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## **About the Editor**

**Frank Neitzel** is Full Professor at Technische Universitat Berlin (TU Berlin). He is Managing ¨ Director of the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation Science and Head of the Chair of Geodesy and Adjustment Theory. Prior to his work at TU Berlin he was Professor of Engineering Geodesy at the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany. Dr. Neitzel was awarded a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) for a research stay at the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University (USA). Dr. Neitzel's research interests include rigorous solutions for total least squares problems considering singular variance–covariance matrices, deformation analysis, structural health monitoring, and surface approximation. At TU Berlin, his laboratory for geodetic measurement and data analysis focuses especially on the use of terrestrial laser scanners, image-based measurement systems, and accelerometers for the monitoring of built and natural objects. This includes the monitoring of deformations as well as investigations of the vibration characteristics. His research group developed an approach for automated deformation analysis using point clouds captured by terrestrial laser scanners and an intensity-based stochastic model for laser scanner data. His interdisciplinary work focuses on measurement- and model-based structural analysis, combining measurement-based approaches from geodesy with model-based approaches from civil engineering. Dr. Neitzel has worked on research projects funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), among others. He is the author of more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.
