Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Location & approach

By car

The campus of the Technical University of Dortmund is located near the freeway junction Dortmund West, where the Sauerland line A45 crosses the Ruhr expressway B1/A40. The Dortmund-Eichlinghofen exit on the A45 leads to the South Campus, the Dortmund-Dorstfeld exit on the A40 leads to the North Campus. The university is signposted at both exits.

By bus and train

The "Dortmund Universität" S-Bahn station is located directly on the North Campus. From there, the S-Bahn line S1 runs every 20 or 30 minutes to Dortmund main station and in the opposite direction to Düsseldorf main station via Bochum, Essen and Duisburg. In addition, the university can be reached by bus lines 445, 447 and 462. Timetable information can be found on the homepage of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association, and DSW21 also offer an interactive route network map.

The H-Bahn

One of the landmarks of the TU Dortmund is the H-Bahn. Line 1 runs every 10 minutes between Dortmund Eichlinghofen and the Technology Center via Campus South and Dortmund University S, while Line 2 commutes every 5 minutes between Campus North and Campus South. It covers this distance in two minutes.

By plane

From Dortmund Airport, the AirportExpress takes just over 20 minutes to Dortmund Central Station and from there to the university by S-Bahn. A wider range of international flight connections is offered by Düsseldorf Airport, about 60 kilometers away, which can be reached directly by S-Bahn from the university's train station.

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Dr.-Ing. Florian Klopfer

Research Scientist

Contact

TU Dortmund University
Department of Spatial Planning
Research Group Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning

Campus South, GB III, Room 3.323
August-Schmidt-Straße 10
44227 Dortmund
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)231 755 2380
Fax: +49 (0)231 755 4877
E-Mail: florian.klopfer(at)udoedu

Flotian Klopfer

Research Interests

Urban heat and climate justice
Urban morphology
Ecosystem services
Geospatial analysis and geostatistics

Education

2007	Abitur in Aalen
2008- 2010	Law school, Heidelberg University
2010- 2013	B. Sc. Geography and Medieval and Modern History, Heidelberg University
2013	Bachelor thesis: „Least cost path Analysen als Werkzeug zur Rekonstruktion mittelalterlicher Straßennetze“
2013- 2016	M.Sc. Geography und Economics (minor), Heidelberg University and Oregon State University, Oregon, USA
2016	Master thesis: „Evaluating the Potential of Active Low-Cost 3D Sensors in Shallow Water Bathymetry for Geoscientific Applications – Case Study on Microsoft‘s Kinects“
2019-2023	Dr.-Ing. (PhD), TU Dortmund University

Professional experience

01/2017- 07/2019	Consultant (Real estate research and analysis) – iib consult GmbH, Schwetzingen
Since 08/2019	TU Dortmund University, Department of Spatial Planning, Research Group of Landscape Ecology and Landscape Planning, Research Scientist
09. – 12.2023	Visiting scholar at the Michigan State University (USA)

Publications

Publications of Dr.-Ing. Florian Klopfer