Franz Meyer is Professor for Radar Remote Sensing at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has more than 15 years of experience in the theory and application of radar remote sensing. He has been teaching radar remote sensing-related topics since 2000. His teaching portfolio includes a range of full-semester graduate-level course at universities in the U.S. and Germany, as well as several short courses and webinars. He has been the PI of several successful research projects funded by NASA, NGA, private industry, and the European Union. Meyer has published more than 130 publications, five of which received best paper awards. He was awarded the IEEE GRSS GOLD Early Career award in 2011 and the Terris and Katrina Moore Prize in 2014 in recognition of his performance in research. He has been holding Chair or Co-Chair positions in IEEE GRSS, ISPRS, IGS, and WInSAR. He is the Chief Scientist of the Alaska Satellite Facility and a current Science Team Member of the NASA-ISRO SAR mission NISAR.