About Irena Hajnsek

Prof Irena Hajnsek has headed the Polarimetric SAR Interferometry (Pol-InSAR) research group at the DLR Institute of High Frequency Technology and Radar Systems since 2001 and has been Professor of Earth Observation and Radar Remote Sensing at ETH Zurich's Institute of Environmental Engineering since 2009.

The Pol-InSAR research group at DLR is concerned with the model-based determination of environmental information from multi-modular radar data. One focus is on determining parameters in the cryosphere and hydrosphere using the DLR F-SAR aircraft sensor and the German TanDEM-X satellite mission.