Prof. Pebesma leads the Spatio-Temporal Modelling Laboratory at the Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, where he also serves as Dean of Faculty and Deputy Head of Institute. Holding a PhD in Geosciences, his research interests span spatial statistics, environmental modeling, geoinformatics, GI Science, and semantic technologies for spatial analysis. He is also focused on optimizing environmental monitoring, e-Science, and promoting reproducible research.
An ordinary member of the R Foundation, Prof. Pebesma is co-author of Spatial Data Science: With Applications in R and the second edition of Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R. He has served as a section editor for the Journal of Statistical Software (2015-2021) and was an associate editor for Spatial Statistics. Prof. Pebesma strongly believes in the practical value of research, particularly when it addresses real-world problems.