Curriculum vitae

2025 Professor of Nighttime Light Remote Sensing, Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum
2022-2024 Researcher Institute of Geography, Ruhr University Bochum
2014-2024 Researcher GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (today Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences)
2009-2014 Researcher Free University of Berlin & IGB Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
2008-2009 Relocation to Germany, paternity leave
2006-2008 Postdoc, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
2006 PhD in Particle Physics, University of Pennsylvania
2000 BSc (Honors) Physics, University of Alberta

Publications

Projects

Christopher Kyba's projects are located on the group page.

Research Interests

• Night light remote sensing
• Light pollution
• Citizen science