. In: Entropy, 25 (2), 262.
2021[ to top ]
  • Friesen, J.; Bergner, J.; Khan, M. I. A.; Triess, S.; Zoll, A.; Pelz, P. F.; Adili, F. (2021): Comparison of existing aneurysm models and their path forward. In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update, 1, 100019.
  • Rehm, I.-S.; Friesen, J.; Pouls, K.; Busch, C.; Taubenböck, H.; Pelz, P. F. (2021): A {Method} for {Modeling} {Urban} {Water} {Infrastructures} {Combining} {Geo}-{Referenced} {Data}. In: Water, 13 (16), 2299.
2020[ to top ]
  • Henn, K.; Friesen, J.; Hartig, J.; Pelz, P. F. (2020): Spatial {Analysis} of {Settlement} {Structures} to {Identify} {Pattern} {Formation} {Mechanisms} in {Inter}-{Urban} {Systems}. In: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 9 (9), 541.
  • Friesen, J.; Pelz, P. F. (2020): {COVID}-19 and {Slums}: {A} {Pandemic} {Highlights} {Gaps} in {Knowledge} {About} {Urban} {Poverty}. In: JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 6 (3), e19578.
  • Friesen, J.; Friesen, V.; Dietrich, I.; Pelz, P. F. (2020): Slums, {Space}, and {State} of {Health}—{A} {Link} between {Settlement} {Morphology} and {Health} {Data}. In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (6), 2022.
2019[ to top ]
  • Friesen, J.; Taubenböck, H.; Wurm, M.; Pelz, P. F. (2019): Size distributions of slums across the globe using different data and classification methods. In: European Journal of Remote Sensing, 52 (sup2), 99-111.
  • Pelz, P. F.; Friesen, J.; Hartig, J. (2019): Similar size of slums caused by a {Turing} instability of migration behavior. In: Physical Review E, 99 (2), 022302.
2018[ to top ]
  • Friesen, J.; Rausch, L.; Pelz, P.; Fürnkranz, J. (2018): Determining {Factors} for {Slum} {Growth} with {Predictive} {Data} {Mining} {Methods}. In: Urban Science, 2 (3), 81.
  • Friesen, J.; Taubenböck, H.; Wurm, M.; Pelz, P. F. (2018): The similar size of slums. In: Habitat International, 73, 79-88.
  • Rausch, L.; Friesen, J.; Altherr, L.; Meck, M.; Pelz, P. (2018): A {Holistic} {Concept} to {Design} {Optimal} {Water} {Supply} {Infrastructures} for {Informal} {Settlements} {Using} {Remote} {Sensing} {Data}. In: Remote Sensing, 10 (2), 216.