About

JB Hyperspectral Devices is a start-up company founded in 2016 and based in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The prime focus of our work is the design and production of advanced hyperspectral field instruments. Our business is devoted to providing researchers with an avenue for the reliable, accurate and long-term measurement of sun-induced-fluorescence.

Other environmental variables that JB´s systems have been used to monitor include water quality, snow optical properties and plant phenology.

Aside the manufacturing, an established international collaboration with universities, research centres and space agencies, constantly expanding our portfolio by facing new frontiers in the development of technology and applications.

 

Jb Hyperspectral Team Andreas Burkart

Andreas Burkart

PhD

As a versatile scientist and head of the Research & Development team, Andreas Burkart’s expertise ties together multiple fields, ranging from plant research to applied remote sensing and technological development.

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Jb Hyperspectral Team Tommaso Julitta

Tommaso Julitta

PhD

As the managing director, Tommaso Julitta leads the company through close customer contact, field maintenance trips and the supervision of data processing, whilst simultaneously paving the path for the future visions of JB.

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Paul Näthe

Master of Science

Bringing together a broad technological background and a passion for scientific puzzles, Paul Näthe leads technical deployments in the field, as well as instrument-assembly and the development of prototypes.

Jb Hyperspectral Team: Miro, Head of Production

Miro

Head of Production

Heading production, Miro brings his expertise in the assembly of fine electronics together with high-grade craftmanship to assemble instruments of outstanding quality and performance.

Mitchell Kennedy

FloX and RoX manufacturer

With his energy and precision, Mitch is now taking care of the manufacturing and assembling of JB devices.

Marc

In-house technician and prototyping expert

With a fascination for tool making and precision, Marc ensures that he meets JB Hyperspectral Devices' technical needs with accuracy and care. His expertise keeps the workshop running smoothly and efficiently.

Caspar Kneer

Optical Expert

Bringing extensive in-house optical expertise, Caspar plays a vital role in advancing JB Hyperspectral Devices' technology and innovative designs.

Ropafadzo Matuzula

Marketing Specialist

With her vibrant personality and creative ideas, Ropa drives JB Hyperspectral Devices' marketing efforts by promoting the company and connecting with customers.

Phillip Schlicht

Bookkeeper

With his fresh and young energy, Philip controls the accounting and business devlopment of the company balance.

Johanna

Bookkeeping Manager

Johanna's meticulous attention to detail allows her to manage JB Hyperspectral Devices' financial records seamlessly and keep them organized.

Benjamin Stutte

IT expert

No informatics secrets for him. With careful attention he is managing and troubleshooting questions related to Operating systems and more and also gently assisting customers when needed

Collaborators

JB Hyperspectral Devices expertise is not limited to our permanent staff. To cover all of our customer needs, we have a team of professional collaborators that support special projects with their unique capabilities.

Kai Wittneben

UAV Development and Deployment

Thomas Burkart

High Level Computer Aided Design

Fabio Villa

Geospatial expert

Emiliano Fadda

Graphic designer

Our customers

We want to thank our customers for helping us to constantly improve instrument-performance and for joining us in facing new technological challenges together.

PUBLICATIONS

Proximal remote sensing: an essential tool for bridging the gap between high-resolution ecosystem monitoring and global ecology. New Phytologist. 2025.

Zoe Amie Pierrat, Troy S. Magney, Will P. Richardson, Benjamin R. K. Runkle, Jen L. Diehl, Xi Yang, William Woodgate, William K. Smith, Miriam R. Johnston, Yohanes R. S. Ginting, Gerbrand Koren, Loren P. Albert, Christopher L. Kibler, Bryn E. Morgan, Mallory Barnes, Adriana Uscanga, Charles Devine, Mostafa Javadian, Karem Meza, Tommaso Julitta, Giulia Tagliabue, Matthew P. Dannenberg, Michal Antala, Christopher Y. S. Wong, Andre L. D. Santos, Koen Hufkens, Julia K. Marrs, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Yujie Liu, Joshua B. Fisher, John A. Gamon, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson

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Towards a standardized, ground-based network of hyperspectral measurements: Combining time series from autonomous field spectrometers with Sentinel-2. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2024

Paul Naethe, Andrea De Sanctis, Andreas Burkart, Petya K.E. Campbell, Roberto Colombo, Biagio Di Mauro, Alexander Damm, Tarek El-Madany, Francesco Fava, John A. Gamon, Karl F. Huemmrich, Mirco Migliavacca, Eugenie Paul-Limoges, Uwe Rascher, Micol Rossini, Dirk Schüttemeyer, Giulia Tagliabue, Yongguang Zhang, Tommaso Julitta

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DART-based temporal and spatial retrievals of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence quantum efficiency from in-situ and airborne crop observations. Remote Sensing of Environment 2025.

Omar Regaieg, Zbyněk Malenovský, Bastian Siegmann, Jim Buffat, Julie Krämer, Nicolas Lauret, Valérie Le Dantec

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Evaluation of PRISMA Products Over Snow in the Alps and Antarctica. Earth and Space Science. 2024.

B. Di Mauro, S. Cogliati, N. Bohn, G. Traversa, R. Garzonio, G. Tagliabue, G. Bramati, E. Cremonese, T. Julitta, L. Guanter, A. Kokhanovsky, C. Giardino, C. Panigada, M. Rossini, R. Colombo.

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Weathering crust formation outpaces melt-albedo feedback on blue ice shelves of East Antarctica. Commun Earth Environ 5, 740 (2024)

Traversa, G., Di Mauro, B.

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Experimental determination of the Atmospheric heating Rate due to light absorbing aerosol in remote high Altitude sites (EXARA). International Foundation HFSJG. 2024.

Niccolò Losi, Luca Ferrero.

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Cryoconite holes geomorphometry, spatial distribution and radiative impact over the Hells Gate Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology. 2024

Giacomo Traversa, Riccardo Scipinotti, Samuele Pierattini, Gianluca Bianchi Fasani and Biagio Di Mauro.

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Concepts and Applications of Chlorophyll Fluorescence: A Remote Sensing Perspective. Geospatial Technologies for Crops and Soils. Springer 2021.

Choudhary K.K., Chakraborty A., Kumari M.

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Deep Learning with WASI Simulation Data for Estimating Chlorophyll a Concentration of Inland Water Bodies. Remotes sensing 2021.

Philipp M. Maier, Sina Keller and Stefan Hinz

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SIFFI: Bayesian solar-induced fluorescence retrieval algorithm for remote sensing of vegetation. Remote Sensing of Environment 2025.

Antti Kukkurainen, Antti Lipponen, Ville Kolehmainen, Antti Arola, Sergio Cogliati, Neus Sabater

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Comparing the quantum use efficiency of red and far-red sun-induced fluorescence at leaf and canopy under heat-drought stress. Remote Sensing of Environment 2024.

Sebastian Wieneke, Javier Pacheco-Labrador,Miguel D. Mahecha,Sílvia Poblador, Sara Vicca, Ivan A. Janssens

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Changes of NOx in urban air detected with monitoring VIS-NIR field spectrometer during the coronavirus pandemic: A case study in Germany. Science of The Total Environment. 2020.

Paul Näthe, Michael Delaney, Tommaso Julitta

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Diurnal dynamics of non-photochemical quenching in Arabidopsis npq mutants assessed by solar-induced fluorescence and reflectance measurements in the field. New Phytologist. 2020

K. Acebron,S. Matsubara,C. Jedmowski,D. Emin, O. Muller and U. Rascher

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CloudRoots: integration of advanced instrumental techniques and process modelling of sub-hourly and sub-kilometre land–atmosphere interactions, Biogeosciences. 2020

Vilà-Guerau de Arellano, J., Ney, P., Hartogensis, O., de Boer, H., van Diepen, K., Emin, D., de Groot, G., Klosterhalfen, A., Langensiepen, M., Matveeva, M., Miranda-García, G., Moene, A. F., Rascher, U., Röckmann, T., Adnew, G., Brüggemann, N., Rothfuss, Y., and Graf, A.

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Differential responses in a Mediterranean citrus orchard to two heatwave intensities is identified by combining measurements of fluorescence, carbonyl sulfide (COS), and CO2 uptake. New Phytologist 2021.

Amnon Cochavi, Madi Amer, Rafael Stern, Fyodor Tatarinov, Mirco Migliavacca, Dan Yakir

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Deriving photosystem-level red chlorophyll fluorescence emission by combining leaf chlorophyll content and canopy far-red solar-induced fluorescence: Possibilities and challenges. Remote Sensing of Environment 2024.

Linsheng Wu, Yongguang Zhang, Zhaoying Zhang, Xiaokang Zhang, Yunfei Wu, Jing M. Chen

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Fluorescence Correction Vegetation Index (FCVI): A physically based reflectance index to separate physiological and non-physiological information in far-red sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020

Peiqi Yang, Christiaan van der Tol, Petya K.E.Campbell, Elizabeth M.Middleton

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