Dr.-Ing. Marcel Hess

• Spectral analysis of the lunar surface.
• Statistical methods for remote sensing data analysis.
• Reflectance modeling.
• 3D-reconstruction of planetary surfaces.

Peer-reviewed journal articles:

• M. Hess, C. Wöhler, L. Qiao, M. Bhatt. "Comparative photometric analysis of the Reiner Gamma swirl and the Chang'e 5 landing site". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 2023; Forthcoming article. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346098
• Qiao, L.,  Hess, M.,  Xu, L.,  Wöhler, C.,  Head, J. W.,  Chen, J., et al. (2023).  Extensive Lunar Surface Disturbance at the Chang’e-5 Mission Landing Site: Implications for Future Lunar Base Design and Construction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets,  128, e2022JE007730. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007730
• Hess M, Tenthoff M, Wohlfarth K, Wöhler C. "Atmospheric Correction for High-Resolution Shape from Shading on Mars." Journal of Imaging. 2022; 8(6):158.  https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging8060158
• M. Hess, T. Wilhelm, C. Wöhler, & K. Wohlfarth. "Uncertainty Introduced by Darkening Agents in the Lunar Regolith: An Unmixing Perspective." Remote Sensing, 13(22), 4702, 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13224702
• Hess, M.; Wöhler, C.; Berezhnoy, A.A.; Bishop, J.L.; Shevchenko, V.V. Dependence of the Hydration of the Lunar Surface on the Concentrations of TiO₂, Plagioclase, and Spinel. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 47. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14010047
• O. Ruesch, M. Hess, K. Wohlfarth, T. Heyer, C. Wöhler, T.R.R. Bontognali, C. Orgel, E. Sefton-Nash, J.-L. Josset, J.L. Vago, "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 (2021): 105301.
• M. Hess, C. Wöhler, M. Bhatt, A. A. Berezhnoy, A. Grumpe, K. Wohlfarth, A. Bhardwaj, V. V. Shevchenko. "Processes governing the VIS/NIR spectral reflectance behavior of lunar swirls." Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 639, article no. A12, 2020. DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201937299

Peer-reviewed conference contributions:

• M. Hess, K. Wohlfarth, A. Grumpe, C. Wöhler, O. Ruesch, B. Wu. "Atmospherically Compensated Shape from Shading on the Martian Surface: Towards the Perfect Digital Terrain Model of Mars." Proc. ISPRS Int. Symp. on Planetary Remote Sensing and Mapping, Enschede, Netherlands, 2019. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLII-2/W13, pp. 1405-1411, 2019.

Conference contributions:

• M. Hess, C. Wöhler, L. Qiao. "Photometric Modelling for Chang’e 5 Landing Site and Reiner Gamma Swirl." Europlanet Science Congress. Vol. 16, EPSC2022-147, 2022.
• Hess, M., Wilhelm, T., Arnaut, M., & Wöhler, C. "Uncertainty-Based Unmixing of Space Weathered Lunar Spectra."  Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. No. 2548. 2021.
• M. Hess, K. Wohlfarth, C. Wöhler, A. A. Berezhnoy, M. Bhatt, A. Bhardwaj. "Space Weathering Trends at the Mare Moscoviense Swirl." Proc. European Planetary Science Congress, EPSC2020-716, 2020.
• M. Hess, K. Wohlfarth, C. Wöhler. "Quantifying lunar spinel-rich lithologies with nonlinear spectral unmixing considering space-weathering effects." Lunar and Planetary Science Conference LI, abstract #1863, 2020.
• C. Wöhler, M. Bhatt, A. Grumpe, M. Hess, A. A. Berezhnoy, V. V. Shevchenko, A. Bhardwaj. "Regolith Compaction and its Implications for the Formation Mechanism of Lunar Swirls." Proc. European Planetary Science Congress, EPSC-DPS2019-1608-1, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019.
• M. Hess, K. Wohlfarth, O. Ruesch, C. Wöhler, A. Grumpe. "High Resolution Digital Terrain Model for the Landing Site of the Rosalind Franklin (ExoMars) Rover." Proc. European Planetary Science Congress, EPSC-DPS2019-1533-4, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019.
• M. Hess, C. Wöhler, J. Bishop. "Low Abundances of Strongly Bound Hydroxyl in Spinel-rich Areas of the Lunar Crater Theophilus." Proc. European Planetary Science Congress, EPSC-DPS2019-1427-1, Geneva, Switzerland, 2019.
• M. Hess, C. Wöhler, A. A. Berezhnoy, V. V. Shevchenko, J. Bishop. "Hydration of Lunar Oxide Minerals." Proc. Int. Conf. on Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, Zhuhai, China, 2019.

• Übungsbetreuung: Remote Sensing (SoSe 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Übungsbetreuung: 3D-Computer-Vision (SoSe 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Übungsbetreuung: Modellierung und Simulation Signalverarbeitender Systeme (WiSe 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22,2022/23)

• "Multiview Shape from Shading on the Martian Surface" - S. Liu (MA 2020)
• "GPU Implementation Spectral Unmixing Algorithms" - O. Saleh (MA 2020)
• "Learning Hyperspectral Unmixing Considering Space Weathering Effects" - M. Balamurugan (MA 2021)
• "Space Weathering of Lunar Swirls in the NUV" - T. Motal (BA 2021)
• "Analysis of OH and Mineralogy on the Moon using Machine Learning Techniques" - M. Balamurugan (MA 2023)
• "Bayesian Inference of Grain Size for Space Weathered Lunar Spectra" - J. Slatosch (MA 2023)
• "Learning Shape from Shading for the Lunar Surface" - D. Hallmann (MA 2023)

Academic:
2016: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Dortmund University
2019: Master of Science (M.Sc.) Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, TU Dortmund University
since 2019: Ph.D. candidate for computational methods for reflectance spectroscopy of the Moon.

Working: 
2016: 6 month internship at Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE in Kirchheim unter Teck
2017-2019: working student at pragmatic industries in Nürtingen
since 2019: research assistant at Image Analysis Group, TU Dortmund University