Dr Katarzyna Ostapowicz is a research scientist working in Environmental Data Science and Earth Observation, with applications in Land System Science and biodiversity and climate research. Her work focuses on quantitative analysis of land-use and land-cover change, ecosystem dynamics and climate–ecosystem interactions across Arctic and temperate regions. She develops and applies spatial modelling frameworks integrating satellite time-series, geospatial analysis and GeoAI approaches to investigate long-term environmental change and ecosystem resilience. Her research combines methodological development with empirical case studies, contributing to improved understanding of biodiversity patterns, carbon dynamics and land-system transformations.

• PhD in Earth Sciences (Geography), 2007, Jagiellonian University
• MSc in Physics (specialization: Nuclear Physics), 2004, Jagiellonian University
• MSc in Physical Geography within Environmental and Mathematical Studies (specialization: Geographic Information Systems), 2002, Jagiellonian University

• Hoffmann M.T., Ostapowicz, K., Bartoń K., Ibisch P.L., Selva N., 2024, Mapping roadless areas in regions with contrasting human footprint, Scientific Reports, 14, 4722, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-55283-3
• Szczęch M., Kania M., Loch J., Ostapowicz K., Struś P., 2024, Mapping grasslands' preservation potential: A case study from the northern Carpathians, Land Degradation & Development, 35, 2, 633 - 646, https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4941
• Tømmervik H., Julitta T., Nilsen L.; Park T., Burkart A., Ostapowicz K., Karlsen S.R., Parmentier F., Pirk N., Bjerke J.W., 2023, The northernmost hyperspectral FLoX sensor dataset for monitoring of high-Arctic tundra vegetation phenology and Sun-Induced Fluorescence (SIF), Data in Brief, 50, 109581, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109581
• Grabska E., Frantz D., Ostapowicz K., 2020, Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for forest stand species mapping using Sentinel-2 imagery and environmental data in the Polish Carpathians, Remote Sensing of Environment, 251, 112103, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.112103
• Bolliger J., Schmatz D.R., Pazúr R., Ostapowicz K., Psomas A., 2017, Reconstructing forest-cover change in the Swiss Alps between 1880 and 2010 using ensemble modelling, Regional Environmental Change, 17, 8, 2265–2277, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-1090-4
• Ziółkowska E., Ostapowicz K., Radeloff V.C., Selva N., Kuemmerle T., Śmietana W., 2016, Assessing differences in connectivity based on habitat versus movement models for brown bears in the Carpathians, Landscape Ecology, 31, 1863-1882, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-016-0368-8

• Research Council of Norway, Sentinel-2 Seasonal Composites for Vegetation and Land Cover Monitoring, (SAT NINA basic fund) 2025 (role: PI)
• Research Council of Norway, POLARSIF Project: Assessing Vegetation Phenological Changes in Polar Regions Using Solar-Induced Fluorescence Data, (SAT NINA basic fund) 2024 (role: PI)
• European Commission – Horizon 2020 (H2020), CHARTER project: Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity, 2019-2024 (role: Researcher)
• National Science Centre Poland, TRACE project: Trajectories, causes and consequences of land cover and land use changes in Central Europe, 2019-2023 (role: PI)
• National Science Centre Poland, RS4FOR project: Forest change detection and monitoring using passive and active remote sensing data, 2012～2016 (role: PI)