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Academic Achievements
1. Involvement in Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 projects.
2. Leadership roles in multiple NASA projects, such as the Landsat 8 & 9 Project Scientist.
3. Published numerous scientific papers on vegetation structure, carbon cycle disturbances, and terrestrial ecosystem dynamics.
Research Experience
1. Commercial Satellite Data Analysis Characterizing Canopy Chlorophyll and Photosynthetic Productivity for Agricultural Crops and Forest Monitoring.
2. Mapping boreal forest biomass recovery rates across gradients of vegetation structure and environmental change.
3. Towards a Warmer, Less Frozen Future Arctic: Ecosystem Impacts, Drivers, and Societal Responses Along Bioclimatic Gradients in Western Alaska.
4. Advanced information systems to fill STV gaps: next-generation stereo+lidar fusion and sensor technology.
5. Landsat 8 & 9 Project Scientist, coordinating activities of NASA members, supervising the NASA Landsat Communications/Outreach team, co-chairing the joint NASA/USGS Landsat Science Team.
Background
Research interests include Vegetation Structure and Change, Earth Science: Biosphere Vegetation Physiology & Function. Extensive experience in satellite data analysis, vegetation mapping, and geospatial modeling with over two decades of experience. Proven leadership in NASA projects, particularly in Landsat 8 and 9.