Dr. T.f. Sonnemann

Biography

Dr. Till F. Sonnemann, is a postdoctoral researcher with the ERC-Synergy project NEXUS1492. His main research interests are the combination of GIS, remote sensing and geophysics in landscape archaeology and heritage. Within NEXUS, he focuses on developing a methodological approach to analyse Caribbean Indigenous landscapes, by using a variety of remote and close range sensing techniques at different scales on a number of locations in the Caribbean. The results are to be implemented in a GIS environment, and complemented with other information, to serve as a base for predictive modelling further understanding Amerindian settlements, and how Caribbean Indigenous landscapes changed with arrival of the Europeans.

Research Interest

As honorary research associate, freelancer and collaborator with different research groups, he took the opportunity to conduct non-destructive archaeological and structural investigations at Australian, Cambodian and Uzbek cultural heritage sites, and remains associated with archaeological research in Southeast Asia as a member of the Yasodharâsrama Project. For 2 ½ years he taught tutorials and lectures in Geology, Geophysics and GIS at Sydney’s School of Geosciences, and worked within and after completing the PhD in commercial geophysics.