Alexander von Canal
Alex is a theoretical physicist with 1.5 years AI research experience at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin. He received his Master’s degree in theoretical statistical physics at the FU Berlin in 2021. Within GAIA, Alex works on building and improving AI applications for behaviour prediction of Common Ravens in the area of Yellowstone National Park, USA. The Raven dataset was provided to the GAIA Team by Dr. Matthias-Claudio Loretto, a behavioural biologist with a main focus on movement ecology.
Professional Experience
During MSc at FU berlin research on simulating non-linear and non-Markovian time series in the context of theoretical molecular spectroscopy. From 2021-2023 PhD student at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin Adlershof, with research focus on multivariate/AI applications for spectroscopy data analysis, specifically for classification of chemical compounds in rocks.
Education
2017-2021: MSc (physics), Freie Universität Berlin
2012-2017 BSc (physics), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität, München